Teacher+Action+Research


 * Welcome to our Ac [[image:gr8tersthcanterbury:Action_Research.png width="196" height="193" align="left" caption="Link to cluster wiki Action Research page" link="gr8tersthcanterbury:Cluster Action Research"]] tion Research page. **

**The purpose of this page is for each of us to share our documentation, success and reflections about our action research.**

**  Cluster Action Research Plan   ** ** Teacher: Mandy Gregan School: Temuka Primary School Date: May 2010  ** ** Goal 1:  ** Increase capability of teachers and principals to improve students’ learning and achievement through e-learning. || ** Create a supportive learning environment ** ** Research Questions:   ** // What strategies will I use to help my students //help decide the learning intentions and success criteria? // How will I gather evidence to show increased opportunities for students to //help decide the learning intentions and success criteria?
 * Teachers provide opportunities for students to:
 *  Be included in all lessons at their level as appropriate to their individual needs
 *  Celebrate their learning by displaying a range of their work
 *  Interact positively with other students
 *  Interact positively with the teacher ||
 * ** Facilitate shared learning ** ||
 * Teachers provide opportunities for students to:
 *  Take part in discussions to reach understanding
 *  Share and explain their opinions/ideas
 *  Question and challenge others appropriately
 *  Work cooperatively to achieve group goals  ||
 * ** Encourage reflective thought and action ** ||
 * Teachers provide opportunities for students to:
 *  Discuss how well they have worked
 *  Identify what they should do differently in the future to get better
 *  Reflect on their goals to guide their action
 *  Use thinking tools to help them learn ||
 * ** Enhance the relevance of new learning ** ||
 * Teachers provide opportunities for students to:
 * 
 *  Know what they are learning and why
 *  Help decide what they are learning about
 *  Identify their next learning step using the success criteria ||
 * ** Make connections to prior learning and experience ** ||
 * Teachers provide opportunities for students to:
 * <span style="0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> Share what they have learnt with others
 * <span style="0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> Learn through authentic, real life tasks and experiences
 * <span style="0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> Build on what they already know
 * <span style="0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> Relate learning to their everyday lives ||
 * <span style="0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> Relate learning to their everyday lives ||
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Discuss learning intentions and display in the classroom. (We are learning to communicate with an audience using a photostory). //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Have the children share their ideas about the success criteria, collaboratively choose criteria to record.
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Collect and record student voice through discussions with children. //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Self assessment tasks based on the success criteria. //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Copies (or photos) of learning intentions and success criteria planned as a class. //

**  Goal 2 : Integrate ICT into the NZ Curriculum   ** || ** Integrate ICT  ** ** Learning Area: **English ** Concept: **Communication ** Strand: **Creating meaning for themselves or others (speaking, writing, presenting) Making meaning of ideas or information they receive (listening, reading, viewing) ** Context:  **//  Procedural writing -  // //  Creating a set of instructions for an everyday activity – display as a photostory  // ** Research Questions:   ** // What tools and strategies will I use to help my students to //use a range of ICTs for communication? // • How will I gather evidence to show increased opportunities for students to //use a range of ICTs for communication <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> • // Photographs of digital photo display. // <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> • // Photographs of children completing their photostory  // <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> • // Self evaluation against learning intentions and success criteria  // <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo10; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> • // End product of movie to share. //   **  Goal 3:  **Strengthen professional learning communities and increase collaboration within and across schools. ** Research Question: **
 * Teachers provide opportunities for students to:
 * <span style="0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> Make informed decisions about when to use ICT for learning
 * <span style="0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> Use a range of ICTs for communication and collaboration
 * <span style="0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> Use a range of ICTs for critical thinking and researching
 * <span style="0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> Use a range of ICTs for creativity ||
 * <span style="0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"> Use a range of ICTs for creativity ||
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Learning how to take a quality digital photo. //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Creating a photostory. //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Using text, narration and visual features to enhance their presentation. //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Save photostory as a movie and play back to the class using data projector. //
 * <span style="0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// How will I share the results of my action research with my school and cluster colleagues?   //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Attending and sharing at the cluster sharing session. //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Children share movies at syndicate and school assemblies. //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Share with staff members at staff meetings. //
 * <span style="0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// What happened as a result of my actions? (Based on the evidence I gathered)   //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// My students can clearly articulate the success criteria for taking a quality digital photo and are able to use the camera to take quality photos of their own. //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Children had the vocabulary that they needed to discuss photography and photostories. //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// They were able to use their success criteria to critique their own and others’ photos and did this with more depth and precision that in the past. //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Children had improved confidence in their own achievements. //
 * <span style="0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// What are my next steps for teaching and learning?   //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Continue to create photostories, refine and add to success criteria to enhance the quality of finished products. //
 * <span style="color: #00b050; 0cm text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">// Utilise Power Point one slide wonder for speech cues for writing topic. //