Sunday, April 29, 2012


EDLD 5301-Research                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Kevin Dotson
Week 3 Assignment 3                                                                                                                                                                                               

Technology Action Plan
Goal:     What can be done at Central High School to increase the use of technology within the Social Studies department to increase student    
                performance?

Goals(objectives/outcomes of the research)
Activities
Resources and
Research
Time Line
Person(s) Responsible
Monitoring process
Assessment
Instrument
Collection of data related to the possible causes of the problem
Interviews
·         Teacher
·         Student
·         Administrative staff
Surveys
·         teacher
·         student
Disaggregation of testing data
·         weekly quizzes
·         benchmark exams
·         state testing
·         Surveys
·         TAKS data
·         Weekly quizzes
·         Benchmark Exams
·         STaR Chart information
·         Survey Monkey

April 2012– June,  2013
K. Dotson
·         Surveys
·         Data from quizzes, tests, exams
·         Survey Monkey
·         Benchmark exams
·         TAKS Results
·         EOC testing
·         Weekly quizzes

Discuss student performance with campus social studies lead teachers and department chair along with campus principal
·         Informal discussions held collectively or individually
·         Peer teachers
·         ESC center
·         District Tech 

April 2012 -
June 1. 2012
K. Dotson
·         Periodic meetings
·         Emails
·         questionnaire
·         Group feedback

Goals(objectives/outcomes of the research)
Activities
Resources and
Research
Time Line
Person(s) Responsible
Monitoring process
Assessment
Instrument
Check current level of tech integration
·         Teacher survey
·         Lesson plan integration
·         Questionnaire
·         Lesson plan review
April, 2012
K. Dotson
P. Blake
·         Survey
·         verbally or electronically
·         n/a
Discuss inclusion of tech activities in lesson plans and sharing of activities (Google docs, projectors, etc)
Encourage teachers to use Google docs for lesson plan sharing
and acquiring student feed back
·         Wiki spaces
Aug’2010
K. Dotson
P. Blake
C. Robinson
L. Dunbar
P. Peraloux

·         Blog page or wiki space
·         Evaluation form
Provide needed tech training/support workshops for novice teachers
·         Document camera training
·         Google doc training
·         Interactive textbook training
·         Creating a blog for class discussion
·         Smart pad training
·         Smartpads
·         Document cameras
·         Internet access

April ’12 – May’ 13
K. Dotson
P. Blake
C. Robinson
L. Dunbar
P. Peraloux

·         In-service training after school or during conference periods
·         Frequency of class
        use and student
        performance using
        star boards and
        blogging
Goals(objectives/outcomes of the research)
Activities
Resources and
Research
Time Line
Person(s) Responsible
Monitoring process
Assessment Instrument

Start compiling data from research
Tallying survey results; getting blog feedback
·         Wiki space
·         STaR chart
·         Blog
·         Testing results
·         Past TAKS scores
April’12
K. Dotson
·         N/A
·         N/A




Meet with peers and admin to check progress of research and accumulation of data
Reviewing of student progress
·          
April’12
K. Dotson
P. Blake
C. Robinson
L. Dunbar
P. Peraloux

·         N/A
·         Meeting evaluation
        form

Review data collection with Tech advisory team to finalize research
Collecting and analyzing data from blogs, questionnaires, surveys, peer and student feedback
·         Wiki space
·         Blog page
·         testing results
·         surveys
·         feedback
April’12
K. Dotson
P. Blake
C. Robinson
L. Dunbar
P. Peraloux

·         N/A
·         TAKS testing
        and EOC testing         
        May’2012

Finalization of Research



K. Dotson

·         Finished product

3 comments:

  1. Kevin,
    Your timeline seems appropriate. I do suggest that you document how the various technologies are implemented in the classroom and what skills they are aligned with. Perhaps that information will be included in lesson plans?
    Just something to consider.
    Dr. Mason

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  2. A suggestion for the professional development in this area. The best professional development for this sort of training would be actual classroom implementation. I would look into trainers coming into the classrooms and showing these teachers how to incorporate the technology with the current lessson after they have been taught one on one how to use the technology. I know just seeing the amount of technology that is on our campus, and how little is being used. We have had trainings that have lasted the day on the different technologies but the number one complaint has been after you leave the workshop, now what?? How do I really use this with students in my classroom?? Good Luck!!

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    1. The use of technology is very important when it comes to teaching. Technology can bring in a whole new world for students who would never get the opportunity to travel. Good luck on your internship.

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