EDLD 5301 Week 5

Week 5 Reflection

As I am completing the final assignments for this class, I am realizing that my confidence is growing. After updating my Action Research Plan, I am more optimistic and even excited about starting the actual research. I think by breaking each part of the planning stages of the plan down and then putting them together helped me understand how to write an action research plan, however, it wasn't until  I was summarizing my plan for the TK20 assignment that I began to see my project as a whole. I don't think my complete understanding of how the plan was going to work came until I sat down and reflected upon it without breaking it down into steps. I am now able to visualize myself carrying out the plan. I am still a little nervous about the data, but with my site-mentor and classmates I believe I will be fine.

Updated Action Research Plan

EDLD 5301 Week 4

Updates...

 This week we learned about different Sustaining Improvement Strategies. I met with my site-mentor, Ms. Wells, to help me see how these different strategies could help in my action plan. We realized that we are already following the "Force Field Analysis" in the way we have the action plan set up. We also decided to use the "Nominal Group Technique" with our participants in our first meeting to help us prioritize, as a group, the technology training they will forgo. I like being able to see my classmates' action plans. I think we all have that sinking question, "did we do this correctly". I am still a little unsure about the appropriate format, but I will be adding a summary or more detailed outline of my action plan. At this time, Ms. Wells and I, decided to keep the action plan the same. We will tweak it as needed throughout the process. I am, however, having trouble with the blog settings, as I am sure you can tell. I have tried to go back and change different settings, but I have not found the answer yet. Please, feel free to offer any suggestions on how I can alter the viewing of my action plan to a make it easier to view and more professional.