As I was
reading about action research, I started to think about what parts of teaching
would I focus on in an action research project. I find that having a clear
vision and understanding of what the teacher wants to be changed will help the
research be effective. Gerald’s post made me reflect on how important the
before hand research is in order to have a method of teaching to implement that
might actually be positive in the classroom. If I decide to use a new
technology in my classroom but I don’t research about the ways to use it
effectively or how it could negatively affect my classroom, then I might cause
harm to learning for my students. Josie’s post reminded me how important the
method of data collection is because without data how will we know if the new
method worked or improved the classroom.
I am
excited for this semester but I am a bit worried about the structure of the
class. I feel like I don’t quite understand how our Twitter sessions will work
and what direction our Action Research projects will go. Hopefully on Monday we
will talk about this but it would be nice to briefly meet on Blackboard
collaborate in order to pose questions or clarify the course’s goals and
assignments.
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