Blog about your thinking on your qualitative vs. quantitative data analysis: 1. Why did you choose the analysis methods that you chose? 2. How did each method that you chose answer your research question? I am conducting action research to analyze and support my hypothesis that BEST practices need to be created for online learners. I will employ mixed methods to gather data. First, I will use quantitative data measures because it will be used for the collection of data from the district’s past BEST practices results. Quantitative data measures will also be used to analyze the results from CommonSense.org as to why they concluded digital citizenship lessons needed to be created. Finally, I will use qualitative data research to measure the need for an online BEST program to include digital citizenship at our elementary school sites. It will measure the effectiveness of positive online behavior. As of today, I have started collecting quantitative data from my students in regards to their online usage and their prior knowledge (pre-assessment) about online responsibility, kindness, respect and safety. These four Building Effective Schools Together (BEST) characteristics are our core values at Snow Elementary. An example of online responsibility is shown below: 81.8% of my 3rd grade students know it is a responsibility of themselves to go on a website that they know is OK for kids their age. 13.6% say I can say funny things to make people laugh. Finally, 4.6% say they can download an app that a cousin has shared. An example of kindness is 54.5% of my 3rd grade students think they should only care about themselves online, while 45.5% do not agree. I hope to turn those numbers around once my students have learned about Digital Citizenship. I asked my students the following respectful online behavior question, "Miguel is reading about Minecraft tricks in an online community for gamers. He does not agree with how Minecraft_Ninja says to do a trick. Miguel responds, 'You don't know anything, Minecraft_Ninja. No one wants to read your post.' Is Miguel being a good digital citizen in his community?" 72.7% responded that "No, Miguel is not being a good digital citizen because his post could make Minecraft_Ninja feel bad. Even if he disagrees, he can say it nicely". 22.7% say "No, Miguel is not being a good digital citizen because he's posting in an online community". 4.6% said, "Yes, Miguel is being a good digital citizen because he is talking with others and participating, even if he disagrees". Finally, an example of a safety question and response is: "Jose created a password with his name and favorite sport. His password is 'JoseSoccer". Why should Jose choose another password?" 63.6% responded, "JoseSoccer uses his name and doesn't use symbols or numbers". 18.2% said, "JoseSoccer is too long". 13.6% responded that "JoseSoccer is hard to remember". Finally, 4.5% said, "Jose likes basketball, too". I will use a sample of my convenience sample for qualitative data analysis. I plan to use Flipgrid recordings to interview students about digital citizenship and their online usage. Stay tuned...that part is still to come. P.S. I apologize for not attaching the last three pie chart images. I had a very difficult time getting the image app to work within the body of my text. I will continue to work on this but I got to a level of frustration tonight that is not worth elevating my blood pressure.
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This week blog about what you believe you need to complete your research cycles this semester.
This experience thus far brings me mixed feelings. On one hand, I am loving the deep conversations, the enriching reading and podcasts, challenging my creativity and thinking brain, and meeting with colleagues and professors each week. To be honest, I admittedly embrace the stressful challenge. On the other hand, I feel like I accomplish so much each week but then I realize how much more I need to do. In order for me to maintain my sanity, I have to write lists and cross off what I have accomplished. The past few months, the list has been long and accomplished. Now that I am writing my new list, I am overwhelmed again. So, I am going to go with the flow. This has been a successful week. I have submitted my IRB, I have scheduled my Lit. Review with Amy, and I have started my research for my ARP. I am pleased to report that not only have I created all of my google form surveys and questionnaires, but I have sent them out to my colleagues at Snow Elementary, and I have given my students the general information survey and the pre-assessment. My next step is to teach a digital citizenship lesson next week. I plan on teaching 2 lessons a week because of the time crunch. I originally was thinking one a week, on Wednesday's when I have all of my students together, but I don't think this schedule is feasible due to schedule constraints. I am excited about the lessons because this is the fun part. I am looking forward to using the Digital Citizenship lessons through CommonSense.org. I think my students will love the interactive lessons and the new activities. Throughout the lessons, I will give my students short quizzes to collect data. Following the conclusion of the lessons, I will give my students the post-assessment to see what they have learned. Stay tuned... |
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