Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2006
Department
Computer Science and Information Technology
Abstract
I plan to use my sabbatical time creating live websites/ databases/ web services for not-for-profit businesses. I plan to create them using the rich variety of different tools I have been teaching. I think it is important that I not only build these sites, but also interact with groups who will be using the sites while building them.
I plan to write a time-based contract with the entities for whom I will consultant pro bono for. Of the many benefits, this will ensure an end for the work, to prevent this from interfering with my future work at Parkland. This will also give me the best idea of what our students will really be doing in the real world and allow me to adequately prepare them.
I plan to keep track of what I do using one of my favorite ideas I gleaned from at the Center for Excellence: journaling. By keeping track of what I did and how I spent my time on the first project, I can reflect on this and modify subsequent tasks accordingly.
I am requesting a sabbatical in the Fall of 2006. I have spoken with Maria Mobasseri, Chair of Computer Science and Information Technology and we agreed that it would be much easier for the department to fill my courses in the fall than in the spring.
Rights
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Recommended Citation
Urban, Ken, "Sabbatical Leave Proposal and Report" (2006). Sabbaticals. 34.
https://spark.parkland.edu/sabbaticals/34
