time line

• Draft timeline for completion or implementation of activities
August: Meet with Site-Based Committee to set goals for technology in our Campus Improvement Plan. Create a technology committee that will oversee this action research project. This committee will also collaborate for ideas and resources. Read literature and websites based around the use of technology in the classroom.

September: Gather sample population (2 all-subject classrooms in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades) This will allow for us to see how technology is used in all subject areas and across grade levels. Provide technology resources and teacher trainings on the use of the technology equipment. Teachers will set up all technology resources in their classrooms. Gather student baseline data of academic scores and performance. Conduct pre-interviews and surveys on the use of technology in the classroom. Continue website and literature readings on this topic.

October: Share findings of literature and websites that describe the use of technology. Selected teachers will meet to develop lesson plans and activities that incorporate technology. Continue website and literature readings on this topic.

November: Teachers will present lesson plans that incorporate the use of technology. Teachers will journal and/or blog weekly results. What has worked and what has not. The technology committee and I will make observations and conduct classroom walkthroughs to see technological progress. Furthermore, asking students and teachers their viewpoints of the new technology used. Taking field notes will help us to reflect and analyze once leaving the classroom. Continue website and literature readings on this topic.

December: Compare and contrast student scores and academic performance from beginning of year to mid-year. Conduct mid-year surveys on student point of view and motivation. Conduct mid-year surveys on teacher input. Compare and contrast the classrooms using the technology resources to the ones not using them. Compare and contrast the different uses of technology amongst grade various grade levels. Continue website and literature readings on this topic. Continue technology in classrooms and observations.

January: Meet with the Site-Based Committee to review data and progress of the action research. Meet with the technology committee to make any needed changes and/or adjustments. Continue website and literature readings on this topic. Have the teachers from each grade level participating share ideas and activities they have incorporate in their classrooms. The teachers will share what has worked, what has not, and what can be modified. They will use their journals and blogs to reflect on their experiences. Continue website and literature readings on this topic. Continue technology in classrooms and observations.

February: Now that the technology has become more integrated into the classroom curriculum, have students create work with the use of technology. Gather these student products and artifacts. Interview students on the work they have created. Survey teachers on the similarities and differences of assignments with technology and not. Continue website and literature readings on this topic. Continue technology in classrooms and observations.

March: Now that classrooms have even more experience with technology, take photos and videos of lessons and work conducted in this classroom setting. Share these findings with the Site-Based Committee, technology committee, and staff. Continue website and literature readings on this topic. Continue technology in classrooms and observations.

April: Compare and contrast student scores and performance with the beginning of year, mid-year, and end of year data. Conduct final interviews and surveys on the use of technology in the classroom, amongst various subjects, and amongst carious grade levels. Have the teachers from each grade level participating meet with the technology committee to discuss the progress of technology in the classroom. Have these teachers share their journals, blogs, and experiences. Analyze all data, ask further questions/wanderings, and form all data into a presentation.

May: Complete a presentation of data and information gathered throughout the school year. Share this presentation with the staff and have teacher participants share their experience. Promote the use of technology in the classroom and discuss future professional development in technology for the following year. Discuss our new technology goals and objectives. Share technology findings with parents in a newsletter explaining the upcoming goals for the next school year.