Worked on the New Outline

I spent 3 hours working on my dissertation today.  Thursday I should get an earlier start.  I am working my plan to re-submit my chapter 2 after reading and digesting Margaret's remarks.  Today I finished doing the outline.  I also marked up my paper (45 pages) for rewrite.  After that I was able to examine Facebook all properties.  I added the new evidence to my outline so I will need to go back and make sure the outline still makes sense.  I also still need to check LinkedIn for new evidence.  Once I have done that I will start the rewrite.  I know I still need new evidence regarding the first section on the outline and I will start pulling those as I am doing the rewrite. I am happy with today's progress.

Working on 4th revision of Chapter 2

Ok it has been a minute but I am back.  I have been traveling for my work with Pryor but I am off the road for a few weeks and I desperately need to catch up.  On my last post I had submitted my work to Margaret and was awaiting feedback.  There was some sort of problem as she sent feedback but I had not received it.  Finally, when I received it I had to do some traveling and then when I was ready she was busy so now we have both decided to talk after the Christmas break which is next week.  Today is my first day working on this chapter since I submitted.  I was able to work for 5 hours and got into a groove although there was not much in the way of writing.  I spent this time reviewing Margaret's comments which at first glance seemed like a lot but after reading them in detail and re-reading my paper it was not as bad as I thought.  I have devised a new plan to get a revision to her and I will start that work on Sunday. I have not set a goal yet but I should be able to get a revision to her by Friday especially if I make good progress on Sunday.  This is it.  No more breaks.  This is my number one priority.

Latest Chapter 2 Submitted.

Today I completed my revisions and submitted my paper to Margaret!

Chapter 2 Revisions

I am back at it.  I have my revisions based on Margaret's feedback.  I worked on my paper for 3 hours today.  I will take a break now and go back over what I have taken into consideration the notes I received from Margaret before.  That may take a couple of hours.  But I am pressing submit on the paper tonight before I go to sleep.

http://www.acm.org/runningonempty/findings.html

Margaret has given me feedback on my paper.  My next order of business is to respond to her.  After that I will devise a plan to make my changes.  Once I finish that I will start the design of my chapter 3.  I am ready to do this now, but I want to close the chapter 2 chapter first.  Here is another link that I may use as well.

1.  Read pages 1-28 to see what she means.

http://www.nitrd.gov/About/NIT_Workforce_Final_Report_5_29_09.pdf
http://www.aging.unc.edu/programs/wane/pubs/minoritiesinIT.pdf

Want to add these 2:
http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-07-26/lack_of_minority_representation_in_science_and_engineering_endangering_us_economic_health.html

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/stem-education/2012/06/28/minorities-need-stem-role-models-too?fb_action_ids=10150867671071266&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=246965925417366

Today I submitted my paper to Margaret.  It is not perfect.  But it definitely shows a lot of work.  I was also able to check it against TurnItIn.  I believe I got the score down to about 25% but I need to submit. She now has it.  My next order is business besides getting her feedback is to continue to work on the paper so that I can get my score even lower.  I need to have that done before I work on chapter 3.

Tonight I converted the paper to word and submitted to TurnItIn.  I should have a report in the am.  My first order of business will be to check the report by reading my Pepperdine mail.

I was able to work on my paper today for a couple of hours.  With regard to my last session which had the outstanding items:

• Finish through to page 76
• Flesh out and firm order based on outline, new sections, condense, what.
• Check against outline
• Run against TurnItIn
• Read for typos, edit
• submit

I was able to complete the review.  I made it all the way to the end. (page 76)

All of my citations are there

The outline looks good

What I need to do in the next session and I may do this tonight.

I need to write a summary of the chapter

and I need to submit to TurnItIn 

That is it.  Then I can submit.  I am thinking about submitting what I have but continue working.  I should be able to write the summary in a hour.  TurnItIn should not take long I just need to submit it and then make the corrections.  The problem is figuring out how to do it.

today I wrote for several hours.  I was able to get to page 70 of 76.  There are a few citations that need to be verified and that should not take long at all.  Here are my remaining pieces of work before I submit:

• Finish through to page 76
• Flesh out and firm order based on outline, new sections, condense, what.
• Check against outline
• Run against TurnItIn
• Read for typos, edit
• submit

I probably will not be able to work on my paper again until Sunday but much should get done in that session.

I was able to work on my paper today for about 4 hours.  Whew!  After the weekend of traveling to Austin so that my children could attend a party.  I had plans to write while there, but that did not workout.  It does not stop me though.  So, I could not write until today.  So, I did.  I was able to get up to page 62 of 76.  I am very excited about that.  I am in the stretch run in terms of what I am going to send to Margaret.  I need to find a few citations and I will do that tonight or before I start to write on Tuesday.  I should get to page 76 in my next session.  That will wrap up the final work of editing the content.  What is left is I will need to read it for flow, grammar, etc, which I should be able to do in a day or so.  The other thing that has to be done is that I need to run it through turnItN.  If that comes back I will submit, if not I will make those corrections, run it through again and then submit.  I hope I can get through the paper part in the early part of the day on Tuesday.  If so, I may start the reading and editing on Tuesday.  Then I can run through TurnItIn on Wednesday and submit on Wednesday night. The sooner the better.

I spoke to Margaret today regarding my chapter 3.  I must get chapter 2 to her this week.  And I will.  But I also really need to get my design down for my chapter 3.  I am going to look at connecting with a couple of universities in the Houston area as well as San Antonio to see if I can get a list.  This will be good.

took a step back.
rewrote up to page 52 of 77
made it through the steel stuff
goal was to hit page 60, got to 52.
Thursday's goal is to get to page 70
Next session I will pick up where I left
Chapter 2 is submitted on Sunday, no matter what

Made to page 50
Still need to work on the Riel piece
27 pages left
need to find the steele piece and craft and integrate
on Wednesday go from 50 to 70

I spent a few hours on the paper today.  I will get an earlier start on Tuesday.  Today I was able to:

1.  Correct the Warschauer
2.  Advance to page 50

For next time I need to:
1.  Check the Riel piece
2.  Locate the source for Kleiner & Farris and (Fairlie, 2002;Puma, Chapin, & Pape, 2003; Solomon, 2002;Wilhem, Carmen, & Reynolds, 2002). and several other sources.  I will look the papers tonight
3.  Keep pushing toward page 50 and even 60.

Today I made it through to page 41.  By Friday, I WILL get all the way through, read again for flow and transition, send to TurnItIn and by the end of Friday night Margaret gets it.  Sunday I WILL start chapter 3.

add to paper:  http://dailytrojan.com/2012/06/26/incomes-higher-for-minorities-with-stem-degrees/

I worked on my paper for 4 hours today.  I started off at Jitterbug for a couple of hours but then they closed and I headed over to the library and worked for a couple of hours.  I got to the point where I am tired of looking at it so I am stopping now.  I did not find my Warschauer book, so I ordered another as I have several references that I need to check.  I did the find the other article mentioned in the previous posted and cited it correctly.  My goal for today was to reach page 40.  I did not make it.  I reached page 38 and I cut the paper down to 80 pages.  So, I feel good about my effort.  For next time, I need to:

1).  Check the source for Warshchauer
2).  Rewrite or check the Riel piece
3).  Advance to page 50.
4)  I hope to write on Sunday, but that is Father's day so I may spend with the family.  But look out on Monday.  I should have time to check the references before then and hit the ground running with the writing.

Today I worked on my paper for a couple of hours.  I finished the section on the economic divide and now I am writing the educational, equity piece.  I made it up to page 30.  That is great.  Almost half way.  My goal for Friday is to get up to page 40 or 50.  I will take 40 but if i can get to 50 that will be great.  However, before starting my next session I need to do 2 things.

1.  I need to find my Warschauer book to make sure I rewrote pieces
2.  Find article that references ACM, CSTA, and the student Leigh Ann Sudol

I will do that either before the next session or right at the start.  My goal is to write 10 pages on Friday.

I am back working on my paper today and I am very excited to be doing so.  The plan for today is to pickup where I left off with the writing but the first order of business is  to add the citations that I went home to get on my last session.  I have located those citations and that is the first thing I will do.  After that I will continue to work through the paper. I also have my digital divide book which I simply must add information from since it was so good. I am referring to the book by Lawson.  Well Cathy just called.  It is her birthday week.  She wants to get her hair braided.  So much for writing today.  Cathy changed her appointment to Thursday so I did get some work done.  And I am still working.  Right now I am incorporating Lawson's book into the chapter.  I have been re-reading pages 1-20 from my last session and I have corrected and fixed the citations and rewritten a few things.  The goal now is the add this piece and advance to page 30.  I will let you know whether I make it or not.  I did not make it to page 30, but I made it back to page 20 and those 20 are tight.  Right now I am integrating the material from Lawson.  I am very pleased with my work today.