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Team Building Activities and Community Forms

The document discusses team building and community. It defines team building as processes that cause groups to work effectively together through activities that increase motivation and cooperation. Some example team building activities described are building towers out of spaghetti and marshmallows or guiding blindfolded partners through an obstacle course. Forms of community discussed include rural, urban and suburban areas. Benefits of community include opportunities, unity, and security. The document also discusses concepts like resource mobilization, community linkages, and importance of connecting schools and communities.

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Team Building Activities and Community Forms

The document discusses team building and community. It defines team building as processes that cause groups to work effectively together through activities that increase motivation and cooperation. Some example team building activities described are building towers out of spaghetti and marshmallows or guiding blindfolded partners through an obstacle course. Forms of community discussed include rural, urban and suburban areas. Benefits of community include opportunities, unity, and security. The document also discusses concepts like resource mobilization, community linkages, and importance of connecting schools and communities.

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GROUP 1

What is Team Building?


- The action or process of causing a group of people to work together effectively as a team,
especially by means of activities and events designed to increase motivation and promote
cooperation.
What is the importance of Team Building?
- Enables employees to see each other in a different light.
- Make employees feel valued.
- Improve business relationship all around.
Objectives of Team Building
1. Acquaint and Establish Connections
2. Encourage Communication and Teamwork
3. Improve Morale and Engagement
4. Foster innovation and Creativity
5. Build Trust and Team Bonds
Purpose of Team Buildings Activities For Students
1. Challenges students to problem solve and execute working with others.
2. Purposely take students outside of their comfort zone
3. Develop stronger relationships and trust among each other.
EXAMPLES OF TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES
Marshmallow Spaghetti Tower
For: Creative Problem Solving & Collaboration Exercise
What you’ll need: 20 sticks of uncooked spaghetti, 1 roll of masking tape, 1 yard of string, and 1
marshmallow for every team.
Instructions: Using these supplies, which team can build the tallest tower? There’s a catch: the
marshmallow has to be at the very top of the spaghetti tower, and the whole structure has to stand on
its own.
Minefield
For: Creative Problem Solving & Collaboration Exercise
What you’ll need: An empty room or hallway, and a collection of common office items
Instructions: Use boxes, chairs, water bottles, etc. to create an obstacle course of “mines” within your
empty space. Divide the group into pairs, where one partner is blindfolded. The other must guide that
person from one end of the course to another without setting of any mines.
Dare Jenga
For: Team Bonding and Ice Breaking
What you’ll need: A Jenga set (preferably with large blocks)
Instructions: Write a dare on the surface of each block and make them fun dares around the office.
When all blocks have dares on them, stack them up like in Jenga. When people pull a block out, they
have to perform the dares that’s written on it.
Egg Drop
For: Creative Problem Solving & Collaboration Exercise
What you’ll need: A carton of eggs; basic construction materials like newspaper, straws, tape, plastic
wrap, etc.
Instructions: Give each teams 20-30 minutes to construct a carrier that will keep an egg safe from a
drop. Gradually increase the height of the drop until you’re left with a winner.
Scavenger Hunt
For: Collaboration Skills & Team Bonding
What you’ll need: Pen and paper
Instructions: Split everyone into groups and make a list of fun things to find or do outside or inside.
Make it each a team’s mission to find and photograph everything on that list. The first team to complete
each item on the list, wins!

(GROUP 2, FORMS OF COMMUNITY)


What is Community
- A group of people who live in the same area such as a city, town, or neighborhood (Merriam-Webster).
- According to David M. Chavis and Kien Lee, “Community” is so easy to say. The word itself connects us
with each other. 
- According to David M. Chavis and Kien Lee, “Community” is so easy to say. The word itself connects us
with each other.
FORMS OF COMMUNITY
RURAL
- A rural area is an open swath of land that has few homes or other buildings, and not very many
people.

 The population is low

 There main source of income and goods is agriculture

 The place is relaxing, and the air is fresh


 The wildlife is rich

 The usage of modern technology is uncommon 

 The community here is strongly bonded to each other

URBAN
- An urban area is the region surrounding a city. Most inhabitants of urban areas have
nonagricultural jobs. Urban areas are very developed, meaning there is a density of human
structures such as houses, commercial buildings, roads, bridges, and railways.

 The population is increasingly high


 The community of opportunity 
 Air quality is almost below average
 A community of buildings 

SUBURBAN
- A suburb is a mix-use or residential area. It can exist either as part of a urban area and can often
have a large number of employment. 

 Generally made up of single-family homes 

 Infrastructures just like in the urban is evident

 Perfect combination of urban and rural community

IMPORTANCE/BENEFITS OF HAVING COMMUNITY

 Opportunities

 Makes the people united 

 Help to make a better home for families

 Continuations of cultures and traditions

 Make our lives better

 Security

COMMUNITY LINKAGES
- also known as “NCBTS (National Competency-Based Teacher’s Standard) Domain 6” is the idea that
school activities are meaningfully linked to the experiences and aspirations of the student’s homes and
communities. 
- strengthen the links between the school and the community.

COMMON COMMUNITY LINKAGES


PARENTS
 they are responsible for the development of values, attitudes, and habits of their children. Parents
are also considered as “advocates” for their child’s educational experience.

TEACHERS

 They continue to enrich the student’s experiences. They strengthen the valuable personal traits
and characteristics that were initially developed back at home.

LGU’s, NGO’s, Civic Organizations and other residents

 they are highly motivated to participate in school’s activities and projects that will likewise uplift
the quality of life of students in their locality. Either of them can also be used as resource to
further improve the quality of the teacher’s classroom or school activities.

COMMUNITY LINKAGES

- The school and its community, in collaboration with public and private institutions and organizations
are indeed inseparable if they are to create an impact on the lives of the students and members of the
community they are committed to serve. 
- The school can enjoy linkages and networking activities with international, national and local
organizations in the community for mutual benefits and assistance needed to fully realize its objectives
of delivering quality educational services for country’s youth.
Linkages, also termed interconnections, with institution functioning along the same mission are
intended to serve members of both sides according to their respective needs, interest and objectives.  
-They create bond together to solicit support and assistance for purposeful activities which could be
facilitated faster and better considering the doubling of energy and resources. 
-Linkages could be established between universities and colleges offering identical degrees. Cross-
enrollment for subjects needed for graduation is allowed.

RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
- Focuses on the assets and capacities of aggrieved groups to explain the rise, development and
outcome of social movements. 
- Stresses the ability of an organization’s to:
1. procure assets
2. mobilize individuals towards achieving goals
 

- Effective utilization of resources is a determinant of the success of a social movement.

Drawing on a rational choice approach, resources are defined broadly include:

a. tangible resources: money and facilities


b. intangible resources: solidarities, cultural commitments, identity networks, of groups
that facilitate their pooling resources.

SPECIFIC TYPES OF RESOURCES

MATERIAL RESOURCES

-  tangible resources (i.e. money, a location for the organization to meet, and physical supplies)
necessary for an organization to run.

HUMAN RESOURCES

- labor needed (whether volunteer or paid) to conduct an organization’s activities. 

SOCIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCES

- resources that are used build their social networks (i.e. list of people who support their cause, social
media account).

CULTURAL RESOURCES
-  include knowledge necessary to conduct the organization activities; also including media
products. 

MORAL RESOURCES

- those which help the organization to be seen as legitimate. For example, celebrity
endorsements can serve as type of moral resource; when celebrities speak out on behalf of a
cause, people may be spurred to learn more about of the organization, views the organization
more positive positively or even become adherent and constituents of the organization or even
for themselves.

RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

- considers social developments as made by sensible social organizations, with an objective of making
political move/s. 
- expects that people are rational; people measure expenses and advantages of movement participation
and act just if advantages exceed costs. 
- social developments are goal-oriented; however, organization is more essential than assets. 
- efficiency of the organization of the organization infrastructure is a key asset in itself.

TWO VERSIONS OF RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

ECONOMICAL
- Collective activity as a consequence of economic aspects; access to and control over assets is the
important factor. Laws of demand and supply clarify the flow of assets to and from the
movements, and that individual activities are represented by sound decision theory.

POLITICAL

- spotlights on the political battle (decision-making, influence, organizational structure) rather


than the financial components. 

- rise and outcome of movements are shaped by the interaction of strategies with political
opportunities. 

IMPORTANCE OF RESOURCE MOBILIZATION


 - guarantees the continuation of your association’s administration procurement to its stakeholders
- supports organizational sustainability
- takes into account scale-up and improvement of engagement activity currently offered by the
organization
- organization, both private and public sectors, must be in the business of creating new business to stay
in business

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Utilizing parent-teacher-community linkages improves student learning and educational quality by fostering a collaborative environment that supports students' holistic development. These linkages enhance educational outcomes by aligning home and school expectations, reinforcing learning, and supporting character building. They also provide additional resources and support systems to address individual student needs, leading to improved engagement and performance .

Rural communities, characterized by low population density and agriculture-based economy, offer a relaxed lifestyle with fresh air but limited access to technology. Urban communities have high population density, nonagricultural jobs, and developed infrastructure, offering more opportunities but often poor air quality. Suburban areas blend urban and rural features, providing single-family homes and infrastructures similar to urban areas, offering a balance of opportunities and relaxed lifestyles. Each form impacts socio-economic dynamics by influencing job opportunities, residential preferences, and quality of life .

Community linkages enhance educational outcomes by strengthening the connection between school activities and the students' home and community. Engaging with parents, teachers, local government units, NGOs, and civic organizations allows schools to enrich student experiences, foster values, and secure resources. This strengthens educational programs, aligns them with community aspirations, and boosts student motivation and learning outcomes .

The economic version of resource mobilization focuses on collective activity as a result of economic factors, emphasizing access to and control over resources, governed by laws of demand and supply. It highlights rational choice theory where individual actions depend on evaluating costs and benefits. Conversely, the political version emphasizes the role of strategies and political opportunities in influencing the rise and success of movements, underlining decision-making and organizational structure over financial elements. While both address resource acquisition, they prioritize different drivers of movement dynamics .

Team building activities aim to acquaint team members, encourage communication and teamwork, improve morale and engagement, foster innovation and creativity, and build trust and team bonds. These objectives contribute to business success by enabling employees to see each other in a different light, making them feel valued, and improving business relationships. This, in turn, enhances collaboration and productivity, leading to better overall performance and innovation within the organization .

Community bonding in rural areas is often stronger due to smaller populations, shared reliance on agriculture, and closer personal relationships, fostering a tightly-knit community with extensive social support and communal activities. In contrast, urban areas, with high population density and diverse demographics, experience less personal bonding due to anonymity, fast-paced lifestyle, and individualistic culture, impacting how community dynamics are structured and experienced .

Activities like the Marshmallow Spaghetti Tower and Egg Drop challenge participants to think outside the box and solve problems with limited resources and time constraints. By requiring creative problem-solving and collaboration, these activities encourage experimental approaches, rapid prototyping, and iterative thinking, which foster innovation. Participants must utilize creative thinking to achieve objectives, enhancing their ability to approach challenges with innovative solutions .

Resource mobilization is crucial for the success of social movements as it focuses on the assets and capacities of groups to explain their rise and development. By procuring and mobilizing tangible and intangible resources, organizations can achieve their goals and sustain their movements. Effective resource mobilization involves utilizing material, human, social-organizational, cultural, and moral resources to create political actions, build legitimacy, and sustain engagement activities. Organizations leverage this by forming interconnections, mobilizing support, and strategically using resources to maximize impact .

Strategic linkages between schools and organizations can be leveraged to promote community development by facilitating resource sharing, joint projects, and skill development initiatives that address community needs. Schools can serve as hubs of knowledge transfer and innovation, engaging students in service-learning projects that solve real-world problems, thereby enhancing local development. By collaborating on infrastructure, education, and social entrepreneur initiatives, these partnerships can drive community upliftment and economic growth .

Cultural resources play a pivotal role in an organization's success by providing the knowledge necessary to conduct activities effectively. This includes media products, communication styles, and network understanding that align initiatives with cultural norms and values. By capitalizing on cultural resources, organizations can better engage participants, ensuring messages resonate and activities are viewed as legitimate, which is crucial for gaining support and achieving objectives .

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