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Getting Started With Action Research in Educational Tixhnology. Nolen and Putten encourage preparing" school professionals to be researchers from the beginning of their coursework"(p. 405). I was able to identify several references that relate specifically to action research in educational technology, including Royer (2002) who provides an overview of the action research process. Schnorr and Painter (1999) describe a model for involving preservice teachers in collaborative action:: esearch projects during their field experiences, with an example focused on integration of technology in the curriculum. This model describes an active (vs. passive) role for preservice teachers in examining research-based practice, including assisting with data collection and summarizing the litei" ature to inform and to reflect on the teaching-learning process. Pan (1999) describes one approach for working with inservice teachers in a" …