Today I continued to work on my chapter 2. I incorporated 2 new sources. I need to continue to integrate what is remaining. Once I have done that I will edit it and finalize my flow and adjust the outline to fit what I have. I should get this done this week and get it to Margaret. I have also contacted Farzin about the Delphi method and I am starting to build my list of AA computer science students as I have given up on the idea of studying the Microsoft program. I also continued to build my list of AA CIO's. I met with Margaret on Thursday in a Google+ hangout this week as well.

interview CIO's and students
talk to higher education teachers
track students based on high school computer science teachers
survey students in bdpa
study bdpa's hscc

do they have to be black

This weekend I was only able to work a few hours on Sunday due to family obligations. I was able to work on Saturday but I simply did not get much done. I did make progress today and spent most of my time writing in my digital equity section. I also reorganized my outline section and I have given much thought to my research design. I need to make a decision very soon on that. I will talk to Margaret about that on Thursday. I can do a mix. I can do CIO'S. I can do students. I can do a case study of the MSFT program or I can do a Delphi. Those are the two that I am thinking of. I finally made contact with Microsoft and I am waiting to hear back from them. I need to read more about Delphi so I can determine what makes the most sense for the question I am attempting to answer. I also reached out to Farzin regarding Delphi on Facebook but I have not heard back.

include in chapter 2:

http://www.insidevandy.com/opinion/article_06628392-4559-11e1-9790-001a4bcf6878.html

Today I started off the day reflecting on my conversation with Margaret regarding my research design. I am seriously considering doing a Delphi study. The only problem is that I need to have someone on my committee familiar with the method. I have also reached out to Microsoft one last time. The two other folks I would love to have on my committee are Linda Polin who I had asked when I completed my comps and Margaret likes working with her and someone who I have just met who shares my research interests, LaVelle Hendricks of Texas A&M University-Commerce. I have reached out to him. I then spent a few hours working on my literature review from where I left off. While I was writing I came across this question raised from the New Image of Computing Initiative:


Why isn’t a high school interest in computer science translating into enrollment in college computer science classes?” (p. 17).

I could find students who were interesting in computer science in high school and interview them as to why they did not persist? This is something I could get from the Microsoft attendees. They were exposed, and they attended the programs so they were interested, but they are not in college right now or they are in college in another major. What happened? I could form an interview or a survey around that?

I was able to get through all 26 pages. There are still a few citations I need to find but for the most part they are all done. Now I need to go back through my sources and flesh out my outline. There are a couple sections that are empty. I may even need to reorder and modify my outline particularly that last part. But that is good. I also reached out to Richard Tapia again and the folks at New Image of Computing. It may be easier for me to interview students even though that requires IRB.