Action Research Project Timeline

August

• Research the cost of technology for classroom and personal use.
• Purchase teacher laptops and networking hardware.

September

• Set up teacher email accounts.
• Set up school domain and website.
• Do an informal assessment of teacher interest in technology for professional development.

October

• Provide first technology workshop.
• Assess outcome of first technology workshop.
• Begin to set up wireless network.

November

• Provide second technology workshop.
• Teachers begin to create teacher webpages.
• Assess outcome of second technology workshop.
• Provide one on one instruction with teachers.

December

• Provide third technology workshop.
• Assess further teacher interest in technology professional development topics.
• Set up wireless mobile computer cart.
• Continue to establish and maintain a working wireless network.
• Continue to maintain school website.

January

• Provide fourth technology workshop.
• Continue to create teacher webpages.
• Introduce software such as Kidspiration and webpages such as Funbrain.com.
• Assess further teacher interest in technology professional development topics.
• Expand wireless network to the new school building.
• Attend technology conferences that will allow me to learn new technologies for school use such as the creation of a student database.
• Create student database for school use.

February

• Provide fifth technology workshop.
• Introduce the use of newsgroups for communication among the staff.
• Continue assessing teacher interest in technology topics.
• Continue to maintain and expand wireless network and school website.
• Encourage the use of the mobile computer cart to be used in the classroom.

March

• Provide sixth technology workshop.
• Assess teacher use and interest in newsgroups as a means of communication.
• Assess teacher use and interest in the use of the mobile computer cart.
• Continue assessing teacher interest in technology topics.

April

• Provide seventh technology workshop.
• Continue assessing teacher interest in areas of technology.

May

• Provide eighth and final technology workshop.
• Assess overall effectiveness of technology workshops.
• Assess overall effectiveness of mobile computer cart and wireless network.
• Prepare for presentation at Culver City Campus.
• Put all the data together and work on my research/presentation.
• Continue assessment

June

• Continue preparation for presentation at the Culver City Campus.

July

• Presentation.