Masters in Disguise!
I go here. Via the internet.
It’s been a busy time for me lately, which accounts for the complete lack of insightful blog posts. I’ve been working full time, freelance writing, professionally twittering, and working on my masters degree. Despite it being a lot on the plate at the old professional buffet, rest assured I am still watching dumb movies (Marmaduke is coming out soon!), hanging out with great pals and doing my share of silly things.
I’m currently at Teachers College, Columbia University, via the magic of the internet working towards my Master of Arts in Cognitive Studies with a focus on Intelligent Technologies.
It’s a mouthful, eh?
It that means I’m studying all about how kids learn through technology, and all the readings I’m doing is allowing my brain to go through and come up with amazing ideas for children’s entertainment, but this time they’re all research based which is a total bonus.
My logic for pursuing this degree is that if I’m going to spend my career creating and writing entertainment (with a focus on education) for children, be it puppeteering in plays, writing television shows, teaching playschool, or producing websites- I’ll have this great information to help back me up with certain decisions.
The other beauty of grad school, is to this blog! This semester, while juggling my additional responsibilities of life, I’ve been asked to blog about my readings for a class, and being the consistently inappropriate person I am, I decided to mix my personal with my professional and invited my class to the blog. Field trip!!
So a big welcome to my Columbia classmates! Enjoy!