Sunday, June 24, 2012

Midpoint Encounter with Manuscript


After a few weeks of waiting, I finally had Sharepoint access to the manuscript with comments on areas needing revision and additions.  I tried unsuccessfully to access the document in Sharepoint.  Dr. Szapkiw had advised me I could actually edit in the Internet Explorer browser if I used Word 2010 and a newer Internet Explorer version.  I kept trying to log into Sharepoint with my LU access information, but nothing worked.  The research base continued to have little to offer toward e-textbooks.  Additionally, end of the school year tasks were taking much time to accomplish.  I had scheduled one day to assist my mentee with processing report cards and other end of the year tasks.  I misjudged and we had to add an additional day to work side by side.  It seemed there was little time to dig into the manuscript, read the assignments for class, and read the additional trade book for the webibliography.  At this same time, our oldest son graduated from high school, and my husband and I celebrated our 20th anniversary.  Life itself was busy. 

When I was able to get into Sharepoint, I was able to view the areas I needed to address; however, I was hesitant to make any changes to the manuscript.  Dr. Szapkiw assured me it was fine to edit, so I began at the beginning of the manuscript reading and editing.  Over those few weeks, it seemed research on e-textbooks became prolific!  I found many new resources which seemed to arise from nowhere; there had been so little available just a few weeks ago!  I began downloading more articles to review, and, while it was great to have more resources, this put me behind in the editing process.  

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