I am hoping to more closely document that journey here. I am hoping that turns into closely documenting my dissertation journey as well.
Something amazing happened last week. I was brainstorming some conference panel ideas with a colleague and we came up with something that would be really cool to do and would probably be even publishable and we were excited! At such a late and tiring point in the semester, we were giddy on research. We were giddy in spite of having to fill out an IRB, making sure no one else had done what we wanted to do, and having to quickly come up with survey questions. We can't wait!
What is this exciting idea, you ask? We're interested in looking at how instructors in a border institute use technology in the composition classroom. One, we're curious as to whether instructors use it purposefully in the composition process. Two, there really aren't digital natives at my border institute. This is such a low socioeconomic area that most kids don't have experience with a computer.
There is a lot of work to be done, but it'll be exciting - all of it, comps, conference, dissertation.
Now ask me again after I ride out the end of the semester high.
