How did writing go this week? (quick write) Your schedule? How is writing site working out? How did your conversations about writing go this week? How is the documentation thing going? How much time did you "log in"? What was the quality of that time? etc. etc.
This week was an interesting one. I totally did not focus on keeping track of what, when, how long, where I was working on paper. However, I did find a new working space that I really like. I went to the MSU library, 4th floor stacks. I have always loved this nook for doing research and reading. However, I never really focused on it for writing. So, on Sunday for 3 hours (while Chels was at rehearsal for MSU Youth Wind Symphony) I wrote. Now, it would be a lie to say I wrote for the entire 3 hours, but I did off and on for most of it. The off writing moments were spent with me browsing the stacks for some specific conversations. The great thing is... I found the conversation I was looking for that will help me think about my argument for this article as well as my practicum. The argument is in between 2 books I found. Not literally, but I feel I fall somewhere in between the claims presented by the following 2 books:
1. "Revealing the invisible: Confronting passive racism in teacher education" by Sherry Marx (2006).
2. "Dispositions as habits of mind: Making professional conduct more intelligent" by Erskine Dottin (2010).
So, I would read a little and think about what position I am taking in my article and what it is I am trying to say and to whom. Over the course of the following few days prior to class. I would spend sporadic moments on my paper. I renamed the working draft dealing with my thinking about the argument of my paper as just that. In this draft I color coded text: red=arguments; blue=research ideas beyond the scope of this article; green= questions I need to explore; purple= changes I made that I need to make note of. As of right now... MY PAPER IS PHYSICALLY A MESS :-/ BUT... I think it is beginning to take a shape that is not only student voiced.
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