Organization+Notes


 * __Things to do by August 1__ __st__ : **


 * ** Order Books  **
 * ** Bill's Classes  **
 * ** Required  **
 * ** [|What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy] by James Paul Gee  **
 * ** Optional:  **
 * ** [|Everything bad is good for you]  **
 * ** Margaret's Classes  **
 * ** Required (these are also the same books we will use all year)  **
 * ** You and Your Action Research Project by McNiff, J. & Whitehead, J.  **
 * ** Doing action research in your own organization. By Coghlan, D. & Brannick, T.  **
 * ** Surpassing Ourselves: An Inquiry into the Nature and Implications of Expertise. By Berieter, C. & Scardamalia, M.  **
 * ** Academic Writing for Graduate Students, Essential tasks and skills. By Swales, J. & Feak, C.  **
 * ** Optional:  **
 * ** Action Research for Business, Nonprofit, and Public Administration: A Tool for Complex Times by James, A., Trascesea, S., Bucknam, A.  **
 * ** Paul's Classes  **
 * ** Required:  **
 * ** [|Innovator's DNA]  **
 * ** Check out these Websites(*denotes those that you might want to favorite):  **
 * ** * Mindmaps (sign up for jobs…)  **
 * ** Action research websites from C14  **
 * ** * [|Center for Collaborative Action Research]  **
 * ** * [|Online Learning Circles]  **
 * ** * [|Margaret’s Action Research Class website]  **
 * ** [|Action Research and Action Learning]  **
 * ** [|University of Minnesota’s Informed Consent tutorial]  **
 * ** [|IRB Tutorial]  **
 * ** [|ActionResearch.net]  **
 * ** * [|Amazon BuyBox]  **
 * ** [|EtherPad]  **
 * ** Create blogs and website  **
 * ** Information to include in website:  **
 * ** Bio about you professionally  **
 * ** Rich description of your workplace  **
 * ** Contact information (of some sort, might want to write out at instead of @)  **
 * ** Blogs:  **
 * ** One for Action Research, info on what to include [|here] (blog once/week)  **
 * ** One for Cognitive Tools (blog twice/week)  **
 * ** Popular platforms  **
 * ** Wordpress ( [|.com] and [|.org] )  **
 * ** [|Blogger]  **
 * ** [|Google Sites]  **
 * ** If self-hosting:  **
 * ** Domain name registration: [|goDaddy]  **
 * ** Hosting services:  **
 * ** [|HostGator]  **
 * ** [|DreamHost] [|BlueHost]  **
 * ** Training Guides:  **
 * ** [|Lynda] (for Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, etc.)  **
 * ** [|YouTube] (for Dreamweaver)  **
 * ** Add a visual resume (optional)  **
 * ** [|VisualCV]  **
 * ** [|What about me?]  **
 * ** [|Easel.ly]  **
 * ** Pick out Video Games  **
 * ** Single Player Game  **
 * ** Massive-Multiplayer Online Game  **


 * __Things to do from August 1__ __st__ __- September 1__ __st__ : **


 * ** For Cognitive Tools  **
 * ** Fully read course book  **
 * ** Play games 2x/week  **
 * ** Blog 2x/week re: how the games are teaching you  **
 * ** For Action Research Class:  **
 * ** Fully read  **
 * ** Coghlan & Brannick  **
 * ** McNiff & Whitehead  **
 * ** Berieter, C. & Scardamalia, M.  **
 * ** James, A., Trascesea, S., Bucknam, A. (Optional)  **
 * ** Skim  **
 * ** Swales, J. & Feak, C.  **
 * ** Answer questions:  **
 * ** What is Action Research?  **
 * ** How is action research different from other forums of research?  **
 * ** Post your Action Research rich description of your workplace in the forums  **
 * ** Start your Action Research Journal  **
 * ** Identify a Field of Action  **
 * ** Begin to gather research for literature review  **
 * ** Complete the two assigned ethics tutorials  **
 * ** Compute your Force Field Analysis and Logic Model  **
 * ** [|Worksheet]  **
 * ** Examples:  **
 * ** [|Kurt Lewin Model 1]  **
 * ** [|Kurt Lewin Model 2]  **
 * ** Compute your Logic Model  **
 * ** Example  **
 * ** For Design Class  **
 * ** Brainstorm and suggest ideas for the design component  **
 * ** [|Examples]  **