Lynda Solis – EDLD 5301- EA1274 Research for Teachers June 12, 2011

Action Planning Template

Goal: To promote writing through the use of blogs and to investigate the impact blogging has on 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students’ desire to create, write, respond, and reflect and to determine if writing, reading and responding to blogs will be time consuming for the teachers.Action Steps(s): Person(s)

Responsible:Timeline: Start/End

Needed Resources

Evaluation

Enlist 3rd, 4th, and 5th, grade teachers to participate in a PLC as part of this action research.

Campus principal and Lynda Solis

Summer 2011 – August 15, 2011

A signed commitment from the teachers to participate in this Action Research PLC.

The signed commitment cards

Hold first PLC meeting to survey teachers on their knowledge and comfort level of blogging and discuss the action research project and look at data.

Lynda Solis August 15 – September 1, 2011

Survey created on Zoomerang online surveys.STaR Chart DataTAKS Data

Publish results of Survery

Staff development on how to create and publish blogs.Send home student permission slips to participate in blogging.

Lynda Solis September 15th – September 30th

Reserve Media Lab

http://edublogs.org/

Permission Slips for student

Created Blogs

Members of PLC will evaluate SD

Signed permission slips from students

PLC will meet to discuss how to implement blogs within their LA/Reading blocks and create rules for responding to others blogs

Lynda Solis and PLC members

October 3rd – 14th Chart paperhttp://theedublogger.com/2010/01/11/week-2-set-up-your-blogging-rules-and-guidelines/

Created Rules

Lynda Solis – EDLD 5301- EA1274 Research for Teachers June 12, 2011

Student Survey on writing using the computer

Teaching commenting skills and etiquette to students

Lynda SolisTeacher of Students

October 17th – 28th Survey for students paper or online

Printed rules and examples of appropriate commenting

Publish survey results

Posted Rules

Begin teacher and student blogging

Teachers, students and Lynda Solis if needed

Begin October 31st Media Lab or classroom computers

Blogs

Continue PLC meetings bimonthly or as needed to discuss progress, concerns or suggestions

Lynda Solis and PLC Teachers

October 31st – March 1st

Chart PaperMaybe Media Lab

Minutes of meetings

Survey Blog Experience for teachers and students

Lynda Solis March 1st – 15th Online Survey by Zoomerang for teachers and students

Publish results

PLC team will meet to review results and determine if we suggest blogging as a campus initiative

Lynda SolisPLC TeamCampus Administrator

March 15th – April 6th

Results of Surveys Report of findings

Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools

(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)