Action research is carried out in a educational setting. A person or group of people make an inquiry or find a problem in the school that needs a solution. This is a major problem or issue that strongly affects the campus. The problem exists within a teacher's classroom, and it is geared toward improving teacher's performance and success. It takes hours of work and hard effort to perform action research. Data, research, decisions, and reflections are all integral components of action research. A teacher can work alone on this project; however, they usually work collaborately with the help of administrators. Sometimes, the entire school can work together to find a solution. The major steps to action research is identifying the problem, collecting and analyzing data, making changes and adjustments (in regards to the data), and evaluating the results. If the results are positive, then the action research efforts were not all in vain. However, if the results are negative, perhaps more research and planning needs to take place. I can use action research to improve my students' skills. I teach Read 180 at my school and several ESL students are placed in there because they have problems translating the text. I decided to do action research geared toward helping them. I will review and analyze their TAKS scores from elementary school until now and research various forms of data to determine what methods work best at developing their literacy and comprehension skills.
Educational leaders can use blogs to stay in touch with large groups of people without having face-to-face interactions. They can socialize, listen to concerns, and get ideas from members of their campus and stakeholders. They can also use it as a way to inform people of what is going on at their campus.
