Researchgate & IP

A little over a week ago I tweeted about my Researchgate profile. I'm using this platform to gather data for myknowledge  tracking/sharing project. 

What is Researchgate? Well, it's a social media like Academia.edu and Mendeley. 

Here is a link to my profile: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Meagan_Arrastia

This site creates a metrics based on the number of publications, citation, and activity in the research online.

Just like Diginole, you have to be careful about sharing published works. On the site you should only upload pre-press versions of your work. Like Slide Share, you can share presentation slides. What is different is that it provides a question and answer area where you an consult experts directly. 

Have you used this site? Share your links here. 

Anxiously Awaited this Dissertation

I have been waiting patiently for this dissertation to be published online because it is a systematic review of the content-area reading literature on in/preservice teachers. I have seen this paper presented and even contacted the author for her dissertation presentation, but without the actual manuscript the studies examined were unknown. Now I have a great source of references for the article I am working on with a colleague from Mississippi State University! Hooray for productivity and information sharing!

Winter Break 2013

It's only the first week after finals and I am already overwhelmed a little. I am working on my prospectus, mostly the third chapter (methodology). I am reviewing my measurement theory notes on measurement development and validation to make sure I am covering all the different types of validity and reliability.

At the same time I am revisiting several manuscripts to send out for publication. Collaborating with people from a distance is new to me, but I am trying that for the first time as well. It seems like this break I am pretty much going to nerd out. :) Most likely, I am being too ambitious and trying to tackle too many projects at the same time. Because, after all, the best kind of dissertation is a finished one.

Chris and I have couchsurfers this week and there is absolutely nothing to show them because FSU is completely dead during the breaks. All we have to offer them are long bike rides and walks at the various parks in Tallahassee.