Data Usage In Action Research

Data is the key component for understanding what the practitioner will evaluate as to how the student is learning within the realms of a digital age campus.
 Action Research can be initiated with the use of "data streams".

 

How Educational Leaders Might Use Blogs?

Blogging free technology application sites used for Professional Learning Communitites (PLCs) when the educator is planning and designing learning environments and experiences with the use of educational technology are ways in which educational leaders can use blog sites.  Another way blogs can be use is to network and share ideas about action research and its relevancy.

Head Learner: Creating a Community of Learners

 
What I learned about action research and how might it be able to be used?

This blog was created by a Technology researcher and consultant for supportive Professional Development (PD) for educators whose campuses are implementing 1:1 iPads for the entire campus curricula. This blog is also an Action Research project (EDLD: Research) for Lamar University Academic Partnership.
The difference between traditional research and action research can be speculated from three different angles all of which connects to the role of the practitioner as researcher. Since traditional research was conducted and handled by an outside entity such as independent university researchers, facilitating action research has allowed the researching to be done by the practitioner who is actually inquiring about fact findings pertaining to their research. The next tradition would be classroom research where educational practices along with investigative processes can be conducted. Lastly, as all of the above is taking place, the practitioner is able to initiate change as research information is generated and analyzed.  
I have learned that being exclusively involved in the research and development of building a professional learning community (PLC), and the ways it might be used, is by taking the knowledge gained by all to allow the continuous growth of strategies, planning, making decisions, developing policies, monitoring and sharing leadership for the success of the action research to support a professional learning community (PLC). 

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