"ek beedi"
Soumitri Varadarajan's PostGrad space (ek beedi ho jai)
11/07/2008
Design For Disaster
Vendy Oliver did his Masters by Research project at RMIT - Industrial Design. He went to Aceh to do his field work - six months after the Tsunami in Banda Aceh. He came back and submitted his project - and has recently uploaded his Video of the project. You can see the first part here and then click on the link HERE to go to youtube to see the other 4 parts.
03/06/2008
Vendy's Examination
Vendy had his examination yesterday. And he was notified that he has passed.
Congratulations Vendy!
Now I need to do the next steps on thsi initiative:
1. We are doing a joint paper: 'when God's teardrop exploded'
2. And I have agreed to be part of/ coordinate a project to build a school in Wenchuan county in Sicuan Province, PRC.
3. I am keen to do a book taking off from vendy's visual material.
Congratulations Vendy!
Now I need to do the next steps on thsi initiative:
1. We are doing a joint paper: 'when God's teardrop exploded'
2. And I have agreed to be part of/ coordinate a project to build a school in Wenchuan county in Sicuan Province, PRC.
3. I am keen to do a book taking off from vendy's visual material.
The Reflective Educator's Guide to Classroom Research
"Authentic and practical, this book demystifies classroom research without making inquiry overly simplistic. Loaded with examples from actual inquiries and drawn from experience working with hundreds of teacher researchers, the authors' advice is refreshingly jargon free and clearly explained."
The Reflective Educator's Guide to Classroom Research: Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Through Practitioner Inquiry (Hardcover) by Nancy Fichtman Dana (Author), Diane Yendol-Hoppey (Author)
The Reflective Educator's Guide to Classroom Research: Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Through Practitioner Inquiry (Hardcover) by Nancy Fichtman Dana (Author), Diane Yendol-Hoppey (Author)
27/05/2008
Submission and Examination
This is the page you need to look at - to know all about submission requirements. This is in 'research-current students-submission and examination'.
Another way to get familiar with what the final outcome will look like - is to go to past PhD theses' though the library site.
16/05/2008
video prototypes
I've started a playlist of video prototypes on youtube.. some cool stuff here, particularly the UX design for diabetes management devices..
Literature Review
Here is a good link to how to do a literature review.
1. This handout will explain what a literature review is and offer insights into the form and construction of a literature review in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
2. A literature review is an account of what has been published on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers. Read more ...
3. Wikipedia/ A literature review is a body of text that aims to review the critical points of current knowledge on a particular topic. More ...
1. This handout will explain what a literature review is and offer insights into the form and construction of a literature review in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
2. A literature review is an account of what has been published on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers. Read more ...
3. Wikipedia/ A literature review is a body of text that aims to review the critical points of current knowledge on a particular topic. More ...
12/04/2008
Design for Disaster
Derrida - Fear of Writing
09/04/2008
On Writing
Advice on academic writing: http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/advise.html
A particularly good piece on 'paragraphs': http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/writing/paragraphs.html
A particularly good piece on 'paragraphs': http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/writing/paragraphs.html
03/04/2008
Writing Resources
New resource site from Scott. Writing Resources.
