This week's journey

I have done a great deal of reading and research on my topic of interest and action research plan.  Writing the topic questions, plan and particulars was not as easy as I expected.  The conference web was extremely helpful however.  I decided on the topic of technology use.  President Clinton established an executive order in 1997 calling for a technology in education (President William Clinton, Executive order 12999)  Since then schools have been buying every new technology item on the market and putting it into the classroom.  Teachers use them or not according to their inclination.  One article in the New York Times quoted a superintendent, David Schauer, " My gut is telling me we've had growth, but we have to have some measure that is valid, and we don't have that yet."  I know we have technology on our campus that is not being utilized, we have potential, we can increase our learning and have an impact.  I would like to be a part of that process.  I think I have put together a plan to explore possibilities, and allow research and measure progress.  I may be trying to turn the Titanic, but we shall see. I have already gained knowledge in putting together the plan in the different areas, and tweaked activities, changed surveys, and drafted colleagues for their expertise.