Franklin Project Reflection

The Franklin project was really difficult to deal with, especially because there were people from other locations. It was not easy to connect with them. It was already a huge task to even communicate with people from other English classes. The focus of the project was supposed to be about learning communication skills with people who are not easy to communicate with. This presented a challenge to all of the students in our English class, even more so because we were all the essential leaders of the groups. Most of us were the people who had to put the video together, and we also had the responsibility of contacting everyone else, because it seemed as if the other students did not have much motivation. The kids from Farmington in my group were on task, relatively easy to contact, and did quality work. I feel bad that they had to deal with some of the students from Pleasant Plains. They should have had more qualified people to work with, mainly because it seemed like us people at Plains were moving substantially slower than them. I felt sympathetic towards them. Those poor souls had to deal with us through this projects course.
On the other hand, it was easy to help others, and the project made it learn. I think each person should only have their individual grade to deal with. It is not fair that we had to make others try to communicate with us. I wish it was easier to talk to people that we can't even see. I find technology to be unreliable, mostly because it is unavailable to some. It is also not always working properly, which is annoying to deal with. I think that this project could be easier on people if there was an easier way to communicate. The teachers could have been more involved as well. Sometimes the teachers had issues that were not handled, like deadlines and role selection. I think that these are issues that need addressed for next year.