This page is for reporting on how much time I've invested in preparing for my field study experience.
January Total - 30 hrs 10 min
February Total - 31 hrs 35 min
March Total - 53 hrs 27 min
April Total - 16 hrs
(130 hrs/60 min) = (7800 min + 88 min) = 7888 min
Time Log, 13 April 2011
30 min - Journal Entry
15 min - Pick up bag
1 hr - Blog Edit
1 hr - Book Report
Total: 2 hrs 45 min
Time Log, 11 April 2011
1 hr - Meet with Joan
15 min - questions for Andrew and Jay
3 hrs - wrapping up edits from Joan and finishing touches
Total: 4 hrs 15 min
Time Log, 8 April 2011
3 hrs - Proposal Writing
30 min - Journal Entry
Total: 3 hrs 30 min
Time Log, 6 April 2011
2 hrs - Proposal Writing and Research
30 min - Journal Entry
Total: 2 hrs 30 min
Time Log, 4 April 2011
30 min - Journal Entry
30 min - Proposal Work
1 hr 30 min - Made and ate Ghanaian food with Twi friends
Total: 2 hr 30 min
Time Log, 1 April 2011
30 min - Journal Entry
10 min - Passport work and Bank set up
Total: 0 hrs 30 min
Time Log, 30 March 2011
30 min - Journal Entry
1 hr - Immunization
2 - Read Book
Total: 3 hrs 30 min
Time Log, 28 March 2011
35 min - Journal Entry and Blog Edit
40 min - Time Log final catch up entry
1 hr - group bonding (icecream, get to know you games, travel planning)
Total: 2 hrs 15 min
Time Log, 25 March 2011
2 hrs - enter changes into first draft from IRB Proposal
1 hr and 30 min - edit statement of intent and background
40 min - budget edit
20 min - Pick up IRB approval!!!!!!!!!!!!
Total: 4 hrs 30 min
Time Log, 23 March 2011
2 hrs 30 min - research all sources for methods development
20 min - passport pictures, form for visa
10 min - Set up immunizations appointment
1 hr - catch up on entering time logs
30 min - journal entry
Total: 4 hrs 30 min
Time Log, 21 March 2011
6 hrs and 10 min - worked on IRB edits
30 min - get Joan's signature and IRB ethics certification
15 min - Submit proposal to IRB
Total: 6 hrs 55 min
Time Log, 18 March 2011
35 min - Met with Ashley one last time
1 hr - edit with Roger
3 hrs 30 min - Rework IRB according to Joan's suggestions
1 hrs 30 min - research for background with Joan's suggestions
1 hr 10 min - writing background and significance
Total: 6 hrs 45 min
Time Log, 16 March 2011
2 hrs - Course Contract Meetings with Ralph Brown and Dave Shuler
30 min - Submitted all contracts
30 min - Journal Entry
Total: 3 hrs
Time Log, 14 March 2011
1 hr 40 min - meeting with Joan about IRB and 399R course contracts
Total: 1 hr 40 min
Time Log, 11 March 2011
35 min - Met with Sheila Bibb
2 hrs 30 min - ESR Conference - saw disconnect between policy makers, researchers and feild workers in development, worked with others in conference to explain and improve my study
40 min - IRB changes from peer reviews
30 min - emailed professors and Ashley
Total: 4 hrs 15 min
Time Log, 9 March 2011
20 min - reviewed IRB with Ashley
12 min - questions about course contracts
3 hrs - Work through changes in IRB for Ashley and emailed to her
Total: 3 hrs and 32 min
Time Log, 7 March 2011
2 hrs 10 min - Worked on focus/description/Part A/B of IRB Proposal
20 min - meeting with Andrew about Clinic
Total: 2 hrs 30 min
Time Log, 4 March 2011
2 hrs - researching (reading sources) for methods for IRB
2 hrs 30 min - writing and brainstorming personal methods for IRB
35 minutes - Journal Entry
40 minutes - reading for class
Total: 3 hrs 45 min
Time Log, 2 March 2011
20 min - Email out for contracts
2 hrs - fill in IRB Protocol (first run through)
4 hrs - IRB first draft edits
Total: 6 hrs 20 minutes
Time Log, 28 February 2011
30 min - Journal entry
35 min - reading assignments
20 min - watch report on FLDS
15 min - Research on travel and immunizations
Total: 1 hr 40 min
Time Log, 25 February 2011
35 min - Meeting with Joan signature for mentor
40 min - Add International Development Minor
30 min - Journal entry
Total: 1hr 45 min
Time Log, 23 February 2011
Total: 3 hrs 10 min
40 min - Look up Gillman's Scholarship Opportunities, set up appointment with Advisor
30 min - Journal Entry 16
1 hr - mid-semester evaluation and updating online portfolio
30 min - reading
30 min - Talked with Dave about interviewing local people, challenges and mentalities that are important
Total: 3 hrs 10 min
Time Log, 22 February 2011
1 hr - reading, protocol evaluation
30 min - Journal Entry 15
30 min - conversation with Brother Jackson about Deseret International
Total: 2 hrs
Time Log, 18 February 2011
3 hours - writing proposal
20 min - emailed Joan about being Faculty Mentor (she said yes!) and set up to talk with Dave Shuller about project
Total: 3 hrs 20 min
Time Log, 16 February 2011
30 min - prepared for interview
1 hr - notes and conducing methods 2
40 min - Journal Entry 14
20 min - Time log catch up
30 min - reading
Total: 3 hrs
Time Log, 14 February 2011
30 min - Read "Things Fall Apart"
1 hr - read more in research sources
1 hr - went to Nel Flora's lecture
1 hr - went to lunch with Nel Flora, Joan Dixon and Matt Cox (and others) and discussed ideas for project and Community Capital Framework
Total: 3 hr 30 min
Time Log, 11 February 2011
2 hrs - worked on rough draft of proposal
30 min - wrote Journal 13 for Monday
15 min - talked with Joan and gave her copy of Proposal
Total: 2 hrs 45 min
Time Log, 9 February 2011
1 hr - chose article, made annotated notes
1 hr - worked on rough draft of proposal
30 min - Journal 12
30 min - Read chapter 4 of "Things Fall Apart"
Total: 3 hrs
Time Log, 7 February 2011
40 min – Read Chapters 1-3 of “Things Fall Apart”
30 min – Read source “Assessing Rural Needs”, source for project
20 min – Read another source for project
10 min – emailed Joan about blog, got information for guest lecture next Monday
1 hr – read Bernard and Spradley
30 min – Wrote Journal 12 for Wednesday
Total: 3hrs 10 min
Time Log, 4 February 2011
1hr 30 min - wrote up interview notes
10 min - looked through and commented on blogs
30 min - Journal 11 (for Monday)
Total: 2hrs 10 min
Time Log, 2 February 2011
15 min - bought flight!!
1 hr - found and annotated an article on Dating for class
30 minutes - Journal 10
20 min - Researched Immunizations
10 min - set up meeting with interviewee
40 min - preparation for interview
1 hr 15 min - conducted interview
Total: 2hr 5 min
Time Log, 31 January 2011
2 hrs - source Robert Chambers reading
20 min - Time logs from last week and today
20 min - Finalized flight plan and purchase
1 hr - Journal 10 and class reading
Total: 2 hrs 40 min
Time Log, 28 January 2011
1 hr - booking flight with group to Ghana
1 hr - reading Robert Chambers: Development Ideas
40 min - completed and printed worksheet
15 min - discussed project plan with Joan Dixon
35 min - selecting and finding semester book
30 min - discussed project plan and ideas with Ashley, Matt and another student that went to Ghana two years ago
Total: 4 hrs
Time Log, 26 January 2011
1 hr 30 min - finding and selecting sources
1 hr - finding and checking out books from the library
20 min - make annotated document
20 min - Journal 8
Total: 2 hrs 50 min
Time Log, 24 January 2011
1 hr - found sources
30 min - made document
30 min - journal 7
Total: 2hrs
Time Log, 21 January 2011
2 hrs - Collected three potential sources
2 hrs - Found three more sources
1 hr - Made Annotated Source document
40 min - Studied Twi
10 min - time log
20 min - Journal 6
Total: 6 hrs 10 minutes
Time Log, 19 January 2011
30 min - Selected Documents for analysis that were applicable to my study
20 min - Made and posted two document analysis worksheets
15 min - Journal Entry 5
15 min - reread one of the documents and considered the implications and risks in cross-culture shock for my study
30 min - researched the basics of the Salvation Army and Developmental sustainability
Total: 1 hr 50 minutes
Time Log, 14 January 2011
30 min - Reading and exploring assignment
15 min - Journal Entry 4
15 min - Decided to focus courses in the Field on International Development minor. Visited with Margaret and potential professors to approach for course contracts and Faculty Mentors
30 min - researching Professors and classes I should take, emailing Joan Dixon
30 min - Researching sources for study
Total: 2 hrs
Time Log, 12 January 2011
30 min - Journal 3, Time log entries into computer
40 min - Reading and added to Journal 3
1 hr min - Researched Development with Library Research Guides
30 min - Write Research Question
Total: 2 hrs 40 min
Time Log, 10 January 2011
1 hr - Read Article and made Journal Entry
1 hr - Twi class
30 min - Twi practice and IAS Intro to Development prep for ideas on research question
15 min - Ask Shumway for letter of Support to extend Graduation
Total: 2 hr 45 min
Time Log, 7 January 2011
30 min - Discussed community of Miamoase with Dave Shuller: considering topic of Colonization and Ashanti influence in Miamoase Government.
1 hour - Set up and completed online portfolio
15 min - Prepared time log document for semester and set up time to meet with Prof Emmett
15 min - Read “Some Defining Principles for BYU Field Studies
30 min - Read “Conjugal Labor in Ghana”
1 hr - Talked to Profs Shumway and Emmett about links between Geography and the topics I want to explore
Total: 3 hrs 30 min
