February+2015

Groundhog Day
If you read the previous post you'll see I'm picking up right where I left off. Groundhog Day has a funny way of making me think about recursion.

February started with a bang- I spent Superbowl weekend huddled over a computer writng and editing my Doctoral Research Proposal, since my [|Werklund School of Education] Advisor, [|Dr. Veronika], wanted it done and in for February Second. no complaint from me- I had a bunch of work to do, but I am finding that many of the deadlines and due dates in doctoral studies are self-imposed. If I want to get through my orals by March, then I have to get my proposal in now, so that it can be reviewed by a few and we can bat it around a bit and do some fine tuning before I take it to the committee.

I am actually really excited about the prospect of doing research. I'm not going to tip my hand here and say much yet about my research topic, other than that it focusses on [|the ways that teachers think about this thing we call "the future]". There are so many possible futures, and pretty much everyone in education imagines that we help to prepare children for the futures they will face, so researching what teachers think about futures is probably a good idea.

There, that's pretty much what I hope to say to the folks on my committee, except with more words. And in much finer detail. Of course I will also have to get through the ethics clearance process, and also begin discussing the project with my local partners, including the research sample, the powers that be, and of course, my family. Still, handing in a completed research proposal makes it feel like I've turned a corner, and that I'm now into a new phase of my work as a doctoral student.

Groundhog Day was also a PD Day in Manitoba, and I had the opportunity to catch up with Eva Brown, who is an Info Tech teacher extraordinaire based here in Winnipeg. Eva teaches young adults at Red River College; her students will become the next business and technology high school teachers, and today Eva and a group of three pre-service teachers presented the ed-tech PD at Dakota.

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Cooler still is that Eva is also a Werklund School of Education doctoral student, in an Ed-tech cohort designed by [|Michele Jacobsen]. Anyways, it was neat to have a fellow UofC student at Dakota for the morning.

Along with the photo I think I tweeted this out as well: [|@**UCalgaryEduc**] [|@**ebrownorama**] presents at [|@**dciLRSD**] with her [|@**RRC**] day job! Ready for a good PD day. [|#**mbedchat**]

It really was a good morning. Also, good job [|@**miss_dowse**] [|@**mmoreid**] [|@**mshenrikson**] with your presentations to the Dakota staff.

So...February is only two days old and I already have a post done. Likely I'll have more to add to this, since I present at [|Byte 2015 in Brandon] later this month as well.

So, I'll do it all again a little later this month. Like I said, recursion.

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