The web conferences for 5301 were invaluable. Though I was only attended one live, having the ability to review at a later time proved to be priceless, resourceful and an extreme help. Drs. Anterbury and Jenkins did a phenomenal job each week in providing an overview of what to expect and the expectations that would be needed for the weeks assignments.
Knowing now how much informations is received during the web conferences, I will be making a greater effort to attend more in the future. this will be a daunting task, due to my fall schedule which includes the coaching of football on Thursday and Friday nights. These fall concerns led me to contemplate withdrawing from the course, but after conferring with Drs. Abshire and Ashford, who gave me guidance and support; I reflected on my personal classroom and coaching philosophy and realized that "failure is not an option". Therefore I will be striving hard and working even harder to keep up and complete this Masters work.
At times the readings were hard adn seemed to be redundant. But after further thought and reflection, I realized that the redundancy was mere practice and with the contextual order and sequencing they proved to be adaptation, and have given me perspective on the need to become more 21st century thinking (use of technology to aid in research) vs. 20th century thinking. I had to and have to adapt, until these new methods become second nature and I'm able to construct and use technology that is readily availble.
With all of the guidance that i have received and the peer support through discussion boards and blogs, I feel as though I can successfully complete this Masters study. I am looking forward to it and though at this time I have no intentions of further study, I believe that my action research can be instrumental to someone who does a PHD study in the area of parental involvement.
Blogging has become an invaluable tool throughout this process. I have grown to look forward to the reflections of my colleagues -- as posted in their blogs -- for additional learning. I had intentionally stayed away from anything that remotely resembled blogging in the past. I think I feared it would be another complicated matter. However, it has shown its usefulness.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of time, time management is a great concern for all of us as we sojourn back to reality. I have to trust that the professors have taken all of that into consideration and have structured the course so that we can successfully pace ourselves without panicking. I will find a way to balance and manage all of the tasks set before me because I intend to enter the Doctoral program as soon as I complete this degree.