Revised Action Research Plan

Action Planning Template
Goal: How will Project Based Learning through an online medium affect the development of new curriculum that meets state technology requirements; enhance critical thinking skills while maintaining subject retention; and reinvigorate, enhance, or transform the traditional classroom environment to be more conducive for student/teacher collaboration?
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Attend Professional Development for Google	Google Trainer Christy Weeks Kristine Brown	Feb. 29, 2012 Mar. 1&2, 2012	Facility Computer Information and experience with Google products	Certification Examination Gaining New knowledge and uses for Google Relevant information for classroom use
Develop Curriculum to include Google programs	Christy Weeks Kristine Brown	Mar. 3, 2012 through Mar. 18, 2012	STAAR Standards for high school U.S. History course as well as technology skill requirements.	Transferability for all tech. skills Transferability for all social studies classes Reflection upon
Implementation of new curriculum into classroom	Christy Weeks Kristine Brown Participating students Participating teachers	Mar. 19, 2012 through Apr. 10, 2012	Laptop computers for students Internet access Google Accounts for students	Reflection and Interviews with participating student Reflection and Interviews with  participating teacher Reflection upon adjustments Reflections upon classroom environment Administrator Walk-Throughs Student assessments in traditional and nontraditional forms
Reflection upon project	Christy Weeks Kristine Brown Participating students Participation teachers	Apr. 11 – 13, 2012	Reflections taken during implementation upon participation, adjustments, and classroom environment Administrator Walk-Through Assessments Student Assessments	Satisfaction of: data sources, consistent timeline, relevant and workable adjustments made, changes in classroom environment Further Research: personal expansion of curriculum, achieved implementation all STAAR requirements, need more data for conclusion,