Time Log

SEMESTER TOTAL:  6,896 MINS




01/03/2011
10 mins- Read "What Student's Don't Learn Abroad"


01/05/2011
50 mins- In class: Intro to the course and schedule, discussion on "What Students Don't Learn Abroad"

TOTAL: 60 mins

01/06/2011
30 mins - Created Online Portfolio
15 mins- Wrote first journal entry
10 mins- Read "Some Defining Principles"

TOTAL: 115 mins


01/07/2011
15 mins- Read section reading assignment- Experiment in Exile
50 mins- Attended class: Intro to the area
5 mins- Worked on online journal layout

TOTAL: 185 mins

01/10/2011
30 mins- Writing and revising 25 Questions
10 mins- Writing journal entry
5 mins- Updating online journal layout
50 mins- Large group class- Developing Academic Portion of Field Study

TOTAL: 280 mins

01/12/2011
20 mins- Class readings (Start With a Question, Questions to Consider, Comic Book Appeal)
20 mins- Thinking of, writing, and revising my Project Question
20 mins- Journal Entry 3
50 mins- In class- Fitting Question to Location

TOTAL: 390 mins


01/13/2010
80 mins - Travel Arrangements: Research on passport name change, flight arrangements, budgeting, etc 


01/14/2011
20 mins- Online journal entry
50 mins- In class- Researching literary review @ library


TOTAL: 540 mins

01/18/2011
50 mins- Researching and applying for scholarships for my field study
30 mins- Flight arrangements

01/19/2011
30 mins- Online journal entry 
120 mins- Reading and analyzing sources from The Journal of Inquiry


TOTAL: 770 mins

01/21/2011
50 mins- In class- discussion on history of Tibet

01/22/2011
136 mins- Watched film- Seven Years in Tibet

TOTAL: 956 mins

01/24/2011
50 mins- large class discussion
50 mins- Online journal
50 mins- Class readings

TOTAL: 1106 mins


01/26/2011
50 mins- small group class
45 mins- reading articles and ordering materials related to project
40 mins- online journal entry


TOTAL: 1241 mins


01/28/2011


45 mins- online journal entry - Seeing through Tibetans' eyes


01/31/2011
50 mins- large group meeting
20 mins- online journal
50 mins- Workshop make-up: Literary Review


TOTAL: 1406 mins


02/01/2011
120 mins- Looking for and reading sources on Tibetan gender roles


02/02/2011
50 mins- In class- Tibetan Families
30 mins- Met with Dr. Hawkins (SFL 290) to discuss my project question
45 mins- Online journal - report on Tibetan Women's Association
45 mins- Interview- Methods assignment


TOTAL: 1696 mins


02/04/2011
50 mins- Methods workshop in class- w/ other group
30 mins- Report on interview (Methods assignment)


02/07/2011
50 mins- Online journal entry - New Research Question


02/09/2011
30 mins- Finding an article relating to Tibetan family stratification
40 mins- Reading "Stratification, Polyandry, and Family Structure in Central Tibet"
50 mins- In class- small group
40 mins- Online journal


TOTAL: 1986 mins


Unlogged time:
120 mins- Annotated sources assignment
80 mins- Source Document Analysis Worksheets
60 mins- Meeting with, researching, and purchasing flight tickets


TOTAL: 2246 mins


02/11/2011
50 mins- In Class- Methods Roundtable Workshop
50 mins- Observing kindergarten for Methods Practice 2
45 mins- Concluding/writing about Methods Practice


02/14/2011
50 mins- In class - large group - Responsible Inquiry
25 mins- Journal entry- Course Contracts
40 mins- IRB Tutorial


TOTAL: 2506


02/15/2011
135 mins- Watched movie: Kundun


02/16/2011
50 mins- In class- Sections
40 mins- Online jornal entry: Kundun


02/18/2011
70 mins- Project Proposal- First Draft


02/19/2011
120 mins- Project Proposal - First Draft


TOTAL: 2921


02/21/2011
50 mins- Large Group- Entering the Community


02/23/2011
50 mins- Mid-semester group meeting
25 mins- Mid-semester evaluation
30 mins- Personality test
40 mins- Revising online portfolio
30 mins- Online journal
40 mins- Reading "Diagnosing and Treating the Ophelia Syndrome" - Plummer


TOTAL: 3186


02/25/2011
30 mins- reading IRB example
50 mins- mixed group, mock IRB
30 mins- Reading My Spiritual Journey

02/28/2011
50 mins- large group, "Eating Christmas in the Kalahari"
30 mins- Reading "Eating Christmas in the Kalahari
30 mins- Reading "Helping, Fixing, Serving"
20 mins- Journal entry (though it posted my incomplete "draft")
180 mins- Applying for Gilman International Scholarship

TOTAL: 3606


03/01/2011
120 mins- First IRB Protocol

03/02/2011
50 mins - Section class-Appropriate roles and relationships
45 mins- reading My Spiritual Journey

03/05/2011
90 mins- Tibetan New Year in Salt Lake


03/07/2011
50 mins- Large group, Building Skills for Cross-cultural Communication and Inquiry
120 mins - IRB 2nd Draft


TOTAL: 4081


03/09/2011
50 mins - Sections Class - Religion and Arts
120 mins- library research- Tibetan Buddhism


03/14/2011
50 mins- In class, analyzing IRBs
25 mins- reading My Spiritual Journey
30 mins- worked on IRB

TOTAL: 4356

03/17/2011
120 mins- Worked on IRB
60 mins- meeting with mentor

03/16/2011
40 mins- Journal Entry "IRB"
40 mins- reading My Spiritual Journey

03/18/2011
120 mins- Inquiry Conference, Arts, photography, etc.


03/21/2011
60 mins- Learning Journal "Inquiry Conference"
50 mins- Large group class

TOTAL: 4846


03/23/2011
20 mins- Researching political background of Tibetans in exile
45 mins- Journal entry "studying up"
50 mins- sections class


03/24/2011
120 mins- Second draft of project proposal

03/25/2011
40 mins- Second draft of project proposal
50 mins- Proposal workshop, sections class
60 mins- reading and commenting on other student's blogs

TOTAL: 5231


03/28/2011
50 mins- large group class, Plans B through Z
45 mins- journal entry "potential problems"
100 mins- reading My Spiritual Journey

03/29/2011
60 mins- Visa Applications
50 mins- reading My Spiritual Journey


03/30/2011
60 mins- researching current events in Tibetan communities
50 mins- in sections, current events
45 mins- journal entry "current events"

TOTAL: 5691 mins


04/01/2011
50 mins- in class, project proposal workshop
60 mins- reading and commenting on other's blogs
45 mins- reading about Tibetan Buddhism



04/04/2011
45 mins- Reading "coping with culture shock"
50 mins- large group, discussing culture shock
45 mins- journal entry "culture shock"


04/06/2011
30 mins- prepping project presentation
50 mins- project presentations in class
120 mins- Finishing and sending off Visas

TOTAL: 6186


04/08/2011
50 mins- project presentations in class
50 mins- journal entry "journal entry 1 million"
60 mins- logging information into ISP database


04/11/2011
140 mins- Project Proposal
50 mins- in class, safety and security
30 mins- reading My Spiritual Journey

04/12/2011
120 mins- finishing reading My Spiritual Journey

TOTAL: 6686


04/13/2011
50 mins- in class, final review
40 mins- reading and commenting on fellow student's blogs, posted as journal entry.

Unlogged mins
120 mins- researching and getting immunizations

TOTAL: 6896











Books I'm Reading

  • My Spiritual Journey by H.H. the Dalai Lama
  • Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin