Silence and Voice

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-03-18

Jeffrey Keefer — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:25:00 +0000

I better get out for food now, or it will never happen. #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-03-17

Jeffrey Keefer — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:25:00 +0000

Anybody ever play #Evony http://bit.ly/cJtNdn ? #
Trying to get some final transcription tweaks done before I leave for England on Sunday. #
If I see one more drunken under-age loaf who skipped school today to celebrate St. Patrick's, I will scream. #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-03-17

Jeffrey Keefer — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:25:00 +0000

Anybody ever play #Evony http://bit.ly/cJtNdn ? #
Trying to get some final transcription tweaks done before I leave for England on Sunday. #
If I see one more drunken under-age loaf who skipped school today to celebrate St. Patrick's, I will scream. #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-03-17

Jeffrey Keefer — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:25:00 +0000

This new production of Ambroise Thomas's #Hamlet at the #MetOpera is excellent. #
About to watch the new production premiere of Hamlet at the #MetOpera. #
Was stuck on the #PATH train for a 30 minute shut-down this morning. #
#MaxQDA just came out with their new version of their #CAQDAS, #MaxQDA10 http://bit.ly/aOXckN #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-03-15

Jeffrey Keefer — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:25:00 +0000

RT @fncll: Today is the Ides of March– and I should be finishing _Julius Caesar_ tonight. I'll be watching over my shoulder just in case. #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-03-15

Jeffrey Keefer — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:25:00 +0000

Interstate 80 toward the George Washington Bridge was backed up to Bogota. The NJ Turnpike was stopped past the last rest stop. Not fun. #
Really severe storm last night. Glad we did not lose power or have any major damage. #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-03-14

Jeffrey Keefer — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:25:00 +0000

Serious wind and rain storm. Scary outside. #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-03-12

Jeffrey Keefer — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:25:00 +0000

New comment on "Analyzing Qualitative Inquiry" http://bt.io/Eewb #
Just overheard in the elevator, "Let's hope the rain keeps up, as that way it won't come down." #
I love wifi printing within the office. #
2 new comments on "Silence and Voice" and more http://bt.io/Eeq0 #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-03-11

Jeffrey Keefer — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:25:00 +0000

About to facilitate a focus group. #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-03-11

Jeffrey Keefer — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:25:00 +0000

New comment on "Tomorrow's the big day out for my ePortfolio" http://bt.io/EdrA #
Off to debrief some #CIQ Critical Incident Questionnaire results #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-03-10

Jeffrey Keefer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:25:00 +0000

Working on very little sleep today. #
RT @be_b: the beauty of blogging and commenting on blogs is that no TV screen is in between our opinions – despite the distance between us #
Got it; just saw a long-elusive thread in the data analysis that bridges my theoretical frameworks. Yatta!! #
Listening to very loud Madonna while finishing my paper. How could "Ray of Light" be 12 years old? Tempus fugit. #
I decided to completely revise the way I analyzed and presented my findings. Very over the paper limit now, so will explore only the first 3 #

Public Transformations Paper Submitted

Jeffrey Keefer — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:54:12 +0000

Late last night (ok . . . before sunrise this morning), I submitted the final version of my paper that has been the focus of my life over the past 3 months, Public Transformations: Adult Learners Who Use Social Media to Express and Understand Their Identities as Developing Researchers.

I do not want to go into detail here about my findings (as I have already submitted an abstract of this for a conference paper review), suddenly everything in the analysis of my ethnographic study clicked with how the participants understand themselves as developing researchers. As I described it in the initial proposal, “I am especially interested in knowing how learners make sense of their experiences when they believe they learn something significant that helps them see things in a different way.”

I saw it, and am initially pleased with my findings. This makes for wonderful further study . . .

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-03-09

Jeffrey Keefer — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:25:00 +0000

Feel like a lost a week of my Twitter life. Ahh, this paper will either do me in or I will tame it . . . #
Working on my paper revision. Due in 2 1/2 hours. #
Continuing to revise an instrument we are validating. #
Did an early load of laundry; will be a long day today. #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-03-06

Jeffrey Keefer — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:25:00 +0000

New comment on "The Mourners at the Met" http://bt.io/EcP8 #
Still busy with travel, while also working on revising my paper that is due on Monday!!! #

The Mourners at the Met

Jeffrey Keefer — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:45:01 +0000

I needed to take a break from my paper (with its final version due this Monday), so I decided to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, my favorite museum that happens to be right here in New York.

What a surprise when I stumbled across one of the best (small) exhibits I have ever encountered, The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy. This exhibit is the first time these sculptures have been separated from the tomb in Burgundy they have been mourning for hundreds of years. Arranged in 2 rows, they walk and mourn in silence, doing what people have done for thousands of years–remember those who have come before. They are carved in amazing detail, only 16 inches tall, and arranged in the Medieval sculpture hall in a solemn and thought-provoking manner that stopped me in my tracks.

I love Medieval art. I love France. What a find to invite me to be as introspective as these fellows are.

In our own ways, and in mine in particular, I find myself reflecting on my past, much as these statues do. I constantly replay images from the past, thinking, from different perspectives, about how to live the present and prepare for a better future while being informed by what has gone on before. It is not that often that I get overwhelmed with an entire art display, though this one, as if walking toward the doorway through which I entered, greeted me as if personally and solemnly.

Do I mourn? Will others mourn me? I wonder to what extent anything of mine will even be remembered after I finish my journey?

While this can immediately be seen as a lament, I will instead take this as an invitation to make the remainder of my life memorable. I want to leave the world a better place, be part of something greater than myself.

What better response to have to works of art, than to want to take positive action?

What do you want people to remember about you?