Q Welcome to our first round of Trust Exercises! Here's how it works! The Schedule: WEEK THREE - by the end of Week Three, one member of your group will post your group's first presentation to this discussion board and include a list of the names of everyone who worked on the presentation. The presentation will be a coherent, edited report (three paragraphs should do it). It need not be formal but it must reference any sources used and include, at least, an informal list of works cited. When I say "coherent" here, I mean that the presentation should not be made up of paragraphs from different group members that are squished together. The presentation should read as if written in one voice and be edited for grammar and spelling. The full prompt appears below. WEEK FOUR - by the end of Week Four, you'll respond to at least two of the reports other groups have posted here. You'll do this as yourself/as an individual, not as a part of your group. The work (some of this is a recap): There will be a total of four group presentations made throughout the semester. You might think of these as mini-essays and doing so will be the best way to prepare you for our actual papers to come. That said, if your group would prefer to present its work in another way, that is fine too (short film? song? spoken word? I'd be willing to consider Powerpoint if you promise your presentation won't be hypnotized by that medium's reductive nature). If your group elects to present in an alternate way, it will still need to submit a short written explanation as well as an informal list of works cited (though a formal list is welcome). Each of the group reports will be in response to a different (though related) prompt. You'll find the prompt for the first report here. Address the requests of the prompt fully, answer any questions it poses, and, your group is welcome to add any other information it finds relevant. Start with what I have offered and then make it your own. Remember that your group will post their results by the Sunday of the weeks listed (so, this first presentation is due at the end of Week Three). The following weeks, as an individual, you will return to the discussion board where your group posted and respond to at least two of the presentations shared (not your own group, though you are welcome to discuss your group's findings, please don't limit yourself). The focus of this assignment is on working together. Presentations posted by individuals alone will not be graded. Work with your group! Trust Exercises Round I (The prompt!) Tell us about the topic your group has chosen. Give us more than we read in Week Two, take us to the next level. How does your topic relate specifically to Los Angeles? Can it relate to other major urban centers? If so, what makes your topic's relationship to Los Angeles unique? And, what aspects of this topic is your group most interested in pursuing for our future representations? Then, tell us about your group. If we are thinking of working in a group as emblematic of living within a major urban center, and I hope we are (or will soon), has your group's initial coming together echoed the way Los Angeles functions? Find a metaphor. Was your group like the 405 at 3am, all twinkling lights and flow? Or, was getting together a bit more like the 405 at 3pm, backing up and stuck? As you seek a Los Angeles based metaphor to describe your group's joining of forces, I hope you'll find some humor and approach the idea with kindness. Finally, offer a brief report on your group's experiences with group work before now. What concerns, worries, fears, have been discussed? How has the group addressed these concerns? How has talking about the concerns changed your group's dynamic? How is your group putting the "trust" in "trust exercises" in the forefront of this assignment? At any point you are welcome to reference the Choi text, Trust Exercise, or any of the other texts we've discussed. I look forward to reading your presentations!