Change to My Research Plan

After responses from my colleagues and my site supervisor, I have decided to narrow my study to include only the secondary levels of the school districts I'm studying.  I appreciate all the comments that my colleagues have made on my blog.  It has definitely helped me.  We are all in this together, and I will try to continue to respond to your blog and I hope you will continue to respond to mine as well.

I'm excited about the future of my study.  I hope that others in the future will be able to respond to the results, or utilize the results to help them with their future endeavors.   I have already learned a great deal and we are only in our second class.  I can only imagine what we will learn at the end of our next class. 

ACTION RESEARCH PLAN

Darrin J. Stansberry’s Action Research Plan
Goal: Determine if implementing classroom use of laptops increases performance in schools.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Interview personal at the chosen schools to determine when implementation of laptops in their classrooms occurred, and survey their opinions on this technology use.	Darrin J. Stansberry	December 2012 May 2013	Interview administrators	Analyze the Interview
Use student TAKS performance  the year prior to the technology implementation as a baseline for the study	Darrin J. Stansberry	December 2012 May 2013	AEIS Reports	Compare Data for all students and the sub groups at the secondary level
Research student performance in the years since the implementation of the laptops in the classroom	Darrin J. Stansberry	December 2012 May 2013	AEIS Reports	Compare Data for All students and the sub groups at the secondary level
Evaluate and create a spread sheet of the performance of Grade Levels and subgroups on the state mandated assessments (TAKS, STAAR)	Darrin J. Stansberry	January 2013 May 2013	AEIS Reports	Disaggregate Data to determine performance of student on state assessments.
Research any articles over the correlation of technology with student performance	Darrin J. Stansberry	January 2013 May 2013	Library Research/Internet Research	Read and disseminate the information from the articles
Compare the performance of the years prior to the laptop implementation with the years after, and provide information from interviews and articles in the presentation of my plan to my principal  and other interested parties.	Darrin J. Stansberry	January 2013	Internet access/computer and projector for power point presentation	Use the information as a tool to promote and plan for future purchases of laptops in our classrooms.

Week Two Reflection

This has been a very busy week.  I'm definitely seeing that there are many types of action research possibilities.  Many of the ideas presented in Leading with Passion and Knowledge are inquiries that I would be interested in following once I become a principal.  The nine areas mentioned by Dana were very helpful in giving me examples which will guide me in my future endeavors as an administrator.  I'm looking forward to starting this next step in my life.  It is evident to me that this action research plan I plan I'm working on will be just the first of many studies I initiate in the future.