Progress Postings

Accomplishments:

Our group has devised and implemented a lesson plan to help the young adults at Globalhood understand ethnography and the practices surrounding it. Additionally, we have donated cameras and provided questionnaires to the young adults to assist them in gathering data during their time in the Dominican Republic.

 

Future Goals:

By the end of this semester, our group intends to have representative data of the young adults’ experience in the Dominican Republic. We hope that the young adults will have a better understanding of ethnography, as well as its importance. Additionally, we intend to use the data collected – once analyzed – to the benefit of the nonprofit, Globalhood, to further its goals.

 

Post-Semester Goals:

We intend to have our data collected and analyzed before the end of the semester. However, should timing/coordination prevent that, we would want to at least have the data collected and work with the young adults on its analysis, intending to reach the goals that noted previously post-semester.

 

Platforms of Communication:

Our group has utilized multiple platforms for communication and collaboration. We have used in-person, mobile phones, e-mail, digital pictures, blogging, texting and Second Life, and plan to use Skype before the semester’s end. In terms of communication effectiveness, the phone and Second Life seem to work the best, as they exist in real time. Face-to-face has been effective for two of our group members, as both live locally in the New York City area. However, the third person in the group is located on the West Coast. As such, it has been more challenging to integrate her into the in-person requirements, such as meeting with the director of the nonprofit organization. To compensate, we touch base with each other via the listed alternative methods so that everyone is knowledgeable about the events.

 

Documenting and Sharing Work:

In terms of documenting our work, our group has kept our blog up-to-date, and we continually e-mail each other with information, notes and items of interest as they arise. Since ours is data-driven, we are awaiting the return of the young adults before we will have a substantial amount of materials to share.

 

Resources:

Our group has used the Internet and our class readings to develop our project. Additionally, we have communicated in-depth with the nonprofit organizers, our teacher, guest lecturers and each other.

 

Realization Assistance:

The biggest help to our group in terms of being able to complete our project would be to have time with the young adults upon their return from the Dominican Republic. This time would allow us to review the data they collected and to help them analyze it, as well as to help the nonprofit find ways to use it to their advantage.