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This page shows people all of the hard work that Dr. Smith does behind the scenes, beyond scheduled class time. 

We might use it for future research on the way a CSL teacher in this type of course spends her time planning and carrying out her unusual roles.

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April 11, 2010 Saturday and Sunday interaction with team messages on Email, Blackboard, and Google Docs.  Student interaction 
April 9, 2010 Interacting with students online this week via Google Docs, Email, Bb Student interaction 10 
April 9, 2010 Website updates this week to Google Sites Design pages, Home page, Instructional Team page  Course materials 
April 9, 2010 Emails within instructional team past 2 wks Partnership 
April 7, 2010 Making PDFs of website drafts April 1 and April 5/7 Planning 
April 7, 2010 Editing and uploading audio and video created April 7 Course materials 
April 5, 2010 2 appointments with students on exam/assignment assessments Student interaction 
April 2, 2010 Interacting online with teams since Wed. Student interaction 
April 1, 2010 Grading exams Assessing 
March 31, 2010 Commenting on & Grading 21 individual websites in the past week Assessing 15 
March 30, 2010 Working on team communication issues Student interaction 
March 29, 2010 Creating April 14 ad with Erin's text and my images, posting it on website & Posterous blog Partnership 
March 28, 2010 Preparing waivers Partnership 
March 26, 2010 This week: interacting with teams Student interaction 
March 22, 2010 Being interviewed by students for the webstie Student interaction 1.5 
March 21, 2010 Grading EC blogs in the past 3-4 days Assessing 
March 19, 2010 Event planning meeting with Buffy and Erin and Rosalie Planning 1.5 
March 18, 2010 Exam and study guide creation Course materials 
March 15, 2010 Finalizing the exam, checking it over, creating screenshots for samples Course materials 
March 14, 2010 Non-EC individual blog grading spread over a week or two Assessing 22 
March 14, 2010 Creating a "Blog hall of fame" showcasing excellent blog strategies Course materials 
March 11, 2010 Phone call with Gaurav about class visit March 15 Planning 
February 16, 2010 Student Q&A on problems with Wordpress Student interaction 0.5 
February 16, 2010 Revising and adding material to Lab 5 Course materials 
February 13, 2010 Corresponding with a student team in a small crisis/challenge, carefully crafting emails and policies on team communication, in consultation with Carmen Student interaction 
February 11, 2010 Correspondence regarding Carmen's hire/employment Partnership 
February 11, 2010 Communicating with Erin & Zoe about how we are going about obtaining community partner consent for some inherited documents Partnership 
February 10, 2010 Preparing lectures this week Course materials 
February 7, 2010 Making guides to inherited documents, labeling each file as "publishable" or "publishable with consent" etc. Course materials 
February 5, 2010 Composing and editing sections of Lab 5 Course materials 
January 31, 2010 Compiling Inherited documents into folders in Box.net and allocating them to teams. I accidentally deleted my folder & lost about 3 hours of work.  Course materials 12 
January 30, 2010 Team project management google sites -- creating a template Planning 
January 27, 2010 Email and blackboard correspondence with ECs and class Student interaction 
January 27, 2010 Email with instructional team re: response from ethics committee, inherited material, class update, planning for next week's 2 classes Partnership 
January 27, 2010 Personal orientation for a student who missed first 2 weeks Student interaction 
January 26, 2010 Power point and tutorial class activity design Planning 
January 24, 2010 Made a backup copy of the course website  Course materials 
January 24, 2010 Formed teams and updated the webpage Student interaction 
January 24, 2010 Power point and lab 2. Very challenging to cover material from 3 readings & include lab prep Course materials 
January 21, 2010 Meetings with Carmen this week pre&post class Planning 
January 21, 2010 Posted a new page on Blogs & Websites (ours) listing blog URLs Course materials 
January 20, 2010 Began round 2 of recruitment for donating assignments for editing/publication. Revised letter/waiver, created recruitment messages, corresponded with students Course materials 
January 17, 2010 Organizing files and setting up technology tools Partnership 
January 17, 2010 Enhancing website and 463 Blog  Course materials 
January 17, 2010 Lecture power point Course materials 1.5 
January 16, 2010 Created Lab 1 on Wordpress blog setup. Worked extra hard on it to ensure that students ease into the technology. I had to test-drive many of the instructions to make sure they worked, and I created screen shots Course materials 
January 14, 2010 Wrote COMS 463 Research ethics application (6 pages plus 17 pages of appendices) and submitted it to the faculty ethics committee and to our instructional team Planning 
January 13, 2010 Prep lecture, handouts for today, debrief with Carmen Course materials 1.5 
January 13, 2010 Processed handwritten reflections and posted them Student interaction 
January 12, 2010 Online comm with 4 students. Topics: registration, first day posts, team formation request Student interaction 0.5 
January 12, 2010 Emailed with Carmen about Wednesday class and her new blog post Planning 0.5 
January 11, 2010 Read, analyzed, and posted First Day Writing to the Bb discussion board Student interaction 
January 11, 2010 Met with Carmen 0.5 h before first class and 1h after to debrief and plan Wed. Planning 1.5 
January 11, 2010 Sent summary of first day writing to partners Partnership 0.25 
January 10, 2010 Scheduled readings and lab/tutorial activities Course materials 
January 10, 2010 Funding proposal for Carmen's CSL assistance Partnership 
January 10, 2010 Authored more COMS 463 website content Course materials 
January 9, 2010 Wrote more assignment descriptions, criteria Course materials 
January 9, 2010 Scheduled readings, labs, partner visits Planning 
January 8, 2010 Met with Zoe, Erin at Volunteer Calgary (took Ctrain) Partnership 
January 6, 2010 Recruitment of documents via emails with Erin and instructors Partnership 
January 6, 2010 Met with Erin & Carmen about course Planning 
January 6, 2010 Secured Zoe's partnership and wrote relevant emails Partnership 
January 5, 2010 Arranging meetings with Erin and Carmen, discussing various issues Planning 
January 1, 2010 Consulting with Carmen, Erin, and Ron over the holidays Planning 
December 21, 2009 Developed a Publication Waiver document Course materials 
December 18, 2009 Created the Texts & Readings page Course materials 
December 18, 2009 Learned about Google Analytics. Created buttons for links to Blackboard, etc. Course materials 
December 17, 2009 Added Images to this website, rearranged Course Management area, wrote more Assignment information Course materials 
December 16, 2009 Sending welcome message to COMS 463 students Student interaction 0.5 
December 16, 2009 Editing and adding features to this website Course materials 
December 15, 2009 Modifying website to account for changes in partnership Partnership 
December 15, 2009 Drafting assignment descriptions on this website Course materials 
December 10, 2009 Email and telephone correspondence to recruit community partner Partnership 
November 29, 2009 Setting up this site Course materials 
November 26, 2009 Course planning meeting with Jo, Erin Partnership 
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