Assessing Digital Learning and Instruction
Course 5315
Welcome to my 7th course of my Master's Program here at Lamar. I am still getting this page together so feel free to look around.
What is Action Research?
My action research plan will be based on implenmenting blended learning into 3rd grade reading classrooms.
The Literature Review will list and cite different sources that will investigate the benefits of adding blended learning to HISD current school enrichement programs for 3rd grade reading classes and how it will benefit those students.
Action Research Outline
What is the topic of your action research?
I have chosen to research a topic that holds a place in my heart and is relevant to why I have chosen to continue my career in the educational field. The topic I’m planning to research is how to implement blended learning into a traditional face-to-face classroom within low-income school districts while showing how having blended learning will better help and motivate students when it comes to learning in a new way while increasing their learning abilities
CHANGE IS SOMETHING WE ALL NEED
Action Research
LITERATURE REVIEW
From the looks of things and for the past 2 years we as Americans have been trying to cope with our new way of living in a world after having to deal with a major crisis such as the 2019 Covid Pandemic. During the pandemic schools had to be shut down and students had to transition from face-to-face learning to online learning. The transition was not an easy task and caused a lot of mayhem within our school system. Students were not getting the proper benefits they needed in order to maintain their educational status which caused grades to drop significantly. “More than half (53 percent) of 10-year-old children in low- and middle-income countries either had failed to learn to read with comprehension or were out of school entirely” (Azevedo, 2022). This literature review will explore the definition of blended learning, the benefits, and barriers of adding blended learning to classrooms, and how blended learning can be used as a tool to increase reading levels within elementary schools.
AN ACTION RESEARCH PLAN
Exploring Blended Learning
Action Research Plan
Exploring Blended learning in 3rd grade Reading Classes: An Action Research Plan
I have chosen a research topic that I took interest in after becoming a substitute teacher in a low-income based school district. I hold this subject dear to my heart especially after coming in contact with so many students that didn’t even know how to properly turn on a computer device. Implementing blended learning in 3rd grade reading classrooms will not only build each student's confidence but will give them the opportunity to obtain choice, ownership, and vo9ce through authentic learning. For this action research plan, I’ve decided to use both qualitative and quantitative as evidence to support data collected which will include how having blended learning will create positive impacts on the way students read. The data collected will also be used to help current and future substitutes to continue encouraging and supporting students and their families.
Appendix B
3rd Grade Reading Readiness
Survey created to get to know, understand and help students be reaing ready. Help promoting better reading habits
Contribution to my learning
This summer semester snuck up on me and surprised me being that Spring classes had just ended. I honestly thought that I was free as a bird, and I would be enrolled during the Fall term but that was not the case. I was enrolled in class, had started right away, and plus I had no money for class, but I pushed forward. I soon realized that this was a degree that I wanted to get, and I had to do what I needed to do. I picked my head up, dropped one class, got on a plan, and got it done. I am so glad I was able to be a part of course 5315 because it’s the last course I got to have with half of my colleagues I started this program with because they are graduating this semester. For this semester I had to hit the ground running with buying books and supplies needed for the course and jumped on my modules right away.
This summer my community learning group included James, Monika, Maria, and Myself. This course was bittersweet because these 3 are leaving me and graduating so I wanted to soak up as much information as a could before they left. We didn’t meet as much like we have done in the past through zoom and google but honestly I was ok with that because life has been busy and it's so simple just to send a text rather than an email plus everything gets to you right away through text so that was our main source of communication ohhhh but when we did meet through zoom around 6pm we would meet for over an hour and trust me it was on and popping all questions asked via test was answered along with other areas, we felt we were having trouble with, eportfolio were shared so we could look over and see what needed to be fixed and fix them. This semester was basically tying everything together and seeing how it all worked. Looking back when our group was first formed, we didn’t know anything, but we worked together to make it work for us. Fast-forward till now things just roll off our tongues, we are more knowledgeable about digital learning and how everything fits together honestly, we have grown. I am so glad I was given the opportunity to be a part of such an amazing group of individuals.
During these last 8 weeks I was able to assist my team by giving honest feedback and feedback towards their portfolio. Keeping up with our meetings and notes, adding them to our google reference page that all team members have access to.
I really enjoyed course 5315 this semester. It went by so smoothly, everything was so straight forward, and I am very appreciative for being able to take this course with some amazing individuals who were very helpful throughout the entire semester which made the class even more exciting to learn more.
Overall, this semester I am once again so proud of myself and I grade myself for courses 5315 and 90. Even though all components were met I still ran into a few hiccups where I didn’t put my references in alphabetical order, nor did I have something in the APA format making simple mistakes. I was so upset at myself but after receiving feedback from Dr. I was able to perk up and correct what was wrong right away by submitting the errors and making corrections. At this point no I shouldn’t be making these kinds of errors, I did and most importantly I took the feedback and fixed the issue right away. Even though I know once grades are submitted that’s that I still took it upon myself to make sure I did what I needed to do while keeping in mind that there’s always room for improvement, change and growth and that’s what I intend to keep doing putting my best foot forward, taking feedback and keeping the faith through the rest of the process. As Dr. He said in the introduction video “Just trust the process' ' and I definitely will.