Final Post

Final Post November 7, 2013

Here is a link to my completed paper:

Final Research Paper #seaccr


Here is a link to my Screencast-O-Matic presentation of my paper:

YouTube presentation of Research

#Week 8 Draft and Reflection

Week #8 Draft and Reflection

I uploaded my Research Paper Draft to Google Docs for viewing.  It did adjust my formatting slightly.   Please post comments about the paper on this blog or note them directly on the Google doc.  (I have a real copy on my home computer).  Thank you for taking the time to review it.  The areas I am most interested in feedback are the Analysis and Conclusion.

click on the link below

Research Paper Draft

What a trip this has been traveling on the new road of Qualitative Action Research!  Frustrating at times, fun at times, but the final result is making me a better teacher.   I have re-learned the importance of a PLN and plan to continue not only my current research topic but others as well.  Since my TEP plan is directly tied to this research paper, the Action Research itself will continue throughout the entire school year.

Contributions I made this week:

• Shared APA Owl link and explanation of how to take advantage of it on #seaccr for specific peers who asked 
• Shared Refworks.com on Twitter 
• Shared how I could have improved my project ...now that I know what I didn't know
• How to cite CC standards

Intentions for resources I shared and actual (discerned) impact

• APA Owl link was used this week by two peers 
• Several peers thanked me for Refworks.com and told me they planned to use it
• Helped other people and was helped by sharing how we could have improved our projects, we all have a better understanding by what was shared for future reference in research 
• Many of us need to cite CC and AK standards - I have not had any feedback on these
• A couple of my peers asked for info on some of my graphics I posted on my blog and I replied with the website in hopes they will find it useful in their own projects

Next week?

• Turn in final paper by November 8
• Try out screencastomatic
• Sleep well November 8th!

What did I learn from others?

• Again Tweet Sessions were invaluable even though they were small in numbers
• Learned about the Daily 5 and plan to implement it in my classroom after I spend time learning more about it - inspired by Lisa Banner!
• Help finalizing my research paper's title
• Was reminded about the triangulation process and to include it in my research paper

Even though this class was at times frustrating, I think I may have learned more in this class then in any other MAT class.  My kids are impressed with my tech savvy and I am on my way to teaching like a pirate!