The Curriculum and Instruction Support Department has been working with Dr. Lynne Schrum on the following Action Research topics:
Elementary Math Support Teachers
Building an OnLine Math Community: Creating an online community for Standards Based Assessment and Reporting (SBAR) pilot teachers to collaboratively develop assessment maps and reflect on instructional practices.
MerriKae Vanderploeg
Using technology during the exploration phase of a Socratic Seminar course to facilitate teachers’ reactions, reflections and sharing of resources.
John Trampush
The Use of Leadership Rubrics in Collaborative Network Development
Janice Gullickson & Laurel Derksen
The Use of Technology to Increase Students’ Oral Language Skills.
Sharon Vaissiere, Vickie Blakeney, Mike Kerosky
How do we get isolated teachers to collaborate and grow in their profession as Health/SEL teachers?
Christine Garbe
Identifying strategies used with English Language Learners in the ASD that are much more effective than others.
Bev Thornburg
Patterns of experience among various ASD grant writers and project directors.
Martina Henke
Transforming pedagogy with a wiki. How do Web 2.0 tools promote professional collaboration? Using a wiki to promote a community of practice among the SBAR pilot’s participants (24/7 accessibility to best practices and peer support).
Frank Hauser & Mike Belloni
Creating an interactive communication network within the community at large in terms of K-12 music events, activities and education. Using Web 2.0 tools to increase communication between each elements of the ASD music community: teachers, parents and students.
Myrna Clark
Initiating a wiki communication tool to engage elementary art teachers in the development of “core” grade level art lessons for posting on the art Web site. The objective is modeling exemplary lessons to insure a quality art curriculum is delivered in all elementary schools.
Joanna Hubbard, Judy Onslow, Trish Herminghaus
Can the use of Web 2.0 tools be used to garner feedback effectively from elementary science teachers as has been traditionally gathered face to face or on paper?
Ann Morgester
What items educators at various levels of experience with Second Life, felt were the most difficult to master. This was asked with the purpose to inform an initial training design for digital immigrants to make their professional development experiences in Second Life effective.
Gail Raymond & Sandy Schoff
What are the perceived barriers to Web 2.0 integration? What is the level of Web 2.0 integration? What are the concerns about Web 2.0 integration? And ultimately does targeted professional development for math/science teachers have an impact on these 3 questions?
Kristidel Macgregor
Finding out if ASD AP teachers would participate in and benefit from an online community.
Ruth Mount & Jessica Graziano
Increasing math teacher collaboration through professional learning communities with a focus on technology based interactions through a common wiki or, in math terms, t (w + p) = c.
Leah Hathaway
Increasing awareness about what Migrant Education in Alaska is through the voices of migrant students, families, and educators.
Steve Ex
Linking Past, Present, Future: Social Studies Curriculum Design Using Web 2.0 Tools
Lynne has written four books and numerous articles on teacher preparation, appropriate uses of information technology, and online and distance learning. Her most recent book is Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools. Lynne is a past president of ISTE and is the current editor of the Journal of Research on Technology in Education