This past Friday, I tried to conduct teacher interviews in regards to their insight and opinions on the participants. After beginning my attempt of the first interview, I quickly realized that my efforts would be more efficient and accurate if I utilized technology (ie: voice recorder or video camera) to get all of the details that were given in a quicker manner than I could write them. Unfortunately, technology was not cooperating quite the way that it was needed. After several attempts to find a voice recorder that would work, the technology coordinator and I finally settled on using a video camera; however when it came time to upload the videos, there was some malfunctioning on that part. I have since emailed the questions to the teachers and will also make an attempt to record again using an iPhone. Below you will find the interview questions that I used:
RESEARCH PROJECT
TEACHER INTERVIEW
1.
What do you feel _(the participant’s)__________ strengths are in writing?
2.
What do you think ____(the participant)______
needs to work on in writing?
3.
In what ways is ___(the participant)_________
progressing in writing?
4.
In what ways is _(the participant)__________ not progressing in writing?
5.
How has _(the participant’s)__________ writing changed in the classroom?
- Using detail from other resources to support their writing.
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
I can’t imagine trying to write down everything that a student says when trying to interview them. I definitely see the importance of using technology during an interview and I see that you do too. I recorded my interviews with my iPhone and I would definitely recommend this method to you. It is easy to replay the video and stop and start so that you can easily transcribe what the students are saying. I also think that it will be very useful to interview the teachers. I’m sure you will get a lot of resourceful information from doing this.
ReplyDeleteI like the teacher questions and the fact that you are collaborating with the classroom teachers. I definitely think that utilizing technology is super important. It is way to difficult to truly catch everything that is said if no research is utilized.
ReplyDeleteAlso....I know it wasn't this blog post but I absolutely love the look of the newspaper with the student articles. They appear to have rocked things out. Can't wait to see your final results.
COOL
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