My dissertation is the first project I’ve done involving qualitative analysis of data – specifically, the coding and analysis of 30+ student interviews. So when it came time to choose a program with which to do all that analysis, I felt somewhat at a loss. I’d had a few recommendations from fellow grads and professors, but since I’m A) a Mac user and B) on a pretty tight budget, I found none of the recommendations fit my practical limitations. On top of that, trying to understand the features and capabilities of all the available choices was pretty intimidating, since I…
Author: Becca Tarsa
Incorporating digital tools and ideas into our teaching comes with many rewards – but also with surprises and a fair amount of work, particularly for those of us who don’t feel especially “in the know” technologically speaking. And that’s a bigger group, I think, than many of us would expect or admit. For all I’m a digital rhetoric fellow, I frequently feel intimidated by the prospect of pulling popular or emerging digital tools and concepts into my classroom. While I’ve had some great success implementing some types of digital lessons, I continue to feel intimidated about using things I’m not…