Action Research Plan

Action Planning Template
Goal: Due to a lack of technology in students’ homes, the unavailability of the computer lab and an insufficient amount of technology in the classrooms, how can our school meet the district’s expectation of 21st Century learning and provide our students with more exposure to Web 2.0 learning? What kind of training will our staff need to successfully integrate technology?
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Family survey of the technology families have available in their home	Cindy Bronson - Instructional Specialist, Ophelia Alvarenga - Technology Assistant, Keith Forte - Principal	December 10, 2012 thru December 20, 2012	Survey, paper for copying the surveys, incentives for returning surveys (freeze pop party for classes that return 100% of the surveys), someone to translate the survey, Technology TEKS for grades 1-6	Compile results of what kind of technology families have available at home
Teacher Technology Survey	Cindy Bronson - Instructional Specialist, Ophelia Alvarenga - Technology Assistant	December 10, 2012 thru December 21, 2012	Survey Monkey, Technology TEKS for grades 1-6	Compile results of anonymous teacher technology survey
Field Notes - Observe technology being used in classrooms	Cindy Bronson - Instructional Specialist	January 5, 2013 thru March 31, 2013	Template for taking field notes, iPad	Use field notes to observe trends across classrooms
Collect Student Work Samples	Cindy Bronson - Instructional Specialist, Classroom Teachers	January 5, 2013 thru March 31, 2013	Printers, printer paper	Evaluate student work samples to determine the level of technology competency and the depth of learning accomplished
Student Technology Survey	Cindy Bronson - Instructional Specialist, Keith Forte - Principal	May 2012	Student Technology Survey administered to students at the end of last school year	Analyze results to determine students’ feelings about technology use in our school
Literature	Cindy Bronson - Instructional Specialist	December 7, 2012 thru May 31, 2013	Blogs, internet sites, District Wide Technology Summit materials, journal articles	Narrow down a list of best practices that other educators have found when using technology in the classrooms
Field Notes - Observe schools that are successfully integrating technology	Cindy Bronson - Instructional Specialist, Debbie Johnson - Cluster Technology Coordinator	December 7, 2012 thru May 31, 2013	Template for taking field notes, iPad, Content Area TEKS	Use TEKS to analyze how aligned observed lessons are to grade level content