Online+Class+-+Sat.+March+16,+2013

3/16/13 Online Class

Hi Everyone, Hope you have had a good week since we were together last Saturday. Please check in above and let us know how you are doing both professionally and personally.

This week's online class, our last "class" of the quarter, is to have you create and share the outline for your chapter 3 - your data analysis/data story about your research. Use the handout provided in class last week, "Writing Up My Data Story - Typical Chapter 3."

On your own personal WIKI page, create your outline. I'd recommend you do it in a word processing document first, save it, and then copy and paste to your WIKI page. Use the following sections to organize your outline/chapter. It doesn't HAVE TO BE EXACTLY LIKE THIS, but if you need a structure to begin with, this has been extremely helpful for students in the past. This is the basic framework, add sections/headings that clearly depict the content that will be included:

I. Restatement of research question and why I did my research

II. Roadmap/Outline for where this chapter is going and what the reader can expect

III. Details of what I learned from the data: A. What is the data I collected and how did I collect it

B. What did I find out from the data/research (This is the area where you can "tell your story" - like the model we saw in class last week)

IV. What does all this mean? Conclusion Section: A. This is what I have I learned overall B. How I and my students have changed because of my research C. Future implications for my teaching? D. Questions am I left with? E. Other research I may engage in in the future ===**Please make sure to post your FULL outline** (which can change as you write the chapter, but in order for me to provide feedback and suggestions, you need to have a proposed FULL outline) by Saturday March 23, 2013 ===

We do not meet again until Saturday April 13-- at the Milwaukee campus. YOu must bring along with you a paper copy of a beginning draft of your chapter 3 that you will be sharing in class with your classmates and me. A beginning draft consists of at least 3 full pages of writing and a start of writing in all or most of the sections of your paper that you outlined. Remember, you don't have to begin at the beginning of the chapter. It might be easier to start at the "story" part of your chapter.

Please feel free to contact me with questions or to read a section or two of your writing during this "break." Please use these 3 weeks to work really hard on this so you can feel confident in completing the work successfully. Geri