This action research plan aims to create 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 based on needs, and establishing a wiki for resources. Ongoing data collection through surveys, the schedule, and wiki comments will evaluate progress in increasing younger grades' usage and balancing usage across staff.

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 with the on September teachers planning
Survey to help of district 27, 2010. to use lab.
determine technology
reason for and specialist and 2 Completion of Document
against using lab classroom surveys by concerns.
teachers, and October 4, 2010
disseminated by Document
Rebecca Final date by positives.
Pruneda. Survey October 7, 2010
to be completed Compare to last
by all grade level years data for lab
teachers on usage.
campus, grades
Pre- K through
4th grade. Start date:
September 13, Use local data
Research online 2010 Internet available from
and literature for Librarian past year’s
similar problems, On-going as Literary Sources usage.
and action taken active data
becomes Compare to
Rebecca available usage at other
Pruneda locations.
To be completed
by April, 2011 Find research/
data available on
similar issues.
Compare

2. population/
situations to ours.
Plan for
interventions.
Interview Rebecca Start date: Class room Use data from
selected Pruneda and 1st week of teachers survey to
teachers from Site mentor, October, 2010. determine
both targeted Beverly Warren 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. Provide tip page, visitors, the
training on how With on-going checklist amount of usage
to access wiki. 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 with the on April 18, evaluate comfort
address help of district 2011. and effectiveness
progress and technology levels for
satisfaction specialist and 2 Completion of teachers of all
classroom surveys by April grade levels
teachers, and 25, 2011
disseminated by
Rebecca Final date by
Pruneda. Survey April 28, 2011
to be completed
by all grade level
teachers on
campus, grades
Pre- K through
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

4. 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
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)