Back from the conference where it seemed like I was moving every minute.  It is nice to be home without a huge to do list today.  Plus, If we can get the VSTE ning community going, I should be able to interact with the folks from the conference even though it’s over.

Today’s main job is to develop the agenda for my defense meeting on Friday.  I thought about it last night and I think it can be short and sweet.  My main questions have to do with how well it hangs together.  Does the rhetoric part make sense?  One of my committee members mentioned that it felt a little bolted on in an earlier summary but I think it flows better now.  And, it helps me think about it.  I also need to know that I am convincing as an interpretivist.  All my work in qualitative has been done in a constructivist paradigm, but my advisor suggested that I might want to be able to draw some generalizations.  That was the biggest rewrite of the proposal.  Then there are technical questions: software mostly.  And, by Friday afternoon, I should be able to bring them up to speed on my research site as well.  So, what does that look like as an agenda:

Research Framework

Research Paradigm

Research Site

Technical Questions or Concerns

Sounds good to me.  Does that mean I am done for the day?  There’s some emailing and blogging to do, but mostly I can kick back a bit.