Action Research Plan

Ladibug – Action Research Plan
Goal: To determine if using document cameras in classroom will influence student learning and teacher instruction.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1. Determine focus group	Myself, building principal and mentor	March 21, 2011	Discuss with mentor; also notify building principal I will be conducting action research project with a kindergarten class	Defined and selected group
2. Create  to questionnaire to determine the frequency of use since the kindergarten classroom received the document camera	Myself	March 22 - 23, 2011	Questionnaire  created by me	Record data in spreadsheet
3. Create simple survey to determine the students thoughts about the Ladibug	Teacher, students and myself	March 24-25, 2011	Survey created by me	To determine the pulse of student thoughts/record data
4. Create and implement an interactive lesson aligned with kindergarten curriculum to use with the document camera	Myself and teacher approval	March 24 - 28, 2011	Lesson plan and document camera	Visual and engaging lesson plan
5. Record teacher practices and student participation during the interactive lesson	Teacher, students and myself	March 31, 2011	Lesson plan and document camera	Photos of the opportunity, teacher and student reflections
6. Provide survey to students again to determine thoughts about the Ladibug	Teacher, students and myself	April 4 - 6, 2011	Survey created by me	To determine the pulse of student thoughts/record data
7. Provide survey to teachers again to determine if interactive lessons impacted teaching methods and strategies	Teacher and myself	April 4 - 6, 2011	Survey created by me	Recorded data from spreadsheets
8. Finalize action research project	Myself, teacher, building principal and mentor	April 11 - 15, 2011	Time, effort and observations	Recorded data from spreadsheets, interviews, journals and observations used as evaluation tools

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

(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)