MrL8Nite goes back to school

I'd  rather be flying my stunt kites!  Imagine a nice sunny day, a 15-20 mph wind, and being slowly dragged down the beach.

That's a picture of me flying my kites in July of 2006 at Myrtle Beach, SC.  In 2007 I had to go to Pepperdine's TechCamp and missed the chance to fly my kites (grrr) at my family's annual beach reunion. But I've already checked the schedule and it looks like the usual reunion week in July 2008 is clear of any school commitments, so I'll update the photos in 2008!

Yeah, you read that right. MrL8Nite is going back to school to get his doctorate. Decided over a year ago to finally get the "Dr." in front of my name. It's been a dream for a while...might as well get it while I'm young (ha)! The trick was to find a reputable school, a degree in Education, and a program that could handle my travel schedule. I ended up in Pepperdine's On-Campus/On-Line program. Spend about four 12-hours days in classroom-based lecture twice a semester and work the balance of the time reading books, writing reports, and interacting on-line. So far...it works. But, I think this program is going to be a bit tougher than my Masters -- more hours, more courses, over less months, with a dissertation and comps.

Anyways, that's what this site is all about...me and my journey through my doctoral program. The site was started as an assignment for the first Human-Computer Interface course on the Freewebs.com site, but will probably migrate with me to other "locations" as I'll want this site to be more feature-rich and more complex than I think Freewebs can probably handle. We'll see. In the meantime, check out the links (on the left or at the bottom) for my current courses, my blog, pics, and links to assorted wiki sites.

Summer '07

Quick update for 2008: Yes, I made it to my family reunion in July of 2008 and managed to get some kite flying in with my nephew. Nice heavy winds made for some great stunts early in the week. Lighter winds allow me to let my "younger" relatives try their hand at flying a number of my stunt kites...it's an annual tradition. 

I was also involved a little with Pepperdine responsibilities. I had some Stats homework to do and I ended up helping out Cadre 14 with their first Second Life experience during their Tech Camp. But it was all remote...no traveling to the west coast this July.  It was nice to be back on the beach again with my family for a whole week! --cj

A brief update for 2009: At the time of writing this, I'm just starting my final "course" semester offered this May-July. The Face-2-Face part will be in June, so I will again be able to attend my family's annual reuinon at the beach and fly my (new) kites. After this semester I'll have just the Comprehensive (Comps) course in the Fall, but it seems to be just a glorified 50-page report writing course (with defense). By next summer I hope to be well into writing my dissertation.

--cj

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