Action Research Plan - August 7, 2011

Action Research Plan 7.1 Tool Barbara Sue Grayson  EDLD 5301–Research –ET8027 – Cohort 16 What is the Impact of Professional Development On the Frequency of Technology Integration Strategy Use? Revision of Plan – August 7, 2011
Goals:  -       Identify skill set for conducting effective webinars. -       Develop appropriate staff development opportunities to teach the skill set to education specialists in the regional service center -       Increase the skills of education specialists in delivery of webinars -       Pre-assess teachers’ knowledge and use of technology integration strategies. -       Utilize varied methods of feedback during unit development to increase use of technology strategies in curricular units -       Assess effectiveness of teachers to integrate Web 2.0 tools into curricular units -       Assess frequency of implementation of integration strategies in classroom within 4 months of course completion. -       Conduct post-assessment of teachers’ knowledge and use of technology integration strategies. -       ???Assess commitment of teachers to schedule a Participant Teacher Course within 6 months of course completion.
Action Steps	Persons Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Resources	Evaluation
1.  Discuss goals of action research, set audience, determine timeline	B. Grayson E. Sellhorn	November – December , 2010 July 30, 2011	Notes on discussion progression, laptop		Determination of action research goal, audience, timeline
2.  Construct pre-survey	B. Grayson E. Christian	January 2011 August 3-5, 2011	Schoolwires Survey Tool access Use of Google Docs forms for survey, cohort members’ email addresses, internet access, collected research on webinars effective technology integration strategies, laptop		Review by site supervisor, science specialist, Intel Senior Trainer
3.  Administer pre-survey	B. Grayson S. Morin	January 2011 August 6-10 -13	Online survey, internet access, technical support personnel, cohort teachers		Survey completion within time frame
4.  Evaluation of pre-survey resulting in documentation of level of proficiency	B. Grayson E. Sellhorn Elda Christian	January 2011 August  19, 20, 26, 27, October 1, 2011 August 14- 31, 2011	Online survey results, report template, internet access, laptop		Report with listing of participating teachers by proficiency level and frequency of technology integration use
5.  Delivery of technology integration sessions with instructional focus on areas of low proficiency/ needs identified from survey	B. Grayson	January 2011 August 2011-October 2012	Laptop/desktop, internet access, online professional development system modules, survey analysis		Professional development session descriptions, workshop setups,  blog, wiki, and collaborative tools setup, ongoing participation of cohort teachers
7.  Webinar sessions to be conducted by education specialists to support core subject area curriculum 7.  Constructive and prescriptive feedback to participating teachers as curricular units develop	Education specialists Teacher/ Administrative Participants B. Grayson E. Sellhorn R. Rodriguez	Will be scheduled between February –May 2011 August 19 5 – September 25, 2011	Laptop/, internet access, Adobe Connect Rooms,  DL Studio as needed		Completion of scheduled webinars; recording of webinars
6.  Implementation of resulting curriculum units from professional development modules	Science cohort teachers	October 2011 - February 2011 2012	Evaluation data, laptop, internet access, online professional development system, administrative rights to Adobe Connect Room, Region One DL Studio		Tracking sheet for frequency of use of technology instructional strategy
7.  Webinar sessions to be conducted by education specialists to support core subject area curriculum 7.  Feedback to participating teachers as units develop	Education specialists Teacher/ Administrative Participants B. Grayson E. Sellhorn R. Rodriguez	Will be scheduled between February –May 2011 August 19 – September 25, 2011	Laptop/, internet access, Adobe Connect Rooms,  DL Studio as needed		Completion of scheduled webinars; recording of webinars
8.  Conduct post-survey	Education specialists B. Grayson E. Sellhorn	June 2011 February 2012	Laptop/desktop, internet access		Completion of post-survey
9.  Analyze post-survey, webinar evaluations, webinar recordings Course evaluations	B. Grayson E. Sellhorn	July 2011 February 2012	Course evaluations, post-survey results, laptop, internet access		Analysis report
10.  Meet with specialists to review webinar recording Discuss positive outcomes, possible revisions, and/or new directions Gather implementation data from teachers.	B. Grayson E. Sellhorn Education Specialists H. Hesbrook E. Cancino E.Christian	June –July 2011 September 2011-February 2012	Online recording sheet for documentation (Google Docs); blog		Digital documentation
11.  Share results of analysis	B. Grayson E. Sellhorn H. Hesbrook E. Cancino Department Coordinators E. Christian TRC website	August 2011 February 2012	Access to TRC website, analysis report, frequency report		Collection of feedback from administrators and coordinators teachers Development of analysis report
12.  Determine “What’s Next?” for webinar use for education specialists Set up blog forum for feedback from all cohort collaborative members, grant manager	B. Grayson E. Sellhorn H. Hesbrook E. Cancino Department Coordinators	August 2011 February 2012	Laptop; Internet access		List of possibilities Blog construction; Inclusion of targeted prompts to encourage brainstorming of next steps to improve use of technology in instruction.
Revised 12-09-2010  Revised 07-31-2011  Revised 08-07-11

Revised Action Research Plan - July 31, 2011

Action Research Plan 7.1 Tool             Barbara Sue Grayson  EDLD 5301–Research –ET8027 – Cohort 16 What is the Impact of Professional Development on the Frequency of Technology Integration Strategy Use? Revision of Plan – July 31, 2011
Goals:  -       Identify skill set for conducting effective webinars. -       Develop appropriate staff development opportunities to teach the skill set to education specialists in the regional service center -       Increase the skills of education specialists in delivery of webinars -       Pre-assess teachers’ knowledge of technology integration strategies. -       Utilize varied methods of feedback during unit development to increase use of technology strategies in units -       Assess effectiveness of teachers to integrate Web 2.0 tools into curricular units -       Assess implementation of integration strategies in classroom within 6 months of course completion. -       Conduct post-assessment of teachers’ knowledge of technology integration strategies. -       ???Assess commitment of teachers to schedule a Participant Teacher Course within 6 months of course completion.
Action Steps	Persons Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Resources	Evaluation
1.  Discuss goals of action research, set audience, determine timeline	B. Grayson E. Sellhorn	November – December , 2010 July 30, 2011	Notes on discussion progression, laptop	Determination of action research goal, audience, timeline
2.  Construct pre-survey	B. Grayson E. Christian	January 2011 August 3-5, 2011	Schoolwires Survey Tool access, internet access, collected research on webinars, laptop	Review by site supervisor, science specialist
3.  Administer pre-survey	B. Grayson S. Morin	January 2011 August 6-10	Online survey, internet access, technical support personnel	Survey completion within time frame
4.  Evaluation of pre-survey resulting in documentation of level of proficiency	B. Grayson E. Sellhorn	January 2011 August  19, 20, 26, 27, October 1, 2011	Online survey results, reports, internet access, laptop	Report with listing of participating teachers by proficiency level
5.  Delivery of technology integration course with instructional focus on areas of low proficiency identified from survey	B. Grayson	January 2011	Laptop/desktop, internet access, online professional development system, survey analysis	Professional development session descriptions, workshop setups,  blog, wiki, and collaborative tools setup
6.  Implementation of professional development modules	E. Sellhorn R. Rodriguez	February 2011	Evaluation data, laptop, internet access, online professional development system, administrative rights to Adobe Connect Room, Region One DL Studio	Tracking sheet for frequency of use of technology instructional strategy
7.  Webinar sessions to be conducted by education specialists to support core subject area curriculum 7.  Feedback to participating teachers as units develop	Education specialists Teacher/ Administrative Participants B. Grayson E. Sellhorn R. Rodriguez	Will be scheduled between February –May 2011 August 19 – September 25, 2011	Laptop/, internet access, Adobe Connect Rooms,  DL Studio as needed	Completion of scheduled webinars; recording of webinars
8.  Conduct post-survey	Education specialists B. Grayson E. Sellhorn	June 2011 February 2012	Laptop/desktop, internet access	Completion of post-survey
9.  Analyze post-survey, webinar evaluations, webinar recordings Course evaluations	B. Grayson E. Sellhorn	July 2011 February 2012	Course evaluations, post-survey results, laptop, internet access	Analysis report
10.  Meet with specialists to review webinar recording Discuss positive outcomes, possible revisions, and/or new directions Gather implementation data from teachers.	B. Grayson E. Sellhorn Education Specialists H. Hesbrook E. Cancino E.Christian	June – July 2011 September 2011-February 2012	Online recording sheet for documentation (Google Docs); blog	Digital documentation
11.  Share results of analysis	B. Grayson E. Sellhorn H. Hesbrook E. Cancino Department Coordinators E. Christian TRC website	August 2011 February 2012	Access to website, analysis report, frequency report	Collection of feedback from administrators and coordinators teachers
12.  Determine “What’s Next?” for webinar use for education specialists Set up blog forum for feedback from all collaborative members	B. Grayson E. Sellhorn H. Hesbrook E. Cancino Department Coordinators	August 2011 February 2012	Laptop; Internet access	List of possibilities Blog construction
Revised 12-09-2010  Revised 07-31-2011