Dissertation Prospectus

Well, now I have submitted my dissertation prospectus to my committee members. I plan to post it up here soon. Please check back frequently for more info.

A funny blog comic

Just thought I'd share. Breaks of the monotony of research. LOL.

Having followers!

It's really neat that Blogger has this new feature called followers! I am beginning to feel a bit self-conscious now about what I write on here. LOL. But I also find it very cool that there are people that are actually interested in what I am interested in too! I hope this blog helps other people, but I am also looking for help too. Any suggestions anyone??? :)

Through my Second Life account, I have also met up with another graduate student like myself who is interested in learning in Second Life. We may collaborate eventually on an article or project. Very exciting :)

Another interesting link I wanted to add

http://www.personal.psu.edu/scd5029/blogs/SCDIST110H/2007/12/

Who am I?

Hi Everyone, my name is Rebecca Meeder. I am a graduate student at the University of Hawaii. I am working on my dissertation on educators who blog about teaching and attending professional development activities in 3-D virtual environments. I like to cook, draw, watch theater, and play video games.

Include focus groups in my methodology

I had this great idea today from my coworker to include focus groups in my methdology.

Goals for next semester

I have to be honest. This summer, I really did absolutely nothing in regards to working on my dissertation. I blame the fact that it was summer and the summer rays distracted me from my goal of working on my proposal. LOL. Okay okay, I know you are shaking your heads at me. The real reason for not working on my dissertation was in essence "life." My work this summer took a little bit more effort than I expected, yet it is going well. Plus, I had two personal events this month that have distracted me somewhat. In essence "life happened," which is expected. So, for the fall I have decided to set two goals for myself, to get myself back on track.

1. Starting fall semester, dedicate one hour each day (except Sundays) and work on my proposal.
2. Attend at least one virtual world event regarding "education" each week and blog about it.

I think this will help me get back on track and start providing a routine I can follow. At first, I felt like I was grabbing at things in the dark, but now if I settle on such a routine, I believe I can look forward to getting my work done. Plus, I am really excited about it, which I think is the most important part of all :)