Week 4 Posting

Tool 7.1 Action Planning Template
Goal: To find the correlation between classroom use of technology and student achievement and participation.

1. Meet with Administrators/Staff to approve action research plan
Review Action Research Plan with staff to refine the goals and objectives

2. Observe two classrooms at least three times with teachers who use technology
Observe classrooms and note how technology affects students engagement. Document specifics of how student engagement is affected.

3. Observe two classrooms at least three times with teachers who do not use technology.
Observe classrooms and note how lack of technology affects students engagement. Document specifics of how student engagement is affected. Make note of the differences in classrooms from different days and each day’s use of technology.

4. Interview at least four students on their perspective of teacher use of technology.
Interview each student chosen randomly with administrators approval.

5. Interview the four teacher’s classrooms I observed.
Interview each teacher and email ahead of time to schedule the interview. Maybe the interview will be done by email if time is short.

6. Compile interview questions from teachers and students. Assess to see if there are any correlations between teacher and student assessments of technology.
Have other teachers look at my questions and results to check for any biased results or questions.

7. Interview librarian and observe library to see how technology correlates with student engagement.
Verify if students are more engaged while on library computers for their class projects. Interview librarian to see if she sees in strengths or weaknesses in student use of technology.

8. Assess whether more observations are necessary. If so complete 4 more observations of students and 2 new observations of different classrooms.
Have students fill out questions in interview, interview other teachers after classroom observations.

9. Reflect on findings and decide if there is a correlation between teacher use of technology and student achievement.
Look for correlations and if data is hard to disseminate then discover how these problems can be fixed for more research.

10. Begin to specify if some modes of technology are more effective than others.
Categorize all the different modes of technology and which were most effective.

Action Research Activity Plan

My Action Research Question


How does the use of technology in my school correlate with student achievement and involvement? Are the goals of technology use within our school clearly communicated? If not how can they be communicated better? Through the results gathered my school will obtain a more refined idea of technology use within the school and its affects on our student population.


Goal: To find the correlation between classroom use of technology and student achievement and participation.

Action Step(s)
1. Meet with Administrators/Staff to approve action research plan
2. Observe two classrooms at least three times with teachers who use technology
3. Observe two classrooms at least three times with teachers who do not use technology.
4. Interview at least four students on their perspective of teacher use of technology.
5. Interview the four teacher’s classrooms I observed.
6. Compile interview questions from teachers and students. Assess to see if there are any correlations between teacher and student assessments of technology.
7. Interview librarian and observe library to see how technology correlates with student engagement.
8. Assess whether more observations are necessary. If so complete 4 more observations of students and 2 new observations of different classrooms.
9. Reflect on findings and decide if there is a correlation between teacher use of technology and student achievement.
10. Begin to specify if some modes of technology are more effective than others.

Week 3 Posting

This week I have specified my goals for my action research project. This is helping me balance teaching and coaching and starting to implement my project to see how technology affects student performance and participation. My day is full, so this is good that I am getting a better idea the dates of when to observe classrooms and communicate with other staff what I am doing, so they can be reflecting on the afect of technology they have seen this year at my school.

This week is spring break for me so I am glad I get some time to work on refining my action research project before beginning the process in the next few weeks.

Things learned week 2

This week was further evidence of how important it is to collaborate and include everyone's ideas. My administrators are interested in what I will find with technology and its use in increasing student performance. My principal also gave me the idea of talking to our librarian because students often use technology in the library. Plus, I had no idea that our school librarian was so proficient with technology. I will need to talk with her and see if I can get any other ideas or at least find out the importance of technology in our library. It is important to have more people involved, including those colleagues that may get overlooked.