Week 3 follow up
It was a busy week trying to find useful reference material,
figuring out how to write an annotated bibliography, and visiting blog sites. I made it a point to read everyone’s entries
this week. Apparently, I was not the
only one digging through countless studies.
The SEACCR group was a busy bunch of bloggers.
I spent a considerable amount of time reading through blogs this week. I wanted to make sure to visit every site listed on our SEACCR blogroll to see the ideas that were forming and the types of information people found. As I was reading through them, I felt like I had very little to offer. Research writing is something I have never
had to do. Since I have no experience, I did not feel like there was much I
could add other than a few resources I found during my searches. Some of the students in our class expressed
the difficulty they had trying to find relevant research studies. During my search, I managed to find a site
that had several education related action research studies. All of the studies were from elementary and
secondary classrooms and most focused on using technology. I will be using a couple of these studies as
reference during my research. This was
something I felt was worth sharing as I responded to blog entries. I have received a couple of messages thanking
me for the website address so I am glad I shared it.
The number of resources other people shared was
impressive. I will be going back to
several blog sites to bookmark some of the references they listed. I have noticed that some of the students in
our class have prior experience with action research studies. I intend to communicate with them throughout
this project as I muddle my way through. Data collection is one thing I've been struggling with. A few of our students seem to have good ideas on how to handle it so I think I'll tap into their wisdom.
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