Minecraft

Joel Levin decided to divide his class into teams. Instead of letting them do what they want, he told them a story and gave them a task of making house made out of different materials. He set up the world before hand and gathered materials before hand so they wouldn't have to go off to look for them themselves.
In class we played Minecraft. My group mainly focused on building a shelter and crafting weapons. My job was to find wood and bring it back to the base in order for the others to make different objects out of it. They used the wood mostly for building houses. I spent the majority of my time in the woods looking for different supplies so I could bring them back for the rest of my group. I think this played to my strengths because I was new to the game and I didn't know much. When I mastered cutting down trees and hunting animals, that is what I mostly stuck to. With me gathering supplies and the rest of the group each having a different job, we were able to have good teamwork and the game ran smoothly.
This game bettered our teamwork skills by working towards the same goal. We all had to work together in order to build houses and find food. We all listened to our team leader (Jason) and followed his orders. Some of us worked in groups while others worked alone. This exercise will help us with future assignments. In the class we will have to work together or alone to complete different tasks but we will all be working towards to same goal to accomplish something. This is a great preview of what the class will be like during this semester.
Even though this was a good team building exercise, I noticed that I can improve on communicating more with my team instead out going out on my own. This will make out team stronger in the future.