I wanted to make sure I got this blog post in before 2011 because I wanted the post dated in the year the milestone was accomplished.
Some might not see this as much of a milestone, but when I think about how my personal life has changed and been changed since …

About three weeks ago, I did it. Did what, you might ask? Completed my first year of doctoral work. It was challenging and at times, extraordinarily difficult, but I have learned some major things about myself as a person and as a student that I believe will carry well as …

Yesterday, I had my first annual review. What is an annual review? Well, essentially for me, I met with my advising committee for about an hour to discuss what I’ve done in the program thus far, what I plan to do within the next year, and to start thinking about …

When I started at Texas Tech in August ’09 (just last semester though it feels much longer than that), I had a set agenda of what I wanted to study. I had spent the last four or five years of my life teaching underprepared and underrepresented college students basic writing, and …

Well, I finished the final for Research Methods today. When I read through the final, I just knew it would take two days to do. There was so much. Four parts, short answers, develop research methods for project, critique the methods of two studies, and develop/propose a course or program…you …

Well, knocked out another project today: the micro-study for ENGL 5363: Research Methods in Technical Communication and Composition.
The micro-study is titled “What Students Can Learn about Writing in the Workplace”; it is available [here].
And yet again, to feed my addiction, here is the wordle.

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It is the beginning of the end. First paper done. And I couldn’t be happier. Can check out the abstract and paper [HERE]. Title of paper: “Making Space: Using Social Media to Create Participatory Virtual Worlds”
Here’s the Wordle of my paper…

Every once in awhile, I plan to share some thoughts about this Ph.D. process.
The process is made a tad bit different in that as part of the fellowship this year I am required to take four classes. Most students take two or three. It’s been cumbersome, reading enough works just …

Today, I went to a second workshop on closed-captioning, which I enjoyed just as much as the first…if not more. My second play at CCing may go live soon so you can check it out. Still have to work on it.
We played around on the software MAGpie [hope this is …

About two weeks ago, I went to a workshop where we learned a bit about closed-captioning. Each participant selected a video and we spent about an hour adding captions to the video.
I started with baby steps, a short 40-second piece from the FOX show, The Cleveland Show.
Wanted to share. It’s …

The use of this spot on the web is two-fold. Through the blog, I will write about various topics within the courses I’m taking in the Ph.D. program in Technical Communication and Rhetoric at Texas Tech University. Through the pages that are linked at the top of the site, I …