https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME One of the student learning outcomes for this course is: “Students will cultivate the ability to successfully engage in group problem solving through cooperation and a shared responsibility and mutual respect for both difference and sameness in their respective artistic and scientific disciplines/culture”. Please reflect on how you experience(d) the group process you participated in. en-us 2019-02-01 00:05:07 UTC 2019-05-17 19:41:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/355146005 I enjoyed this project a lot. I thought that the collaboration between science and art was something so interesting but something I had never really though of as a course I would be taking. When I found out about it I was excited, because I am a science major and dance minor so I though this would be a cool opportunity to mix my two disciplines. The collaboration started off with a communication barrier and although I was familiar with some of the science terms I study body structures as opposed to like chemistry based science. The use of imagery and figurative language really helped us understand our science counterparts and I think visual aid, was crucial for them. Showing what we mean so they can see it rather than trying to explain it.  Overall I think it was a very unique experience and in the future I would love to take something like a muscle contraction and use the science behind that to make a piece. ]]> 2019-04-29 18:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/355146005 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/355921926 I would say my groups process was a positive experience. Everyone was willing to help each other and contribute to the group. Everyone was respectful of each other's disciplines and willing to explain things in a clear and understandable manner.]]> 2019-05-01 18:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/355921926 vsvobodnompolete https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/355940160 It was an interesting experience for me because it gave me the opportunity to learn more about dance making and also gave a new perspective on the world around. For instance, the movement of people around me. Every time I am in the crowd, I think about how people move around and how we interact with each other without actually realizing it]]> 2019-05-01 18:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/355940160 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/355941095 I think my group’s process was smooth and a good experience overall. While there was some communication difficulties initially, I think we managed to overcome than as the semester progress. I think everyone was willing to put in the effort to make sure that the dance project came together. I think everyone had input on the final dance as well as the creative process throughout. Everyone was willing to work together and were respectful of each other’s ideas.]]> 2019-05-01 18:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/355941095 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/355965076 I think my group interacted well together. I never experienced a moment where we were not able to solve a problem together and we didn't disrespect each others' disciplines. We had a few areas where our communication was a challenge initially but by the second and third meetings we had little to no issues communicating. From then on, we were able to design our dance with ease since we knew how to explain ideas to one another and knew more about what we needed to do to complete our project. 

]]> 2019-05-01 20:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/355965076 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/355997431 I would say that my group for this collaboration was very proactive and we all reached out to each other for clear communication. I appreciated my groupmates' willingness to create something together, especially because I had just met about half of them this semester. It wasn't too challenging because I feel that we were fairly productive and understood that we all wanted to put a good effort into this project. There were a couple times that we found ourselves stumped on a small issue, but we helped each other get out of it. Our group was very open to each others' input, keeping our original tasks in mind.]]> 2019-05-01 22:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/355997431 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/356038303 I would say at the start we clearly had our differences. At the start, the physics students explained some topics to the dancers and the dancers were giving input on how we could make a dance routine from the topics. The scientists, (myself included) were trying to map out an entire routine and work on every little meaning, but then the dancers had us start moving around because we were just standing still. 
We started from some simple movements and tried a bunch of different ideas until we built a routine right there, in-person, through physically doing what we were explaining. This was clearly a better approach to coming up with a routine, and from there we quickly snowballed off of our movements and had the general idea from start to finish of our dance, the rest was just getting our coordination in sync and ironing out some small features. The dancers were very helpful in recognizing that we were not exactly fluent with our body movements, and did an excellent job guiding the choreography towards group dynamics, rather than individual dancing skills (that us physics students were clearly lacking haha). Together we were able to see what our strengths and weaknesses were, and as a team we naturally set a common understanding from the initial footing.]]> 2019-05-02 02:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/356038303 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/356052036 Overall I think the process for my group went very smoothly. At first there was very little difficulties regarding communication and how deep each discipline would go in their concepts. But at the end we were able to share our ideas and each had a say in what to incorporate in the dance. Everyone was very respectful of each other and willing to learn.]]> 2019-05-02 03:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/356052036 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/356054645 Overall I think it was kind of difficult communicating and meeting with my group. I felt at the beginning the group was divided into the science people and dance people. After some difficulties with arranging meeting schedules and people missing classes we managed to pull out or proposal and be able to do the dance. This project definitely helped me develop problem solving skills and well as showed to have respect towards other people person and situations. It also helped me open a new window of possible considerations I would not had think of before taking this class.
 ]]> 2019-05-02 03:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/356054645 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/356986980 My group collaborated really well together. The physics students were very willing to explain the polymer science whenever the dancers got confused, and the dancers were always willing to help the physics students with the dancing aspect of the project. We all helped each other solve problems, and there was never a hesitation to ask for help, as we were all in over our heads with the others' discipline. We were all open to compromise and meeting each other in the middle, which definitely helped when we were creating the dance.]]> 2019-05-05 21:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/356986980 emilycaplan1 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357017545 My group worked efficiently and communicated well. Once we knew HOW to communicate, we had a much easier time working together. The concepts were easy to map out choreographically and thinking creatively through a different lense was definitely a learning lesson. I think we maintained respect but lacked cooperation. 

]]> 2019-05-06 01:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357017545 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357034878 My group worked together very well.  When us as the dancers were trying to understand the science concepts, our group took the time to explain it to us in a way we could easily understand and create into a dance. We also did the same for the science students when it came to the dance part. They were very helpful when creating the dance so we could make it as accurate as possible. If we were doing something that wasn't following the life of a polymer they would give other ideas to further help us. Overall I think we had a very good group and we all worked really well together. ]]> 2019-05-06 03:22:25 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357034878 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357382646 2019-05-06 20:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357382646 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357382723 I found the group process of synthesizing a dance to work out well. After all barriers to entry, such as jargon and understanding of technical material had been clarified, the process continued fluidly. Both parties were able to engage and discuss in what I found to be a meaningful and efficient way, that resulted in a coherent and successful dance being made.]]> 2019-05-06 20:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357382723 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357392761 There was a great deal of collaboration within my group but it did not come easy. I felt at first we were sort of divided into the science and dance people due to our knowledge of our respected fields and as the scientist become more comfortable with the movements and the dancers with the scientific concepts it became easier to understand each other and were able to develop more sophisticated ideas for our proposal that would not have been possible if there was no collaboration. While it was difficult to meet up as the dancer has vary different schedules that the scientist but we managed to come up with a proposal we all liked and felt comfortable preforming. Overall I think the clash of the two very different disciplines made a hump both groups needed to get over before synergy could begin to be established. ]]> 2019-05-06 21:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357392761 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357840150 At the beginning of starting this project, I was very excited to be in my first collaboration with another group of peoples. But, as we got put into a group, I found it hard to communicate with the physic students. The first couple of meetings with the physic students, we as dancers, did most of the talking & it was like we were trying to get them to talk so that it wouldn't feel one-sided. I wish it wouldn't be such a negative communication throughout the whole process but on the positive side, it was such an interesting project and to be able to go outside of my box, thinking of physics  way of dancing. ]]> 2019-05-07 22:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357840150 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357899434 This work, being the first of a kind to study and examine as a whole the interaction between dance and science.  Further, the arts can contribute amazingly well to learning because they regularly combine the three major tools that the mind uses to acquire, store, and communicate knowledge: motor skills, perceptual representation, and language. In my group, everybody has good communicate, willing to learn the technique, and respectful.

]]> 2019-05-08 03:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357899434 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357916631 In my opinion, the project was successful with that goal. I felt like my group always had mutual respect for each other's disciplines. We always tried to engage with each other by asking questions and doing our respective parts of the project. I thought everyone brought something unique to the table. Even the physics and chem majors were different from each other. I thought we all worked around one another's schedules well and participated in the process.  ]]> 2019-05-08 05:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/357916631 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/358240944 I felt like my groups progress was as smooth as it could get. There was a mutual respect between each professions. I felt heard and I appreciate that from my group. It was difficult to find a happy medium to push forward and finish our work but it all worked out perfectly in the end. ]]> 2019-05-08 20:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/358240944 jackiezdancer123 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/358298940 Overall I think the collaboration went as well as it could have considering people could have been intimidated, close-minded, or unaware of the opposite field. I think this collaboration is a really good idea & useful for everyone in so many ways, maybe in the future everyone participating can give it their all & focus on the task at hand better.

]]> 2019-05-09 01:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/358298940 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/358319978 At the start of our process I could definitely sense the separation between the two departments, the science being more introverted and quiet, and the dance department extroverted and a bit silly. Im sure both were feeling a bit nervous about diving into a department that is so outside their field. But after discussing concepts everyone slowly started to relax and communicate in ways to assist in the process. We did have some challenges in coordinating and meeting outside of class times, however in class we worked in an overall respectful and efficient manner. 

]]> 2019-05-09 03:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/358319978 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/358629306 Overall I think that my group had a great collaborative effort. At first both the science and dance groups were a little shy towards each other but after working together for a couple of classes we ended up working smoothly. We found it easier to both work on visually explaining the scientific terms which helped both groups understand how the terms worked and how we can create a dance from them. We did have a little bump when it came to meeting as we have different schedules, but besides that, when we did work together, we were all enageged.]]> 2019-05-09 18:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/358629306 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/360626343 After doing the dance making and physics collaboration in the dance program at San Diego State University collaborating with the physics group helped me gain group collaboration skills in communicating with individuals that may not have the same background and dance or may not even have a background in dance. I feel that embodying scientific concepts helps me understand them better. Speaking from a Dancers perspective, I learn most effectively and efficiently through movement and physical and visual learning. Thus, embodying the scientific concepts did help me understand them better especially working with the physics department and my dance major department all at the same time in a group setting.   ]]> 2019-05-16 03:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/360626343 https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/361308234 This collaboration was a bit challenging at first because our group started off feeling very segregated by majors and there was a barrier of shared language to get each our ideas on the table. This created the problem of not being able to actually collaborate, it was more of a this side and that side. After a little but of frustration because of this barrier we were able to water down what we were each trying to explain and found more of a common ground and then we were able to start making our dance based off of our more shared knowledge of the given ideas. Overall it was a success in being able to problem solve and work around our language barriers and improve our team work skills. ]]> 2019-05-17 19:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/abaljon/yrg11pe9txg5/wish/361308234