Winding down with this course.   I feel like I have learned why research is important in the field of education.  For myself, I think the plan I have picked for my school may have a real impact.  I have been talking with my fellow teachers and have come to find out that we have very few parents that are checking their kid's grades  on line.  As teachers, we are puzzled by this because  a lot of the kids that you would expect to be keeping up with this, are not.  We know the parents have access to the internet because we get e-mails from them but then when we ask them to check Power Schools, they act as if they know nothing about this online student information/grade book system.  I am hoping my project can change that for this coming school year.