As we start a new semester, I just want to begin by saying THANK YOU!!! Each of you brings such passion and commitment to our collective work…

As we start a new semester, I just want to begin by saying THANK YOU!!! Each of you brings such passion and commitment to our collective work…
Goals: The Get Real! Science Research Group is committed to merging diverse lenses to understand and make positive change for urban youth and the adults who teach them in and through science.
Objectives:
For our journals:
Logistics:
Email our group: grs-rg@googlegroups.com
Blackboard organizations: Science STARS – see the different projects
Confidentiality – a must!!
Note Taking – Google Doc – Xiaoyu started us off – thanks! https://docs.google.com/document/d/13w978cv5hfuzL59G284wGBu1cgWcPpgAwKlrxPwKk7Y/edit?usp=sharing
RSRB – EPRP # – -email it to April – Nick sent out the information (attached a pdf and this note: Please follow the directions in the PDF attached below to start the certification process.) Here is a link the RCSB’s initial certification page: https://www.rochester.edu/ohsp/education/certification/initialCertification.html
Today’s meeting was full of conversations that married history with possibilities. Defining a research trajectory for the upcoming year is full of challenges:
That said, the conversations were ENERGIZED with considerations of the potential change that we can realize with the lenses, expertise, data and time that we have in our group.
We decided to start our work together by co-constructing a journal review, reading and discussing “Authoring Selves” from Identity and Agency in Cultural Worlds by Holland, Lachiocotte Jr., Skinner & Cain (1998), and filling a page with possible questions and studies.
Can’t wait until next time!
GRS Research Group will begin again soon… This group has had a rich history of fascinating conversations, important emotional support, and lots and lots of learning. I have been honored to work with all those who have been a part of the group, and I am eager to begin again!!
Today, I want to honor the accomplishments of Jeremiah Okal-Frink, Ph.D. You’re dedication and persistence were and are inspiring. The quality of your work in paper and in defense was exceptional. And, all along the way, you were a blessing to all of those lucky enough to be near you!! Thank you!! Can’t wait to see what you do next… hope to be a small part of it.
Okal-Frink, J. (2015). Co-constructed from the margins: The intersection of design, practice, and technology within changing classroom social space (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Rochester, Rochester NY.