January 2010 – Page 7 – Silence and Voice

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-01-06

Taught Business Communication tonight. Just leaving #NYU now. Delayed due to sending class emails to clarify all things. #
Off to a meeting that was not on my Outlook. I really needed this time now. #
#Gracious Home has the best bathroom fixtures and hardware (such as knobs) in #NYC. #
Did a #WebEx test meeting for many people in my department today. #
Did I mention how the #Parterre seats at the #Met Opera have no leg room? So cramped, I cannot remember. #

QI2010 Abstract Accepted: Learning Goals and Personal Learning

One of the abstracts I submitted for the QI2010 Conference (in May, 2010) was just accepted! Here is the title and abstract:

Learning Goals and Personal Learning in Practitioner Autoethnographic Inquiry: A Case Study

Autoethnography is an increasingly used method of inquiry in the social sciences that focuses upon an experience, or case, in the life of the researcher, who then studies this with the hope of presenting it with vivid and rich descriptive details. It is often intended that the reader be able to share in the experience, so the research is intentionally related to common cultural perspectives. There is limited research around why autoethnographers engage in this method, especially in the context of trying to better understand their goals and intentions for their own work, as well as what is hoped for within the audience. This exploratory case study research will explore the researcher’s learning goals for his or her readers, as well as how the researcher’s own learning develops through the process of conducting the autoethnographic research.

I attended this conference last year, liveblogged it, and had a wonderful time (I learned, I laughed, and I saw a much larger world than I noticed before). Looking forward to attending once again this year.

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-01-05

RT @marciamarcia: RT @chambo_online: @marciamarcia Pain-in-the-assenger — Love this one! #
#Carmen at the #Met is quite good. How can the #Parterre have so little leg room? #
Carmen has a beautiful set. Turns out I do not like our seats. #
#Citibank just raised all their account fees. I called to discuss it, but no exceptions. I cancled my account after 22 years. Bad business. #
At the Metropolitan Opera preparing to enjoy the new production of Carmen. We have fantastic seats for this performance. #
Block Pile http://flic.kr/p/7tstY3 #
Buying a Block Pile at Starbucks. #
In an eLearning Style Guide meeting. Many issues to consider. #
Planning to see Carmen at the Met Opera tonight. It got wonderful reviews. #

The QI2010 Submission Deadline has been Extended

If you just ran out of time to submit an abstract for the QI2010 (6th International Conference of Qualitative Inquiry), you are in luck — the deadline was just extended to January 15! You can find more information about it here.

Let me know if you plan to submit and / or attend. I already booked my hotel and will be renting a car from the Indianapolis Airport — happy for some company for the drive if the scheduling works!

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-01-04

The new version of #ÜberTwitter was just released http://bit.ly/5owCXT. It looks wonderful! #
Just bought stamps at the Greeley Square Station post office. First time ever — no line!! I walked right up to a window. #
My biggest fear about switching to a Mac from Windows? Having to buy all new programs. How do others handle this? #
Google's logo in honor of Sir Isaac Newton is quite clever. #
RT @heyjudeonline: 50 Free Online Games for Teaching Information Literacy and Information Fluency http://ow.ly/SvG7 #
Enough work. Now, to sleep. #
Finished tweaking my slides for class 2. Hope my students are making good progress on their presentations on Wednesday as well. #