Goals:

• Construct a process for conducting careful observations of a classroom technology integration.

Activity Guide:

1. Observing
   1. Count the number of violent acts in this classic Bugs Bunny short video, “Rabbit Seasoning” (actual cartoon starts at the :36 mark, after credits).
   2. Post your count in the associated HuskyCT forum (Note: you cannot see other posts until you make your post, then you will see all others).
   3. Reflect on how you defined a violent act.
2. Think about your implementation project. What things did you most want to observe as evidence of its success?
   1. Create a systematic way to capture, record, summarize, and analyze one of the “cases” in your Fall research using observational methods. Might you consider proposing:
      1. Videotaping one or more class sessions they doing an observational coding on yourself or the students
      2. Videotaping a specific case study and doing a careful observation of 1 or a few selected students instead of research the entire class
      3. Bring the students together once or twice during the intervention for a focus group session that could be recorded and analyzed for themes
   2. Review some of these tools for the types of data they might provide, that would give evidence that your technology intervention was working or not working
      1. Student on Task Observation tool/app.
      2. iWalkObservation (a commercial product for school observations)
      3. BeahviorSnap ($9.99 on iOS app store)
      4. On Task 2 ($9.99 on App Store)
      5. COR Advantage student observation app
      6. Note while I can no longer find the BOSS app for iPhone and iPad, this slide presentation from Lehigh professor Shapiro makes some good points about classroom observations.