This document outlines an action research plan with the goal of creating an equitable schedule for mobile laptop labs that promotes their usage across grade levels. The plan involves surveying teachers to understand barriers to lab use, researching best practices, interviewing select teachers, creating mini-lessons to address needs, and using a wiki to document progress. Data will be collected through ongoing surveys, the interactive schedule, and wiki comments to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in increasing equitable access to the mobile labs.

1. Action Research Plan
Goal: How do I create an equitable schedule for the mobile laptop labs that promotes usage
at the younger grade levels, allows for sufficient usage of the lab for classes who have research
projects pending, and reduces the amount of controlled usage by a limited number of staff
(prevent lab hogging)?
Secondary Questions:
• Why are the teachers reluctant to use the mobile labs on a more consistent basis?
• How can I promote usage of the mobile labs at all grade levels?
• What are some ways to increase comfort and effectiveness levels for teachers?
• How can we use small group lessons for younger age groups to address the classroom
management problems that may be preventing lower grade levels from using the lab?
• How can I create a schedule that is easy to access and easy to use for everyone?
Action Person(s) Timeline: Needed Evaluation
Steps(s): Responsible: Start/End Resources
Survey to be Send to teachers Survey Monkey Document # of
created and on September20, teachers planning
Survey to disseminated by 2010. to use lab.
determine Rebecca
reason for and Pruneda. Survey Completion of Document
against using lab to be completed surveys by concerns.
by all grade level September 27,
teachers on 2010 Document
campus, grades positives.
Pre- K through Final date by
4th grade. September 30, Compare to last
2010 years data for lab
usage.
Use local data
Research online Rebecca Start date: Internet available from
and literature for Pruneda September 13, Librarian past year’s
similar problems, 2010 Literary Sources usage.
and action taken
On-going as Compare to
active data usage at other
becomes locations.
available
Find research/
To be completed data available on
by April, 2011 similar issues.
Compare

2. population/
situations to ours.
Plan for
interventions.
Interview Rebecca Start date: Class room Use data from
selected Pruneda 1st week of teachers survey to
teachers from October, 2010. determine
both targeted direction of
groups. (Pre – K Interim: interviews.
through 1st) and 1st week of
(2nd – 4th) December, 2010 Do interviews
1st week of support survey
February, 2011. data?
Final Interviews: Do interviews
1st week of April, support concern
2011 in areas of
classroom
management and
in teacher
comfort level?
Do interviews
point action in a
different
direction?
Rebecca 1st set : Class room Use the on-going
Create mini- Pruneda, Last week of teachers, data collection to
lessons based Beverly Warren, October, 2010 lesson plan show positive
on teacher need Campus Design banks, benefits of mini-
and on-going Coaches, 2nd set: research data, lessons.
data Campus Last week of internet,
Technology December, 2010 wiki site As data
Instructor, increases, and
District 3rd set: needs change,
Technology Last week of lessons need to
Instructor February, 2011 continue to grow.
The series of
lessons should
be supported by
the data gathered
through surveys,
interviews, and
the wiki site.
Create wiki to Rebecca Start date: Mini-lessons, Evaluate benefits
address needs Pruneda September 13, Wiki site, of wiki by the
from on-going 2010 schedule, number of

3. data tip page, visitors, the
With on-going checklist amount of usage
revision by the teachers,
and the overall
number of
teachers per
grade level.
Action Research Plan Continued
Action Person(s) Timeline: Needed Evaluation
Steps(s): Responsible: Start/End Resources
Survey to be Send to teachers Survey Monkey Use survey to
Survey to created and on April 18, evaluate comfort
address disseminated by 2011. and effectiveness
progress and Rebecca levels for
satisfaction Pruneda. Survey Completion of teachers of all
to be completed surveys by April grade levels
by all grade level 25, 2011
teachers on
campus, grades Final date by
Pre- K through April 28, 2011
4th grade
Use schedule as Rebecca Start date: Wiki Site, Compare usage
documentation to Pruneda, 1st week of Interactive data to data
gather on-going Beverly Warren October, 2010. Schedule collected in the
and end of previous year.
project data Interim: This data should
1st week of show an increase
December, 2010 in the number of
1st week of lower grade
February, 2011. levels using the
mobile labs, and
Final Data: a more equitable
1st week of May, spread of usage
2011 among high use
populations
Rebecca Start date: Wiki site, Use comments
Use wiki to Pruneda, 1st week of Comment pages and usage data
gather on-going Beverly Warren October, 2010. to show an
and end of increase in the
project data Interim: number of lower

4. 1st week of grade levels
December, 2010 using the mobile
1st week of labs, and a more
February, 2011. equitable spread
of usage among
Final Data: high use
1st week of May, populations.
2011
Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools
(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)