Next Step for Action Research

I finally got over the hump and have a great start on my action research project. My goal is to now complete my article reviews so I can get started on my chapters. I am also looking forward to the implementation of my project to see if the SMART board helps the children with the word sorts. The whole process amazes me because I have gone from not knowing left from right to feeling like I am in a good place. It was a lot of work, however, I really feel ready to go. I went through a lot to get there, but have plenty more to go!!

Action Research

So this is the part that I have been dreading the most...starting the action research project. I came up with what I wanted to do pretty quick (using interactive whiteboards with spelling instruction), however now I am really struggling with how I am going to implement my project. It is difficult because I cannot have a control group within the class because it is not fair to only let a few kids use the board and not others. I was thinking of having a teacher that doesn't have a SMART board be my control group to see if there would be a difference in scores. I also think that is going to be difficult to really prove that it was the SMART board or lack there of that made a difference in the scores. I was leaning towards doing something about their overall attitudes towards spelling being different because they are using the SMART board, or if their creativity increases on certain activities because they are using technology. I know what my assessments are, I am just unsure how to implement the whole thing. Reading some articles has helped, but I still need to really think about how this will work in my situation.