Module 2: Build and Lead Teams - Session 2 (April 30, 2010)

Hi,

Today we had another session.Like yesterday we faced some problems the training session started 45 minutes earlier (Gerhard and George decision) in order to the participants who didn't follow the training yesterday have an overview of it.So we start to do the same tasks at yesterday.
After that we proceed with the tasks of today that was in the agenda:

We learn how to speak using the repeater, to talk with someone that is far from us:

Then George showed a power point presentation about how to choose a leadership pattern

Finally we formed two teams with a leadership that Gerhard choose and the trainers had to show a situation of leadership.

See you at the next session on April, 6!

Session 1: Build and Lead Teams (April 29, 2010)

Hello everyone!

This time the theme was: Build and Lead Teams and the trainers were: George and Gerhard.

After the technical troubles we took this place as lesson base, the first was to form two teams you can see the team members on the boxes left and right of the agenda. (As you see on the picture)

The leadership in the teams was given to the people in rotation.

The first task: follow the team leader: the trainers had to look for a the building which looks like buildings in the leaders home country and take a snapshot of the group there and return.

The second task: find hidden objects by delegation of team members.

Next was used a brainstorming board for roles of persons in teams. (this included the explanation how to use the EduNation Brainstorming board) and next was a brainstorming about characteristics of a leader.

After that the trainers watched the video "what birds can tell us about leadership" and the final part was the presentation about phases in team development.

Last session about communication skills

Today was the last session about communication skills.

In this session,the trainers did a summary about previous sessions.
The trainees learned also about object´s permission and how clean objects.

After this task, all participants attends one powerpoint presentation about principles of communication.





In last minutes of session, the trainees were divide in two groups and did a small theater performance about Internal VS External communication and Effective communication.

Here are some picture about this two groups:





Next session is about Build and lead teams and is on 29th april.

Second Training of Communication Module

Hello all,

Today was the second training of Vita Project.

This session trainees learned how create objects, resize, put textures in object and upload pictures to Second Life.

See in picture the objects created by trainees in Greek temple.



Another topic was an powerpoint presentation about some topics of communication, like communication in business, barriers in communication, etc.

The trainer put this topics in boards and let the trainees choose.After this they discuss this topics in groups of 3 elements.




The trainees do the presentations with powerpoint presentation and voice.



Here are some pictures:



Another presentation:



Next Training Session is next monday, on 26th april.

First Training Session

Hello partners,

Today was the first training session of the Vita Project.

Was a great session, and all participants liked this session. The feedback was good, and all trainees learn a lot in this first class.

Here are some pictures of this session.

Begin of training session. Meeting point:Greek temple:




Here are trainees meeting after exercice "move around by walking".




The trainees in exercice "Take and dress objects":



I will try follow all training sessions and write here the feedback, and all news.

See you tomorow

Swot Analysis tool

Hi partners,

Here are other tool for Vita Project. This tool is for "Ability to discover new opportunities" skills. And for this, is very importante do the analysis Swot to identify new opportunities and threats.

So I create this tool for trainees doing this analysis and later discuss with trainer.

It´s simple to use the tool. It´s only needs to write in right place what the trainees think, they ideas for a specific problem, like a tradicional Swot Analysis. But this this tool is possible do Swot Analysis in Second Life, and all people present in sessions can see and debate the ideas.

It´s possible too, consult the page "Info" that may have some information about how does a Swot Analysis, for example
Please comment.

Video Presentation

Hello again,

For some training sessions is essential have some tool like a video presentation.
So, this tool have this goal.

it´s very simple to use. The trainer only must upload the video on Youtube. For this, i create one account for VITA Project. See your e-mails.

Then it´s only need put the URL on Video Presentation.

TimeManagement Tool

Here are another VITA project tool.
This tool was created for TimeManagement Skills.

The main goal of the tool is help the trainees priorizing activities.

This topic is very important in Management. Is important our managers knows how manage many activities, so they need priorize very well the activities.

How it works?

This tool is based on new second life client. That means that the tool is a web page that runs over a second life object, like a cube for example.

The objective of tool is help trainees to priorize they activities.

How?

Well, in this web page, they can put the activities names that they want priorize.
Then, for many factors that condition the priorization, they choose the level of importance, like for example for activities one the time factor is less important, then the trainees will put the number "one" in this factor.

After this, the system will calculate this numbers for each activity and for each factor(time, costs, manfactory, etc) and the system will generate, automatically, a bar chart that will show the more and the less importante activity.

See the pictures:

Voting Balls tool

Here are a new tool. This is a voting tool and the main objective is use it for voting in some training sessions.

The tool is composed by on box and one Score Board.

Each avatar have only 9 balls to vote.

Begin the voting Process!

During a training session, maybe the trainer needs some opinions of the trainees. So, voting tool is a good way to express opinion.

How Vote?

For vote, is only need that avatar touch in box. Doing this, avatar put one of the 9 balls that he have, inside of the box. Simultaneos the score board is updated, that means that when one avatar put one ball, the score board is updated to 1, two ball appears two on score board, etc

Really easy!

To manage the voting, the trainer have two options: Ball´s Collector, and Reset the Count.

The first option, Ball´s Collector, allow the trainer clean all balls in box.
The second one, Reset, allow the trainer start again the voting and the score board goes to zero.

Here are some pictures.

Please Upgrade your Second Life client Now

I ask to all partners to upgrade your second life clients please.
This upgrade is very useful because some tools were developed by new features that this client can provide.

Here are the link to donwload the new version of client:

http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/?lang=en-US

Thank you!

Discussion of Training Sessions

The Vita Project tools are almost finished.
Yesterday, trainers met in Second Life to discuss some issues about training sessions.

Here are some pictures of this meeting.