Reflection on Research Course- Week 2

This has been a very informative week. I really enjoyed watching the videos of this week of Dr.Johnny Briseno, Dr.Timothy Chargois, and Dr.Kirk Lewis. They were able to give us suggestions of how to conduct action research. I also had the opportunity to read one of Dana's chapters, that dealt with action research topics in school setting and wonderings of each one of them. By reading information of each of those topics I was able to reflect that some of them I can already use as a teacher and others I knew that when I become an administrator I would be using them with my staff. This week I also had the opportunity to meet with my principal and assistant principal to discuss some topics of interest that I have for action research, and they were able to give me great feedback. This week I feel like I have grown as an educator and I'm looking forward for the rest of the courses that I will be taking because I know that at the end of this journey I will be ready to be a great administrator.

Analysis of how educational leaders might use blogs

As an educational leader I believe that it is very helpful to use blogs. It gives you the opportunity to read topics that you can learn from. Many times as an educational leader it is necessary to interact with others that share something in common with you. It's a great idea that you can blog about a topic and actually get feedback from someone else. A lot of times as an educator you have so many thoughts and ideas that you would like to share them, but never have time to interact with your co-workers due to the busy schedule at school. This is the perfect way to do so, and so easy! This is the fist time I create a blog and I can already see how it is going to benefit in my future as a teacher and an administrator in the future. I think it is a great way to reflect, learn, and share educational experiences.

This course has given me the opportunity to have a clear understanding of the meaning of an action research. The way I define action research is a process for success. It begins when you as a teacher or an administrator starts to wonder on how you can improve in a specific area, then you start reflecting on what you have been wondering about, and come up with a plan on how you are going to research this process. Throughout this action research you find out that it is a learning process, that you grow as a leader and become more aware that success can happen at your school, all we have to do is take some time and reflect on the problem and try to find different ways that it can be solved.
As a teacher I am very pleased that I will have the opportunity of doing action research myself. I will be able to reflect on a situation that needs attention at my campus and formulate action strategies to improve the situation or resolve the problem. At the end of this action research I will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of this process. I am very excited to be part of this process!