Action Research Progress Report

     While it seemed as though my Action research plan was to operate smoothly because of the problems that I had solved in the beginning, one issue worsened while another provided hope. Hardware difficulties became compounded, but Cscope integration worked well with implementing Google features.
     Acquiring the necessary hardware in the appropriate setting became an increasingly difficult situation. So difficult in fact that I was forced to cut my Action Research time to one semester instead of one and a half. Teachers were scrambling for laptop carts and computer labs like ants in a kicked ant hill. There became no available laptops, no labs available, and complaints about the number of days that I signed up for the use of the lap top cart. Also, no new hardware was acquired by the campus, to my knowledge, in order to improve the situation.
     Another challenge that I faced while doing my Action research project was the adoption of the Cscope curriculum by the district where I work. In correlation with Google integration, the Cscope curriculum worked quite well. However, I did have to manipulate the activities because students were learning new technologies along with new curriculum which led to time constraints. In Cscope's favor, the performance indicators worked hand in hand with the Project Based Learning aspect of my Action research project, and supported the 21st century skills of Google. But, the online resources provided by Cscope did not always relate to or completely cover the historical information for the Cscope activities, TEKS, and especially the exams. Therefore, teachers would be wise to research their own website for information; or allow student to build their own data bases while the teachers manages the student's judgement on reliable and relevant websites.
      As far as changes to my Action research Project is concerned, I do not have any major changes. I set a goal and followed the original plan. The only change that I have considered to deviate from my original plan is that I was not able to run the course that I had wanted for the project.