Blogging about Education

One of the things new teachers and old teachers are told are is to steal and share ideas for the classroom. We are told to take an idea that we like or love from another teacher (because it worked for her) and modify if wanted to fit our classroom. If this is true for us teachers, than it should be true for our leaders. Every school is different from each other, but so are our classrooms. Our education leaders need to share their ideas with each other to help improve our schools.

By blogging ideas and concerns as administrators or education leaders, we are sharing to benefits our students. If their is a great idea or strategy that works on one campus, why wouldn't it work on another campus; so blog about it and share it with the world. If there is a concern or a problem that one cannot fix, blog about it and see if someone else can.

One of the biggest difference between the generation than the last is the ability to communicate, and blogging is just another way to do it.

What is Actiona Research to Me?

Although it does not sound interesting or mind-blowing, the idea of action research, or administrative inquiry, is a concept worth knowing to educators, especially administrators. Traditional research at universities are always being conducted to improve our students learning outcomes, but by who? These researchers usually do not know what is being dealt with or how it is being dealt with; they are usually “outsiders”, as mentioned in the Dana text (2009, p. 5). Every day is a different day in our schools, and our teachers and our administrators are the ones who know it best and know it first-hand. Although traditional research tries to differentiate between the theories and what is being practiced, action research will tests theories made by traditional researchers by putting them into play. Action research is research done in one’s own campus by the educators our students work with day to day. It is used by principals in a systematic way to improve their/our schools. It is conducted based off of experience and action is implemented based on the results of that particular school for the best results. To me, it is the difference between having a suit tailored to you and you having to fit a suit.