I have decided to finish my Ph.D., which means I need to write a dissertation. Since my dissertation will be about using blogging to teach writing, I thought it only made sense to write the dissertation in a blog. I hope that this will be my only metapost. After this, only drafts of the dissertation will appear.
Feedback is not only welcome, but encouraged. My goal is to finish this disseration by May of 2006. Technically, I have until August, but I always like to have some buffer. My other goal is to finish. Period. Sure, it'd be great to have a book-quality dissertaion. Sure, it would be great to be a pioneer in some small area or another. But those are not my goals. Once I'm finished I can work on those. I have a job that I like. The degree is for me.
All that being said, welcome, and I hope you enjoy the ride.
9 comments:
Congrats! on getting this up and running. Sounds like an interesting topic! Can't wait to read more.
Yeah! Can't wait to "read all about it," as they say.
Hey! Cool to see this! I doubt I'll have any useful feedback whatsoever, but I'll definitely be cheering you on (and if I come up with any comments that seem remotely useful I'll certainly share them).
Good luck. You can do this. And as a teacher who uses blogs (only a little, but it is growing) to encourage "discussion" of history outside my 8th grade classroom, I am going to be reading to find out what you have to say, not just to encourage you to finish (but that too, the best dissertation, as one of my advisors reminded me often, is a finished dissertation).
Hooray! Welcome to the ranks of the dissertating bloggers.
How exciting! I'm virtually cheering for you.
Dr Vegeta
Congratulations on starting your dissertation blog, and good luck with it all! Like the others, I'll be cheering you on all the way... :)
I'm here! It looks like it will be a fascinating ride.
My husband has been considering incorporating blogging into the classroom, so I'm going to drag him over here, too.
May 2006. Great. Go for it.
If you need to hire a coach, I can refer you to someone wonderful.
(My own practice is full and I don't coach friends.)
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