11 As the Project is Finishing
Learning Objectives
- To be able to reflect on your teamwork experiences.
Reflection
Once the project has finished, or is nearly finished, reflecting on what you have achieved is a great way to help continue to build your skills.
As a team, discuss your progress. Reflect on what you have achieved. Have one last meeting where you celebrate your efforts and reflect on what you learnt.
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Interactive Activity: Padlet
Reflect on your group project experience and consider the things you would like to ‘keep’ doing in future projects, things you would like to ‘stop’ doing, and things you might like to ‘start’ doing next time.
You are encouraged to add your contributions to the Padlet activity- ‘keep, stop, start’. Scroll across or enable full screen mode to see all prompts.
Remember this is a public board so only share what you feel comfortable to and remember to be respectful of other responses.
Interactive Activity: Individual Reflection
As well as reflecting as a team, it is also really important to reflect individually on what you got out of the project, and what you felt could be improved for next time. Type your reflections into the text boxes below. Once you have completed all of the questions, you have the option to download your responses and save for future.
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The prompts for the above activity are as follows:
- What were my contributions to the product my team produced?
- What could I have done more of?
- What am I most proud of with this project?
- What did I learn from working in this team? (focus on the skills you developed, how you learnt from others etc.)
- What skills do I want to further develop? How can I do this in future?
Key Takeaways
- Reflecting on your achievements and progress is a valuable part of teamwork. It is important to celebrate what you have achieved and congratulate each other on the work you have done.
- It is also helpful to look at ways you can improve or develop your skills for the future.
