Goal: How effective teachers think BYOT has been within their classroom.

What improvements can be made to make it more effective? What are the concerns with the use of students bringing in their own technology? What improvements have they seen in the students learning environment because of BYOT? How will BYOT increase student achievement? How can we better prepare teachers in feeling encouraged to incorporate BYOT into their own classroom lessons?

Action Steps
Step 1: (Data collection) 1. Begin observing/evaluating teachers incorporating BYOT, into their lessons and interaction in the classroom. 2. Begin observing/evaluating students using their own technology in the classroom and how often they are using them. 3. Begin journaling my findings weekly to determine if there is an increase as the year progresses. Step 2: 1. Interview/ survey several teachers at each grade level and ask a series of questions 2. Interview/ survey students

Person(s) responsible
Myself/ 6th, 7th and 8th grade teachers/6th, 7th and 8th grade level students

Timeline Start/End
Start in December 2011 through the last week of school in June 2012

Needed Resources
Journal for documenting my findings

Evaluation
Qualitative Data Collection looking at my research to determine the direction in which we are leaning with BYOT.

Myself/ 6th, 7th and 8th grade teachers/6th, 7th and 8th grade level students

Beginning of March 2012 End March 2012

Monkey Survey/Questionnaire

1. Will determine how they feel about BYOT, and what they believe has been effective and ineffective with BYOT. 2. Will help teachers see how students feel about the use of

and ask a series of questions 3. Interview/survey parents and ask a series of questions

BYOT, and what they would like to see being done with it. 3. Allow for me to collect the data on how parents feel about the use of BYOT, and their concerns/excitement for it, as well as, improvements that can be made 1. Quantitative Data collection by asking other schools within the district similar questions as I did for my own school. This will determine the effectiveness around the district, not just my school 2. Communicating with other districts will give guidance for suggestions, and comments on how to improve BYOT, or encourage what we are already doing with this new policy. Will give us an insight on other districts. 1. By combing all information, I will then be able to determine my goal of How effective teachers think BYOT has been within their classroom. What improvements can be made to make it more effective? What are the concerns with the use of

Step 3: 1. Communicate with other schools within the district about the use of BYOT. 2. Communicate with other districts using BYOT, and find out their guidelines for it, as well as, their opinions on it so far.

Elementary, Middle and High schools in LISD/Other districts outside of LISD

February 2012 May 2012

Email/ Survey Monkey/ Journal for documentation

Step 4: 1. End of Action Research All data collected (quantitative/qualitative measures, surveys,interviews, reflections). Write final reflection. Then share all data and final reflection

Myself

June 2012 (share by next school year before school starts)

Interviews/ Survey results, educational documents found from internet, reflections

with principal, and teachers.

students bringing in their own technology? What improvements have they seen in the students learning environment because of BYOT? How will BYOT increase student achievement? How can we better prepare teachers in feeling encouraged to incorporate BYOT into their own classroom lessons?