I teach 1st – 5th grade GT and I have
a different grade each day. I only see my students once a week so communication
with the parents can be a little difficult. I would also like a way to share
what we’re doing in class using pictures as well as comments. I use a calendar
that stays in the students’ folders but it is more for important dates. I have
used a newsletter in the past. However, it is very time consuming and most of
the time I find them in the students’ folders weeks later. Many people use
Facebook and I believe that the parents would find it easier to stay up to date
using this particular type of social media.
Is
communication between the parent and the teacher enhanced with the use of
Facebook?
Action Research Plan
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Goal: Enhance parent/teacher
communication with the use of Facebook.
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Action Steps(s):
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Person(s) Responsible:
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Timeline: Start/End
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Needed Resources
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Evaluation
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Survey parents about availability of internet, use of Facebook, and thoughts
on parent/teacher communication
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Jodie Allex
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September 2013
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Parent letter and spreadsheet to track answers
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Results from survey
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Find articles from educator websites and journals that relate to
parent/teacher communication
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Jodie Allex
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September 2013 to November 2013
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Internet resources, district personnel, conversations with other
teachers and parents
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Interpret data relative to an elementary classroom
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Set up & begin using class Facebook group
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Jodie Allex
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Late September 2013 to May 2014
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Letter to parents explaining how to access the group
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Monitor the number of parents who joined the group
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Survey parents about the use of the Facebook group: satisfaction with
information & ease of use
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Jodie Allex
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December 2013
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Parent letter and spreadsheet to track answers
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Results from survey
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Make changes to amount of postings & pictures based on the results
from the second survey
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Jodie Allex
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January 2014
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Spreadsheet from second survey
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Monitor Facebook group to see how many parents log on
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Final parent survey about Facebook group
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Jodie Allex
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May 2014
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Spreadsheet from final survey
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Compare results from all three surveys
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Share results with other teachers and site supervisor
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Jodie Allex
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August 2014
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Results of action research plan
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Feedback from other teachers and site supervisor
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I was wondering if you considered using Survey Monkey for your surveys? The program will disseminate the information for you and it will be another technology aspect for your research project.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. I think parents would like the ease of using Facebook. One thought, are you able to use Facebook at school?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Carrie about the Survey Monkey but you have to remember that not everyone has access to the internet. Maybe you can have both a survey on the net as well as a paper survey.
ReplyDeleteWhat I was wondering is how are you going to know if parents got on Facebook? I think that the only way you will know someone got on is if they comment or like something.
I was wondering what your backup plan is if parents don't want to participate on facebook.
ReplyDeleteWhat about using Google Docs for your survey?
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