The document outlines a research plan to measure the effectiveness of an "Appy Hour" program for teachers. It will measure teacher comfort with technology, their use of technology for self-learning, and whether "Appy Hour" is changing behaviors. Surveys will be conducted before and after "Appy Hour" cycles using existing tools measuring technology integration. Data will be analyzed anonymously to guide professional development and app recommendations. Results will be shared with administrators to inform future staff training.

1. MEASURING “APPY HOUR”

2. “
”
ALL IMPORTANT DECISION MAKERS
COULD BENEFIT FROM LEARNING THAT
ANYTHING THAT THEY REALLY NEED TO
KNOW IS MEASURABLE.
(Douglas Hubbard, xv)
Hubbard, D. W. (2014). How to measure anything finding the value of "intangibles" in
business (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

3. What are we measuring?
When looking at my innovation project of
“Appy Hour”, I have decided to look at
measuring three different ideas.
• Comfort level
• Teacher’s use of technology in their own
learning
• Is “Appy Hour” changing behaviors?

4. What methods and research
design will be used?
• The research design that will be used is
both descriptive research (what?) and
explanatory research design (why?).
• We will use qualitative reseach methods,
focusing mostly on in depth interviews
through a survey and short answer
format.
• We would like to design our surveys as
closely as possible to a Likert scale, as to
help measure attitude and opinions.

5. Privacy, Procedures and Ethical
Considerations
• Surveys will be anonymous both to
protect identities and to increase the
likelihood of truthfulness.
• Information given in the surveys will be
used to make the “Appy Hour” concept
stronger and focus professional
development on what the Moore teachers
need.

6. What are the measures and what instruments
will be used to gather data?
• We are looking at measuring three different
ideas.
Teacher Comfort Level
Teacher use of technology in their own learning
Appy Hour and behavior changes

7. • To measure the effectiveness of “Appy
Hour”, I am looking at creating a survey,
through a site such as survey monkey or
google docs, where I can use a Likert
scale format to address teacher’s use of
apps and technology. This will be given
before a cycle of “Appy Hour” and after a
cycle of “Appy Hour”, so we can compare
the results.

8. • To measure the teacher comfort and
perceptions of technology use, I am
looking at creating a combination of
two existing surveys to get the
information that I feel is needed when
looking at “Appy Hour”. I would like
to set these up in a Likert scale also..
TUPs
Survey
TPACK
Survey

9. • To measure teacher use of technology
for their own learning, a survey will
be created using Survey Monkey and
will address using technology outside
the classroom for personal growth
and learning.

10. Results
• I plan on putting the results into an Excel
spreadsheet - come up with percentages
for each part of the Likert scale.
• Data obtained by the “Appy Hour” - to
look at trends and ideas for future
professional development.

11. • Perception and uses survey - to gain
knowledge about where the teachers are in
our building, to help determine future staff
development.
• Sharing the results with my building
administration and our technology liason -
better decisions about future staff
development.
Results - continued

12. Bibliography
Hubbard, D. W. (2014). How to measure anything finding the value of
"intangibles" in business (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Schmidt, D. A., Baran, E., Thompson, A. D., Koehler, M. J., MIshra, P., &
Shin, T. (n.d.). Survey of Preservice Teachers' Knowledge of Teaching
and Technology. Retrieved June 19, 2016, from
http://mkoehler.educ.msu.edu/unprotected_readings/TPACK_Survey/S
chmidt_et_ al_Survey_v1.pdf
TIM: The Technology Integration Matrix | A video resource supporting the
full integration of technology in Florida schools. (n.d.). Retrieved June
19, 2016, from http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/tups