Six Researchers from Texas

My favorite session at the 3Ts conference yesterday was presented by six women (most of who were doctoral students) from Texas who came all the way to NY State to present their initial findings and future plans for studying the use of technology with K-12 students. I suppose I should confess right now that what I was most interested in was how they had decided to work as a team in addition to their own doctoral work. I think working as a team would be a great addition to my own doctoral program.

They described how they had been meeting monthly to discuss ideas during which they realized their shared research interests in technology and literacy. Eventually this developed into a collaborative research team. I thought, this is how it is supposed to be. I also liked how the presenters personal views & observations were intertwined with their research. On my way out I asked Merry Boggs (I just had a suspicion) if she was supervising some of the other women's dissertation work. She said yes, but in this situation they were all just members of the team. Nice!

I think we'll be hearing more from these folks.Session: First Contact: Working to Build Transliteracy Spaces in Classrooms
Presenters: Merry Boggs; Texas A&M-Commerce & Melissa Brumfield; Mesquite Independent School District, with Leslie Haas, Carrie Manning, Maribeth Nottingham, and Susan Williams; Texas A&M-Commerce