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Natasha Polk Multimedia Video Technology EDLD 5363 July 8, 2012 Reflections and Status Report for Campus-Supervised Internship Activities and Action Research Project

Even though this school year has been very busy, I have been able to complete most of my campus internship activity hours. I have been working closely with my campus technology assistant and my mentor. As of today, I have completed 61hours of my campus-supervised internship hours. I have covered all required ISTE/CATE performance standards and competencies for the following courses: EDLD 5306 Concepts of Educational technology, EDLD 5362 Information Systems Management, EDLD 5364 Teaching with Technology, EDLD Digital Graphics, Animation and Desktop Publishing, and EDLD 5363 Video Technology and Multimedia. I have learned that technology plays a huge part in an educational institution. I have learned that it is very important that teachers, administrators and technology personnel to ensure that their district/ campuses are receiving the best technology possible to help reach their educational goals. I have also learned that it is imperative that teachers receive the best training and frequently attend workshops to help them better understand the type of technology and software they are using in their classrooms. In the future, I will communicate research on the use of technology to implement effective assessment and evaluation strategies to my co-teachers. I will model products created using technology resources to improve and enhance my co-teachers productivity in their classrooms. I am currently collecting data from my co-teachers for my action research plan. I have been working on the outline for my plan. I have not completed any part of my research plan. I am still collecting facts and finding more resources. I am near finishing the outline for my action research plan. During my planning, I have been successful at finding willing participants to share information and provide resources for my project. At this point, there is nothing that I would do differently. I feel that I am moving at a pace that is convenient and less stressful. At this time, I am not in a position where I have to or need to change the process of my plan. Being that it is the summer, it has been difficult to communicate with my sources. I have not had to make any changes in my process thus far. My next step is putting all of my collected information/ data and any other resources together to finish my outline. From that point, I will start building the body of my research plan. My work if beneficial for my campus, because my campus if approximately 85% Hispanic, and approximately 50% of those student are ELL. The information that I collect will possibly help our administrators build a better curriculum for our students.
 * • Reflect upon your progress with your campus-supervised Internship activities. How many hours have you completed? What competencies and performance indicators have you covered in this campus-based activities? What have you learned? How will you use this learning in the future? **
 * • Report the status of your action research project. What parts have you completed? What has been successful? What would you do differently? Do you need to change some of your processes or steps to complete your research? What changes will you make if any? What steps are remaining to be completed? Is your work beneficial for your campus and in what ways is your work beneficial? **