Life Happens

My action research plan has come to an unexpected halt.  As much as I want to encourage teacher to use technology in new and meaningful ways, they are not as excited about it as I am.  This is really not their fault.  A lot has changed since last year, including class sizes, scheduling and the current storm of grading policies.  I have never been a fan of stressing out teachers with technology, but rather more of an encourager.   If I stress them out they will revolt.  

I am going to keep doing several of the action steps outlined in my original research project because I think they are best practices, I just don't think I will get any type of consistent results to use.   

I have gotten approval form my site supervisor to explore "Bring Your Own Technology," mainly cellphones, into the classroom. I think I am going to use the ISTE Classroom Observation Tool to document before and after results as well as surveying the kids.  It should be interesting and I am looking forward to it.  

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ISTE Classroom Observation Tool. (n.d.). ISTE. Retrieved October 20, 2011, from istelearning.org/wp-content/uploads/group-documents/29/1297454888-ICOTv1blank.pdf