Task 4b- SIG

Myself and Jennifer Simm where friends prior to the course and both embraced on the journey together. We have had regular skype calls to discuss ideas, express thoughts and feelings and clarify expectations. I have found having someone going through the process a great help. It is helpful that we are wondering on the same lines and in a similar working environment.

The framework we could use to theorise this process in E-tivtives (discussed in reader 4)
http://www.gillysalmon.com/e-tivities.html

From todays skype call a few questions that emerged from our interactions-

• How many research questions can you have? 
• The draft deadline is it just the proposal or is it the critical reflection as well?
• What is the recommend time frame for the research process?
• How many people should you interview and get to do your questionnaires?

Ideas and thoughts developed- 

• As we work in similar environments we thought we could possibly use each others research participants 
• Jen helped me develop my research questions- have a question focused on the outcomes?  
• Use pupils in the survey - as we both work the SEN environment we discussed there could be some ethical issues with this
• Use parents as a primary research source 
• We could use each other for our pilot interviews/surveys 
• 'learning through dance not to dance' 
• Shared useful sources of information 
• Idea of plagiarism with using your SIG. 

We are looking at creating a Facebook messenger group for those who are developing lines of inquiry based around education as a way of discussion. We often feel replying to blog comments difficult and having a messenger chat maybe easier. If you are interested in joining then please comment.