As I wrestle with my ideas about what to study for my dissertation, the idea of “socially responsible research” keeps bubbling up. It’s not a term I’ve heard used often; I’m borrowing it from “socially responsible investing.” I’m not sure what it means to be socially responsible or to conduct responsible research, but I’m...
Read more →Here I am in Las Vegas, celebrating Christmas with my family. Tonight we went downtown to watch the Freemont Street Experience and see some of the oldest casinos around. You can see still photos from this trip on Flickr, and here are links to short YouTube videos of parts of the 6pm and 7pm...
Read more →UPDATE: Paris in the summer is beyond this grad student’s budget. Oh well, at least I got in. Maybe next time. ——————————— I’ll be presenting about my Poetry in Motion study at the 5th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities in July 2007. You can read the abstract here. Poetry in Motion...
Read more →I’m a poker player. Some days I am terrible; others I am quite good. Mostly, though, I am fascinated. Here are my thoughts about a new research project I’d like to conduct around poker. The categories for my project outline are from Writing Your Dissertation: How to Plan, Prepare and Present Your Work Successfully...
Read more →Hi there, and welcome! I’ll be posting information about my research, classes, and committee involvement. Occasionally, I’ll post about activities or adventures in my personal life. What I won’t do is blog about the mundane details of my life in Ann Arbor. I encourage you to visit any number of “traditional” blogs (some are...
Read more →Where are we now? (Byrnes and Fox was 1998, what’s happened since) Priti – kids learning grammar; phonological process deficit, some research shows what parts of the brain are involved; example of identifying neural problem, developing a tool that addresses those problems (almost cures ‘em) Value of neuroscience – cost of doing that kind...
Read more →presentation sponsored by Dean’s Office, CREW, CIC, and UM@SI (12-1pm Ehrlicher, 3 April 2006) thinking about cultural and social capital rather than simply economic What do people bring with them when they engage IT, and how does that shape their interaction?
Read more →John Bransford’s Learning Sciences Guest Lecture Book/research recommendations: The Mind at Work by Mike Rose Anders Ericsson (expert performance, experts resist automaticity) Quality of Life issues - health care, nutrition, finances, local environmental conditions (research within the LIFE Center) Themes - adaptive expertise – recognizing adaptability (when do my schemas apply?) innovation efficiency schemas...
Read more →Some thoughts on what doesn’t fit within the scope of my field prelim- Chomsky – sounds, language acquisition are too low-level and individual to really be part of my current study of identity/learning/networks
Read more →Wrote a memo about the Poetry in Motion study last night; it seems that when you care about your work, it gets a lot harder. I’m frustrated by the secondary activities that are taking my energy, whether it’s doing my dishes or writing a backup routine for my laptop. I don’t normally have that...
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