October 28, 2015

Qualitative Research – Week 6 – Reading Notes

Assignment

Making Sense of the Data

Taylor, S., & Bogdan, R. (1998). “Working With Data,” Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods. (Third Edition). New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 134-160.
Charmaz, K. (1983). “The Grounded Theory Method: An Explication and Interpretation,” In R. Emerson (Ed.) Contemporary Field Research: A Collection of Readings. Boston: Little, Brown. pp. 109-126.
Graue, M. E., & Walsh, D. (1998). Studying Children in Context: Theories, Method, and Ethics. Thousand Oaks: Sage. pp. 201-206.

October 28, 2015

Ricky in Town

My brother-in-law arrived today : ) He’s looking for a job around the area.

Took him briefly to the Cantor Art Center and then Dri did some Almond Cheese for us!

October 28, 2015

Qualitative Research – Tech Adoption – Group Meeting

Had our group meeting and decided upon our questions to ask Anita:

Background (introductory icebreakers)

Thank you for letting us observe the event – how did it go for you?

Grand tour questions

In your own words, what does SVEF do?
Tell us about your specific responsibilities as ‎iHub Manager at SVEF.
Walk us through a typical day as ‎iHub Manager at SVEF.

Program Specifics

What’s the process that startups go through with iHub prior to pitch night?
Prior to orientation?
After orientation?
To what extent is iHub involved after orientation?
What other events/resources do you provide with similar goals/priorities?

October 28, 2015

Tech 4 Learners – Week 6 – OMS Visit

Went to OMS today to test our prototype with “A”. Successful in a way yet not ground breaking. We were able to have him interact with our prototype yet only a few events of spontaneous word generation. We recorded the entire session and from it we will be able to extract some more information about the specific triggers for this generation of words. Word repetition and generation when prompted was not a problem.

After the testing session we interviewed Marina and the feedback was that this kind of prompt to comment has been applied on him for the past years with limited success. He has shown gains yet we still have to think outside of the box to find some way for him to generate words and transfer this ability to his daily activities. Something that would be practical and promote a degree of independence for him.

October 28, 2015

Learning Environments – Week 6 – Class Notes

Great exercise in the morning to classify our projects into categories and learning theories… we had to self-organize and create the labels on the header row and column of the chart then discussed it.

Then the reading Czars organized a really interactive session where each group had to create a game, present it to the class by only showing it in action – not telling what the rules were – to feel what the book touched upon: a private language, exclusive, your own secret, fun to watch and so on 🙂 Great job!

Second half of class we had a Skype call with the author of Kisisi (Our Language) – amazing opportunity. Unfortunately I had to leave early to go test the prototype for Tech4Learners.