Goal: The objective of this action research investigation is to discover the impact of blogs on student reading and writing achievement at the elementary school level.
| Action Steps | Person(s) Responsible | Timeline: Start/End | Needed Resources | Evaluation |
| Collect data using existing research about the impact of blogging in education. | Elizabeth Robles | August 2010-October 2010 | Internet, time, research articles, samples of blogs in education | Data documentation, create interview questions for teachers based on the results of the research. |
| Select teachers to become the pilot blogging group. Teachers will be selected based on their interest in wanting to learn how to blog. | Elizabeth Robles | August 2010-October 2010 | Time to interview teachers | Successfully identifying teachers to blog. |
| Training teachers to set-up a blog and maintain the blog. | Elizabeth Robles | September 2010 | Computer lab, Powerpoint outlining the definition of a blog and the steps to create and maintain a blog. | Determine whether teachers have successfully created a blog for classroom use. |
| Training teachers to use blogs with students. Altering settings for easy student commenting. | Elizabeth Robles | September 2010 | Computer lab, Powerpoint on how to change settings so students can easily comment. Also altering settings so that teachers must approve all posts before they go live. | Might need to offer additional trainings to those teachers that need more help with this step. I will keep my eyes open for questions/blank looks from teachers. |
| Develop a list of ways to use blogs in the classroom. | Elizabeth Robles Group of blogging teachers | October 2010 | Blogging teachers, computer | Is the list comprehensive enough to address different grade levels? |
| Assess student progress and achievement with the blog. Survey blogging teachers and non-blogging teachers about student motivation and achievement in reading and writing. | Elizabeth Robles | December 2010 | Survey, time for teachers to complete survey | Analyze survey results and determine effectiveness of blogs in the classroom on reading and writing achievement. |
