Beginning this project was the hardest part. At first it was hard to come up with a learning objective so I just thought of some general ideas. I wanted to do some research on the importance of immediate feedback and thought about tying it in to math and math facts. Then I had some ideas about peer teaching. The ideas just kept coming but I needed to focus on something! Eventually I decided to focus on a standard that I know I often don't address as well as I should and one that I feel may be more overlooked with the increasing use of technology. For example, so much of what we have done in this class is reading, viewing videos, or communicating through written word. I see this as a trend in my class and my school as well. While being able to express yourself well through written word is extremely important, I see a lack of skill in oral communication in our children. It is usually very evident which students have parents or family that spend time conversing with them. Unfortunately many students don't have the opportunity to talk to their parents and build oral communication skills. Oral language skills are the building blocks to writing. How I could use technology to address oral communication became the focus of my research.
Researching through Google Scholar and Albertsons Library was extremely easy. I started with Google Scholar and loved that it could be connected directly to the library. Then I went straight to the library. I found that my results were different and that it would be very beneficial when doing research to approach it through both avenues. I played with doing the research straight from a Google document but found this to be counter-intuitive for me. To proceed in this fashion felt awkward because I would never start a project on a blank piece of paper. Perhaps if I had been more focused from the beginning this method would make more sense for me. However, it was super convenient to type in the name of the article and insert the citation. Loved that!
EDTECH Research
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