Action Research Project by Karin Kruzel and Sara Getting

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Action Research Project by Karin Kruzel and Sara
Getting

• Can iPads be used in 1st Grade Reading Groups to
  measurable improve scores of the 100 sight words,
  oral fluency, understanding vocabulary and
  literal and inferential comprehension?

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100 sight word data
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100 sight word data
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Oral Fluency
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2009-2010 compared to 2010-2011Group 6
Vocabulary Comprehension
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Group 5 Unit 3Pre/Post Vocabulary
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Group 5 Unit 4Pre/Post Vocabulary
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Group 5 Unit 5Pre/Post Vocabulary
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Group 6 Unit 3Pre/Post Vocabulary
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Group 6 Unit 4Pre/Post Vocabulary
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Group 6 Unit 5Pre/Post Vocabulary
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21st Century Skills

• Critical thinking, systems thinking,
  collaborative problem solving.
• These were difficult to produce with iPads.
  Instead we took the angle of using these to help
  us improve our own teaching strategies and best
  practice. These are not developmentally
  appropriate nor conducive to the subject matter
  for first grade.

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21st Century Skills

• Global Awareness Google Earth.
• Interactive Communication swapped iPads and
  listened to another students fluent reading as
  they followed along in the story.
• Scientific Inquiry new students to groups had to
  show some degree of self inquiry to manage given
  tasks.
• Data analysis stoplight charts

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Unintended outcomes

• Pre/Post Technology Use Test wordings.
• VGA Cord.
• Student movement within groups.
• iPad syncing.
• Noisy apps.
• Use of websites.

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Aha Moments

• Letter reversals ABC Tracer.
• Fluency app Talking Tom.
• Comfort level of students with iPads.
• Motivation time on task.

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Time on Task
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Intentional Sharing already occurred

• Student presented at school board meeting in
  November.
• Shared our iPad apps list.
• IGH Student Led Technology Conference.
• Staff training sign out sheets.
• Staff testimonials.

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Intentional Sharingin future

• TIES conference submitting proprosal.
• MN Dept. of Ed.--Spotlight on Innovation Award.
• Building data team.
• Blogs, nings, ipodclassroom, ipadschools,
  teachwithyouripad, elemchat, The Educators PLN,
  iPadchat, edtech, elemchat, web2.0chat,
  innochat, edchat, flatclassroom,
  classrooms20, elearning, iste, SIGMS on
  Twitter.

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Sharing cont

• Kate Conley
• Periodicals Director and Editor
• Learning Leading with Technology
• ISTE, International Society for Technology in
  Education.

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Sharing cont

• Dr. Barbara B. Levin
• Professor and Co-Pl on TESOL for ALL
• Dept. of Teacher Ed Higher Ed
• University of North Carolina Greensboro

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Sharing Cont

• Dr. Lynne Schrum
• Professor Coordinator
• Elementary and Secondary Education
• College of Education and Human Development
• George Mason University

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Pre/Post Student Surveys
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Survey Question 2
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Survey Question 3
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Survey Question 4
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Survey Question 5
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Survey Question 6
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Survey Question 7
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Survey Question 8
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Survey Question 9
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Survey Question 10
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In Conclusion

• Overall the use of iPads increased the four areas
  of data collections sight words, fluency,
  vocabulary and comprehension.
• Studying and implementing 21st Century Skills in
  our teaching strategies has changed our teaching.
  
• Had a vision of what we thought would happen, but
  through the process we were very flexible and
  made several adaptations.
• Working with digital natives helped us learn too.