Little Leopard Blog for LGISD: Week Four Update

First of all I would like to thank several people who have really made a difference this week with my project!

My Principal is new this year and despite all of the new projects she has undertaken in her first year as our principal, she still finds time to be supportive of my program and my upcoming research project.

In addition, I was so happy to have such positive feedback and pledges of support from three key people in our district who will help me collect important information as I develop my study:
(1) our school districts' curriculum/instruction/assessment coordinator
(2) our districts' federal programs coordinator
(3) and our districts' PEIMS coordinator.

These individuals are all incredibly busy and I am so thankful they are so willing to assist me.

Last but not least, thank you to my classmates who post terrific questions and share their thoughts on our blogs and on our class discussion board. I enjoy reading everything that is said and I truly learn so much from the comments.

Week Four is wrapping up and my action plan seems to be in good shape. I am continuing to collect data to help me develop my survey and I have been given permission by my school district to use our online survey engine to assist with my project.

Wikipedia's Definition of Blogs

A blog (a blend of the term web log)^[1] is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. Blog can also be used as a verb, meaningto maintain or add content to a blog.

Most blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message each other via widgets on the blogs and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites.^[2]

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (art blog), photographs (photoblog), videos (video blogging), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting). Microblogging is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts.

As of 16 February 2011, there were over 156 million public blogs in existence.^[3

Wikipedia's Definition of Action Research

Action research is a reflective process of progressive problem solving led by individuals working with others in teams or as part of a "community of practice" to improve the way they address issues and solve problems. Action research is done simply by action, hence the name. Action research can also be undertaken by larger organizations or institutions, assisted or guided by professional researchers, with the aim of improving their strategies, practices, and knowledge of the environments within which they practice. As designers and stakeholders, researchers work with others to propose a new course of action to help their community improve its work practices (Center for Collaborative Action Research). Kurt Lewin, then a professor at MIT, first coined the term “action research” in about 1944. In his 1946 paper “Action Research and Minority Problems” he described action research as “a comparative research on the conditions and effects of various forms of social action and research leading to social action” that uses “a spiral of steps, each of which is composed of a circle of planning, action, and fact-finding about the result of the action”.

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Week Four Update

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