That disclaimer out of the way, this post is a quick one to say that the original purpose of the blog was well-served especially given that life in the way of GSP5 intervened and my only memory of the classroom observation was buried in these pages. It was these pages that stored the spots that glow and aided the process of both writing the paper(6 months later) as well as preparing the presentation(another 6 months later). "Jackie's" struggles were well received and much recognized. But the most gratifying response was the appreciation for the honesty in the presentation - the acknowledgement that I did not see what I set out to see but that it was not a waste and I did walk away with insights for the team. In my role as an educational researcher, this was a setback in that I didn't see "what happens when" because nothing much happened as planned. However, in my role as a software developer(well ok a project manager for a software development team then!), I did "see" important insights.
Moving on, this blog is now no longer the process of writing an ethnography, but rather a place to capture the work I am doing in the classroom, my thoughts on APS(OpenIDEO) work in India, my reading notes, and any other random moderately relevant thought. I do now firmly believe in the power of gathering random dreamy thought and the power of search to be able to use them when I need them to collate them into a coherent whole.
So the tagline for this blog will now read - "Only those attempt the ridiculous can achieve the impossible".
Till the next time...
