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READING
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8: P
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ECOMING
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ELF
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ROWER
1. Focus on why things
will work.
2. Keep the team in a
positive frame of mind.
3. Look for ways in which
team discoveries can
be applied or used to
the team’s advantage.
4. Contribute to the group as an active learner.
Optimist
1. Facilitate the team
process, keeping
it enjoyable and
rewarding for all team
members.
2. Make sure each
member has a role and
is performing within that role.
3. Ensure that all team members can articulate
and apply what has been learned.
4. Manage time, stress, and conflict.
5. Accept accountability for the overall
performance of the team.
6. Contribute to the group as an active learner.
Captain
1. Use the available
technological
tools for the
team activity.
2. Listen, converse, and collaborate with team
members; synthesize inputs, try suggestions
and/or follow directions for the technology.
3. Retrieve information from various sources;
manage the available resources and
information.
4. Help team members understand the
technology and its use.
5. Be willing to experiment, take risks, and try
things.
6. Contribute to the group as an active learner.
Technology
Specialist
1. Speak for the team when
called upon to do so.
2. Ask questions or request
clarification for the team.
3. Make oral presentations to
the class for the team.
4. Use the Recorder’s journal
to share the team’s discoveries and insights.
5. Collaborate periodically with the Recorder.
6. Contribute to the group as an active learner.
Spokesperson
1. Record group roles
and instructions at the
beginning of a task or
activity.
2. During an activity,
record and collect
important information
and data, integrating
and synthesizing different points of view.
3. Document group decisions and discoveries
legibly and accurately.
4. Accept accountability for the overall quality
of the Recorder’s Report.
5. Control information flow and articulate
concepts in alternative forms if necessary.
6. Contribute to the group as an active learner.
Recorder
Team Roles and their
Performance Criteria
1. Observe the time
resource for the activity
and/or record the time
allocation announced by the facilitator.
2. Keep track of the elapsed time for various
tasks and notify the Captain when the
agreed-upon time has expired.
3. Contribute to the group as an active learner.
Timekeeper