Helpful meetings today

Wow, this is my fourth post for the day. There is just so much on my mind and many things I want to capture!

Today I had meetings with several people, and I feel grateful for these interactions. To start the day off, I met with Elizabeth in Hodges in the early morning hours. We talked about our research interests and how they intersect. We want to work together, and we think a collaboration would be fun and inform our collective and individual research interests. I am so excited to work with Elizabeth!

After my meeting with Elizabeth, I met with Dr. Ed Cortez at 8:30. I asked him about his career path and research interests, and I shared my current research ideas with him. He suggested potential ways for me to be involved. Apparently, SIS is forming a collaboration with the San Paulo University under the leadership of Mike Frame.  Mike teaches "Environmental Informatics" at UTK as a adjunct professor. This sounds like an interesting project, and I want to learn more.  I could inform my research interests related to environmental literacy/education at the university level.  I'm also interested in how learners construct new knowledge.

My final meeting of the day was unplanned. More of an encounter or discussion, I talked with Miriam Davis (the post-doc leading the Environmental Information course) about methods for capturing my thoughts and ideas. That's why I started this blog today! She organized her ideas in binders throughout her graduate studies. We're going to meet someday over lunch to share more ideas about organization and particularly citation management software.

This was a good day, filled with many fruitful meetings!  I am thankful. :)