What's on my mind this week? Well, I am still overwhelmed by all the research, organization, literature review material and information, and creating surveys so I can complete my IRB. However, I feel a little better than the previous week. I was able to create my parent survey, my teacher survey, a student information questionnaire and my pre/post assessments. I have to say I felt a huge weight off my shoulders when I emailed them to Dr. Craig for suggestions. She has since returned them and now I need to do a few edits. It makes me feel like I am getting something done. However, that is the ironic part. Even though I feel accomplished with this task, it is only the beginning. Now I need to begin the actual work.
First, I plan to send out my parent permission slips this week. I have to wait to get the English version translated to Spanish. Dr. Redmond recommended a former Touro Alum to translate it. I have since emailed it to him and he is working on it. I hope to have it back this week so I can get them mailed. Second, I need to submit my completed IRB to Dr. Craig. Depending on how quickly I receive the translated consent form, I may need to adjust some dates on my IRB. I also have a couple "holes" that I need to fill in before submitting it to Dr. Craig. Next, I would like to give my students the information questionnaire so I can gather a little background information. Simultaneously to this, I would like to get my teacher survey and parent survey out. I am going to send the teacher survey through gmail using Google Forms, but I would like to try to do a Parent Square for the parent survey. Amy is sending her consent forms through Parent Square, and I thought that was a genius idea. Unfortunately, I already addressed all my addresses (times 2 because I am sending the parents a self-addressed and stamped envelope) so I think I will commit to snail mail. Once I have my consent forms returned, I would like to gather my first round of data which is in the form of a pre-assessment. I look forward to seeing how they answer these questions. I expect that they may not know too much of the information which is good because that validates my hypothesis that we need to "teach" digital citizenship and BEST lessons. Then, I will teach some digital citizenship lessons that have embedded SEL lessons through CommonSense.org. I figured why reinvent the wheel if CommonSense.org has already created great lessons. I may enhance them a bit with some additional SEL lessons. However, I have not made it that far yet. Finally, I will give my students the post-assessment and analyze the before and after results. I hope the results are what I expect. I think the students will really enjoy the lessons and the break from our regular "Math and Language Arts" lessons. I expect that we will have some fun and I am looking forward to it!
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Susan Craig
2/27/2021 04:28:01 pm
Hi Kimberlee,
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Jamie Lutz
2/28/2021 10:52:44 am
Kimberlee,
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Amy Bardwell
3/3/2021 01:02:30 pm
Hi Kimberlee: I think you are super organized! I am excited for your IRB and your action research. I think you are going to have great results with this plan.
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