Timeline

Timeline

OUR ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT TIMELINE __SEPTEMBER 5__: Identify area of focus, talk about it with colleagues, and decide on a question to follow, and an action to take.

__OCTOBER 7__: Administer the pre-survey in order to compare it with the post-survey later

__NOVEMBER 10__: Collecting the pre-surveys and enter the information into a database

__DECEMBER 8:__ Have participants review the literature

JANUARY: __J____anuary 7th__ - Pre-Surveys will be analyzed to see participants attitudes towards on-line collaboration __January 15th__ Teachers will be invited to log-on and set up an account on the free wikispace website and collaborate on a specific project that will be pre-determined by the action team research. The ultimate aim will be for teachers to share files order to share files, to comment and discuss various issues. Since the program is web based teachers will be able to collaborate any time throughout the day, at school or at home. Teachers will be encouraged to record their experiences in a reflective journal that will be collected as part of data analysis. All month long - Action team research will frequently log on to the website to take note regarding the flow of discussion and document sharing __January 15th thru February 28th__: Begin analysis. Try different ways of representing data collected. Is your data related to the readings? You may want to try a new action at this point.

MARCH: __March 10th__ - administer Post Survey __March 30th__ - Keep analyzing the data. Write about what was learned and represent data with charts and notes.

__APRIL 30th__ : Complete analysis of all Pre and Post survey data. Review teacher's reflective journals for important comments. Develop a draft of your study.

__MAY 15th__: Finalize report and include what you have learned and how it helps you to change your practice. Discuss interview questions listed under data collection.

__JUNE 1st__: Schedule team meeting to discuss and plan action based on the findings of the study. Assign tasks to be completed prior to year 2 of the study.