Action Research Project Reflection
There
is an opportunity gap in education. This
gap can be bridged by introducing students to opportunities within an
interactive learning curriculum and after school programs that are otherwise
unavailable to inner city school students. In completing 30 hours of my action
research project I have begun to explore what implementations within schools
and/or districts as a whole could potentially effect retention rates within the
Houston Independent School District and surrounding districts. I chose this
topic initially because in the five years I worked for the Parole Division I
wondered what the correlation was between school dropout rates and the
imprisonment of our youth. I wanted to discover what could be done to stop this
from happening.
Going
through the activities of my action research plan many of the adjustments came
as a result of lack of equipment. I introduced Web 2.0 tools immediately to
familiarize my students with the vast capabilities that all the Web 2.0 tools
hold as well as introduce them to essential elements and principles of design
interactively. It was pivotal to introduce technological advancements to the
students. I elected to introduce them to a particular set of web 2.0 tools
through the use of PowerPoint, Windows Live Movie Maker and Gimp.
Behavioral issues arouse but with
collaborations from my co-teacher they were rectified accordingly. I was also
able to collaborate with my co-teacher to assure that all activities performed
were appropriate for the students and would be beneficial to their learning. An
accumulation of research and gathered data will be compiled to determine
whether or not these implementations have a progressive effect on grade
retention.
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