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.