Introductions Thanks for sharing. Seems as though your background with a smaller town will serve you well as a teacher. You say you don't want to have to do out of class group work, and I agree, especailly in the summer.
Time is too confused.
So our small group activities are all meant to be done using class time or by communicating via email. I have no intentions of you all meeting out of class. YOurpoint about group work and learning is interesting. I hope you noticed already that I am trying to model for you a process that asks individuals to work alone first, then gather in groups for specific reasons. And I always try to give you time on your oown to process and make learning your own.