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Module 2 Progress Report

 ·        At this point, your topic should be a fully-fledged question ready to be researched. You need to have identified how you will pursue your research (literature search, surveys, experiments/experience). Include that information in your progress report.

I do not yet have a fully-fledged question formed based on my research topic: Adaptive Speech Technology. Even though I narrowed my topic down to a specific area, I now need to find my focus within the realm of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).  Do I want to investigate the devices themselves? If so, which ones? Or do I want to expand on the issues with equity and the disadvantages that low-income individuals have with accessing AAC devices?  

I have identified how to pursue my research through articles, journals, and potential interviews with those in the field. 

·        Where should you be in your research journey? Are you there?

I feel that I should be at the stage where I have at least gathered the articles to begin reading for the research.  Thank goodness I am there. 

·        What issues did you hit, and what is your plan to overcome them?

I was not able to commit as much this week time to research and schoolwork, since I unexpectedly had to fly out of town.  With travel looming, I spent that time preparing my household for my absence. Now that I am settled in Chula Vista, CA, I now have the time to spend reading and researching.  However, I am limited to only what I can access online while I am away.

·        What did you do to make progress this week? Is it more, or less, than you expected to do (use last week's items to guide this)

Last week I expected to be in the midst of reading literature, and I am.  I printed up some articles to read during the plane ride, so I was able to get started on some of the reading.

·        What do you expect to do next week?

Next week hopefully I would have completed enough reading to find my research question.  There will still be more reading and gathering of literature to continue next week, so I expect to be fully immersed in the reading portion at that time.

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