Project Timeline: Waterford Retirement Community

Week 1: September 2nd

Project timeline – Think/write/edit schedule for the semester

IRB amendment – Write amendment to my open IRB form

Week 2: September 9th

Project timeline – Post on my course blog (DUE DATE)

IRB amendment – Submit amendment to Dr. Platt for review (DUE DATE)

Project site – Schedule meeting with Kari Dick (Executive Director) at Waterford (DUE DATE)

Literature review – Begin searching and gathering literature

Paper proposal – Think/write/edit

Week 3: September 16th

IRB amendment – Submit to IRB for approval (DUE DATE)

Literature review – Post annotated bibliography on my course blog & start writing (DUE DATE)

Paper proposal – Post final paper proposal on my course blog (DUE DATE)

Project site – Discuss and plan (new) project with Kari Dick at Waterford (DUE DATE)

Week 4: September 23rd

Project site – Waterford/Kari Dick revises or approves focus group dates and times

Literature review – Think/write/edit

Week 5: September 30th

IRB amendment – (hopefully approved)

Literature review – Think/write/edit

Data collection – Begin collecting data at Waterford (focus group #1)

Data transcription – Start transcribing audio from FGs

Methods section – Think/write/edit

Week 6: October 7th

Literature review – Post on my course blog (DUE DATE)

Data collection – Continue collecting data at Waterford (focus group #2)

Data transciption – Continue transcribing audio from FGs

Methods section – Think/write/edit

Week 7: October 14th

Methods section – Post on my course blog (DUE DATE)

Data collection – Continue collecting data at Waterford (focus group #3 & #4)

Data transcription – Continue transcribing audio from FGs

Week 8: October 21st

Data collection – Complete data collection (DUE by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 23rd)

Data transcription – Continue transcribing audio from FGs

October 23rd

Data transcription – Complete transcribing audio from FGs

Data analysis – Start analyzing & coding transcriptions from FGs

Week 9: October 28th

Data analysis – Continue analyzing & coding transcriptions from FGs

Week 10: November 4th

Data analysis – Continue analyzing & coding transcriptions from FGs

Contribution/limitations – Think/write/edit

Functional outline of final paper – Think/write/edit

Week 11: November 11th

Data analysis – Continue analyzing & coding transcriptions from FGs

Contribution/limitations – Think/write/edit

Functional outline of final paper – Think/write/edit

Week 12: November 18th

Data analysis – Complete analyzing & coding transcriptions from FGs (DUE DATE)

Contribution/limitations – Post on my course blog (DUE DATE)

Functional outline – Post on my course blog (DUE DATE)

First draft of final paper– Think/write/edit

Week 13: November 25th

First draft of final paper– Think/write/edit

Week 14: December 2nd

First draft of final paper – Submit electronically (DUE by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 4th

Classmate papers – Review & write letters to the journal editor

Week 15: December 9th

Classmate papers – Submit letters to the journal editor (DUE by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 11th)

Week 16: December 16th

Final draft of paper – Submit (DUE by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 18th)

Waterford presentation – Discuss presentation date/time with Kari Dick at Waterford

Week 17: December 23rd

Waterford presentation – Think/write/edit

Waterford presentation – Present findings of my research project to Waterford residents & staff by end of March, 2010