Monday, September 30, 2013

EDLD 5326 - Action Research Plan Update

My Action Research project has been a slow and steady process to complete.  I’m basically at the mercy of my teachers in regards to monitoring the usage of eInstruction in their classrooms.  I’m relying on them to actually utilize it and allow me to monitor and follow up with those teachers after they use it with their students.  It’s been difficult to get going this school year with eInstruction because we implemented a new Learning Management System and we have been busy working through all the kinks and bugs in order to get it running efficiently.  Teachers’ attentions are focused on learning that LMS and how to utilize it in their classrooms with their students that unfortunately eInstruction has not been a priority.  However, I have a training planned tomorrow on how to use eInstruction in the classroom for those informal assessments. I plan on working especially with the ELA and Science teachers and getting them focused on having their classes set up and possibly creating some ExamView quick tests.  I have gathered some data already but still need to gather additional data in order to conference with teachers.  The data I have is very useful and proves that eInstruction used for informal assessments is beneficial.  I need to do a better job at mapping out in my day to meet with those teachers who are not using eInstruction with their classroom to find out their reasons why they are not implementing the program.  I have some records of why they don’t use it, such as time for students to gather clickers, increased chance of cheating and other reasons.  I also need to work with those teachers and find ways that eInstruction will be beneficial to them.

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