My action research project has been
very stressful because I am finding that there is not a lot of follow-through
within my school. There are great ideas expressed and tossed around in
meetings, but other items get pushed to the front. In the beginning I discussed
with my mentor on helping make the website more user friendly for parents, the
community, faculty and students, however the principal decided to contract a
parent to oversee the website and make sure organization sponsors understand
how to use each tool and how to update his or her group/sport page. I have
tried my best to keep up with information and asking for new changes, however
it has not been the easiest task. I have spoken with my technology mentor
numerous times and explained what my action research requirements are, but it
seems there are colleagues handling more than one job description. At this
point I am struggling to find a way to complete this project. I have a meeting
with my mentor once again to get more information on how the website has
changed.
I have talked with many different
organization sponsors and coaches on how they are responding to the new website
and how often they are updating information on their specific page. I am
finding there is a good number of colleagues utilizing the website and allowing
students to help as an administrator to the page. Parents of the different
organizations are able to subscribe to the page and as the sponsor updates the
page an email is sent to the parent alerting them of the update or change. Sponsors have expressed difficulty with
learning all the different tools to update a file or article or how to get
subscribers. The contract parent has gone around to most sponsors explaining
the different tools of the website.
I am looking forward to rounding out
the project and learning what changes need to be made for the new framework and
site for the website. Will all information transfer over correctly? Will
sponsors need to relearn tools to update pages?
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