Keep it simple...well...you know.

In all of our discussions of action research, I think I have failed to mention that it is possible to make changes in your teaching that are, perhaps, a bit more subtle and study those. For example, Amy and I went to a conference last year where a group of professors added a podcast component to their literacy methods course and studied how students talked about literacy methods as part of the podcasts (this might be the worst study summary ever). The point is, their action research didn't involve changing everything about their course or the way that they taught it.

Just something to consider. You all are doing some good, hard thinking. Keep it up!