Prioritizing

We have been trying to do too much and are becoming overwhelmed, both cognitively and logistically.  This is the plan for the rest of this course:

• With only three researchers, we will only attempt to document one room.  We're sorry, Room 2, but we can't take you on.
• Each researcher-videographer spends half the day observing (video and field notes) and half the day processing (engaging in reflective discussion and writing, as well as the necessary labeling, filing, converting, etc without which we'll just lose track of it all).  Both of these activities are critically necessary and they need equal time.
• There will always be one researcher in the classroom.  We need to keep in touch with the flow of the activities.
• There will be no unmonitored cameras.  We can't process more than one person can observe.