There are many resources available to encourage personal growth. Social networking sites such as facebook and twitter can stimulate learning with instant feedback and informational posts. Signing up to receive updated articles or newsletters can keep a person in the loop with the industry. Pinterest for example can help an individual group their different interests on a board. Various articles and blogs by well known industry professionals can keep a person clued in on what's going on. I think for the best part with my personal learning goal, the introduction of Diigo has helped me organize my links and bookmarks a bit easier.
I've saved a few on diigo to start with. I intend to move all my bookmarks and links saved to organize information easier.https://www.diigo.com/user/talaeaia
Below is what i plan to do for my action resesarch.
Action Research Plan Summary
1. Describe the problem or situation.
The situation is if using a social network such as Twitter will generate thinking in/outside of the classroom and how much access to the internet students have. I am unsure if my students are familiar with using Twitter. I would like to utilize Twitter to give my students a direct view of science in their everyday lives and to allow them to respond to posts in real time. I have a sufficient number of Ipads to use in the classroom with internet access however i would like to know how many students have direct access to the internet outside of the classroom, such as at home. I would like to dedicate time in class to show students what Twitter can do and how the social connections can help them learn and grow.
2. Make a plan to resolve the problem in steps.
Step 1. Develop a basic survey to question students on their social activities, what sites do they go on, how much time is spent online, where do they get access at and what forms of technology they use. Included in the survey would be questions of Twitter familiarity.
Step 2. Show examples of Twitter use in education. Teach student how to use Twitter and provide time for students to register.
Step 3. Submit a post on Twitter in class and have students post their responses. Generate ‘talk it out’ for immediate feedback, concerns or issues with posting.
Step 4. Submit another post on Twitter outside of class. When students return to class find the response time with students and generate a ‘talk it out’ session for feedback, concerns or issues with posting.
Step 5. Students write their thoughts as exit tickets in their journals of whether Twitter helped improve their thought processes and learning in the subject matter.
3. Anticipate obstacles you might face in completing your plan and consider how you can overcome them.
State what you’ll expect to see if the plan works as a research question.
“If I implement the use of Twitter in the classroom as a way to challenge students to think how will students respond or use the social network for additional learning?”
4. What data will you collect to study the plan in action?
The 5-step process should accrue data from students with their responses from the surveys as well as the group discussions in step 3 and 4. The exit tickets would be the final collection of data from the students of whether the use of Twitter helped or not.
a. Two column observation sheets? What will you observe and when? n/a
b. Checklists? What will they include and when will you use them? n/a
c. Students’ Work? What kind and when? n/a
Depending on the student responses on Twitter, i will be saving screenshots of student posts.
d. Interviews? What will you ask and when?
Individual/Group interviews:
I’ll ask the student if Twitter is helping them in other subject areas.
I would ask the students if the posts made them think and respond in a timely manner.
I would also ask the students if they would suggest this to other teachers/students alike to use Twitter as an educational tool.
e. Your own journal? What will you write and when?
It is possible i may write a journal about the students reactions at the end of each step and what was observed and exchanged amongst students in their learning environment and discussions.
f. other data?
Surveys at the beginning of the class and then exit tickets at the end of the program.
5. What is your timeline for enacting your action plan and conducting your data collection?
Step 1. (<1 week)
Develop a basic survey to question students on their social activities, what sites do they go on, how much time is spent online, where do they get access at and what forms of technology they use. Included in the survey would be questions of Twitter familiarity.
Step 2. (2-3 days)
Show examples of Twitter use in education. Teach student how to use Twitter and provide time for students to register.
Step 3. (<1 week)
Teacher submits a post(s) on Twitter in class and have students post their responses. Generate ‘talk it out’ sessions for immediate feedback, concerns or issues with posting.
Step 4. (<1 week)
Teacher submits post(s) on Twitter outside of class. When students return to class find the response time with students and generate ‘talk it out’ sessions for feedback, concerns or issues with posting.
Step 5. (2-3 days)
Students write their thoughts as exit tickets in their journals whether Twitter helped improve their thought processes and learning in the subject matter or not.
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