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Week 3, Assignment Part 2

Goals and objectives/outcomes of the research investigation
- Determine which teachers on my campus are currently using Web 2.0 tools
- Investigate how those tools are being used to increase student engagement
- Determine what professional instruction is necessary to increase the number of teachers implementing Web 2.0 tool

Activities designed to achieve the objectives
- Professional development opportunities to instruct teachers on how to implement Web 2.0 tools
- Use of blog, wikis, Google sites, Google documents, RSS Feeds,…

Resources and research tools needed for data gathering
- Surveys of teacher
- Questionnaires for teachers and students
- Interviews/observations of teachers who have experience with implementing Web 2.0 tools
- Research outside sources for new methods?

Draft timeline for completion or implementation of activities
- April 2011 – June 2011: Collect data using surveys/questionnaires
- August 2011 – September 2011 (maybe ongoing?): Staff development opportunity to learn about implementation
- August 2011 – June 2012: Teacher implementation of strategies/Monitor ease of implementation and student engagement

Persons responsible for implementation of the action research plan
- Me
- Teachers/Students
- Glen Harrison/Renee Koontz (site supervisors)

Process for monitoring the achievement of goals and objectives
- Pre- & Post- Surveys to determine how comfortable teachers are using Web 2.0 tools
- Interviews with teachers/students to determine whether student engagement has increased
- Observation/Review of implementation

Assessment instrument(s) to evaluate the effectiveness of the action research study
- Surveys, Questionnaires, Interviews, Observation