Teamwork: Pros and Cons

This week we did a lot of teamwork on PowerPoint presentations. I found that there were definitely some pros and some cons to working in groups. The pros are that you get more ideas because there are more people to bounce ideas off of. You also had people who really knew how to use PowerPoint and those who did not. You could teach each other how to use PowerPoint in a group like atmosphere.
But there were definitely some big cons also. The groups were rather large and it made it hard to hear everyone's ideas. Also naturally in a group there is one person who naturally takes charge and once that happens the rest of the group just follows and not all the ideas are able to be shared. I would have preferred smaller groups so that there would be more of an equality there. When there is a group project there is also the danger of having to depend on other people and have them let you down. Luckily in this group I participated in, that was not the case. But there is that danger when you are doing a group project and you have to rely on others to pull their weight in the group.
But naturally in applying this to teaching, you have to work with other teachers and administration to get things done. Teachers need to be flexible and able to work well in groups as well as on their own.