Friday, December 17, 2010
Week 4 Reflections - Action Plan Refinement
In my meeting with my site supervisor, I gleaned several suggestions which have impacted my action plan. One adjustment which I have made to my plan is making some slight changes to the timeline. I also added another evaluation element into the project in the form of an analysis of webinar recordings. A final point of our discussion was the development of norms for webinar conduct. These will be developed from information on the pre-survey and researched based information. Ms. Sellhorn also advised me to inform our clerk of the additional responsibilities with more webinars than usual. He sets up the webinar rooms and moderates the webinars. He will have to learn to adjust to the levels of moderation depending on if the webinar has a straightforward audio presentation or is two-way audio enabled. Finally, we discussed some particulars of the professional development that we will provide after the pre-survey. Those specifics included choice of levels of moderation, how to control documents during webinars, and how to annotate on PDF documents effectively. After meeting with Ms. Sellhorn, I feel that my plan is refined and will better meet the needs of the education specialists.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Week 3 Reflections
Having settled on my action research question, I set out to construct my plan. Setting a timeline became my outline and then I started plugging in the various activiities which will drive the progress of the project. I found that the readings from the books, along with the discussions with the course's instructors helped to clarify some of the areas which were still vague to me. I hope to have more feedback for my plan which is posted on this blog that will help me to refine my plan. I have already thought of a few more ways to "tweak" my action research to make it more effective.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Action Research Plan_Barbara Grayson
Action Research Plan 7.1 Tool
Barbara Sue Grayson EDLD 5301–Research –ET8027 – Cohort 16
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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
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Action Steps
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Persons Responsible
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Timeline:
Start/End
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Resources
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Evaluation
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1. Discuss goals of action research, set audience, determine timeline
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B. Grayson
E. Sellhorn
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November – December , 2010
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Notes on discussion progression, laptop
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Determination of action research goal, audience, timeline
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2. Construct pre-survey
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B. Grayson
E. Sellhorn
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January 2011
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Schoolwires Survey Tool access, internet access, collected research on webinars, laptop
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Review by site supervisor, coordinator
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3. Administer pre-survey
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B. Grayson
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January 2011
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Online survey, internet access, education specialists
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Survey completion within time frame
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4. Evaluation of pre-survey resulting in grouping of education specialists by level of proficiency
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B. Grayson
E. Sellhorn
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January 2011
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Online survey results, reports, internet access, laptop
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Report with listing of education specialists by proficiency level
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5. Formulation of professional development sessions for webinar implementation to support curriculum
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B. Grayson
E. Sellhorn
R. Rodriguez
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January 2011
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Laptop/desktop, internet access, online professional development system, survey analysis
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Professional development session descriptions, workshop setups, webinar setups
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6. Implementation of professional development sessions for webinar implementation
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E. Sellhorn
R. Rodriguez
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February 2011
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Evaluation data, laptop, internet access, online professional development system, administrative rights to Adobe Connect Room, Region One DL Studio
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Tracking sheet for frequency of webinar occurrence
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7. Webinar sessions to be conducted by education specialists to support core subject area curriculum
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Education specialists
Teacher/
Administrative Participants
B. Grayson
E. Sellhorn
R. Rodriguez
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Will be scheduled between February –May 2011
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Laptop/, internet access, Adobe Connect Rooms, DL Studio as needed
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Completion of scheduled webinars
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8. Conduct post-survey
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Education specialists
B. Grayson
E. Sellhorn
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June 2011
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Laptop/desktop, internet access
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Completion of post-survey
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9. Analyze post-survey, webinar evaluations
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B. Grayson
E. Sellhorn
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July 2011
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Webinar evaluations, post-survey results, laptop, internet access, presentation
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Analysis report
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10. Share results of analysis
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B. Grayson
E. Sellhorn
H. Hesbrook
E. Cancino
Department Coordinators
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August 2011
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Meeting room, laptop, projector, presentation, analysis report, workshop frequency report
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Collection of feedback from administrators and coordinators
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11. Determine “What’s Next?” for webinar use for education specialists
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B. Grayson
E. Sellhorn
H. Hesbrook
E. Cancino
Department Coordinators
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August 2011
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Laptop
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List of possibilities
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Contact Information
Barbara Sue Grayson
grayson.barbara@gmail.com
956-984-6053
Site Supervisor
Elaine Sellhorn
esellhorn@esc1.net
956-984-6065
grayson.barbara@gmail.com
956-984-6053
Site Supervisor
Elaine Sellhorn
esellhorn@esc1.net
956-984-6065