Project Report Final 1 (2)

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Laptops, Interactive White Boards and Computer

Mediated Feedback: how do students perceive

the use of technology in the classroom?

Project Report

Introduction

The main objective of this mini-project is to survey students attitude

towards the use of technology in the classroom. In doing so, I hope to

develop a data collection instrument which will aid in better understanding

the use technology in our daily activities as teachers, and come with

conclusions and suggestions for further work.

Attitudes toward technology use in the learning environment are an

important factor of successful curriculum integration of technology. We

assume that once appropriate technological elements are available in the

classroom, students and teachers, will immediately make use of all state-

of-the-art devices and tools, and fully accept the change toward a

technologically based curriculum, virtual assessments and online

evaluations. However, after receiving some negative response from some

of our students regarding the implementation of new technological

evaluation tools at school, I decided to survey the attitude students have

towards technology and its use in the classroom.

I conducted a survey among students at Vg3 level at Solr High School,

Flisa where for the last two years a substantial amount of technological

aids (both physical and virtual) have been implement as required by

Hedmark County, in order to comply with the Program for Digital Literacy

2004-2008, and paragraph 19-6 of the Opplringsloven.

Technology in use

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Students at Solr High School have the opportunity to lease laptops and

have installed hardware and software necessary to their school work.

Multimedia programs and applications such as GeoGebra and Ordnett

Pluss, e-learning systems such NDLA and Lokus, and learning platforms

such as itslearning are basic elements of classroom technology used by

students in a daily basis.

GeoGebra is a freeware that provides students with an array of functions

and applications in mathematics, algebra and calculus, making it simpler

and faster to do calculations, plot graphics and integrate functions.

Ordnett Pluss is an interactive multilingual dictionary, usable both online

and offline. NDLA (National Digital Learning Arena) provides open digital

learning resources to teachers and students in upper secondary education.

Adding to NDLA, students are also granted access to Lokus, Aschehougs

site which provides learning resources in seventy different areas. With

itslearning, our learning platform, students and teachers can create

project pages for study groups, blogs, take part in online debates, present

their work using e-portfolios, and upload videos, pictures, documents and

music within a safe school-controlled environment. Teachers can upload

tasks, exercises and tests, post messages, and updates to schedules. One

especial feature within itslearning is Prvemodus, a test modus which

locks up students computers during a test, making other web browsers

and programs unavailable. Adding to the multimedia elements available

to students, new state-of-the-art interactive white boards and audio

devices are being installed in all classrooms at Solr High.

Background

The literature shows that students and teachers alike already have

developed firm opinions about technology in the instructional

environment(Dudeney & Hockly 2007). Young people who have grown up

with technology, the so-called digital natives, rely on technology forpersonal uses and educational purposes, being satisfied with their

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relationship with the technological environment they that surround them.

On the other hand their elders, teachers included, have a more distant

relation to technology, being held as digital immigrants, people who have

come about technology in a later stage of their lives (Dudeney & Hockly

2007). The level of relation and previous experience developed by digital

natives seems to have a positive influence their attitude towards

technology (Chase & Herrod, 2005). On the order hand, those who have

encountered technology on a later stage in their lives seem to have a

rather skeptic relationship ICT (Dudeney & Hockly 2007).

Many countries have now included ICT as one of the necessary basic skills,

alongside reading, writing and numeracy (Plomp, Pelgrum & Law 2007).

This is not a new phenomenon, since in the 60s and 70s interactive media

has been a constant in language teaching (Dudeney & Hockly 2007).

Today students are provided with a wide range of technological tools to

support coursework as much as a wide variety of so called computer

assisted language learning (CALL) resources (Harris, 2002). And as schools

incorporate ICT into the curriculum, educators are emphasizing the

importance of appropriate use of technology in classrooms (Harris, 2002).

This development has been followed by a change in the roles of teachers,

students and ICT. As for students, they have become more interactive,

being exposed to an overwhelming amount of information online, and

having to acquire the skills necessary to navigate in the multimedia world

they live in. This has become a reality in many a classroom in the world

(Harris 2002), and especially in Norway: e-learning delivers andremediates lessons; teachers have become facilitators and mentors (St.

meld. 23). However, many educators still resist and resent the growing

pace of ICT in the classroom (Dudeney & Hockly 2007). Teachers have to

accept changesin [their] interactionswith students and they [have] to

support students as their roles change, too (Harris 2002, p. 457).

In Norway, the Program for Digital Literacy 2004-2008 was a decisive

step towards integrating Norwegian schools into the new technological era

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at all levels of literacy and training. In so doing, a step was taken towards

using ICT as a tool for innovation, aiming at improved learning, better

learning strategies and higher quality in education (St.meld. nr. 30, 2003

2004).

If we are to achieve this goal, teachers and students should be able to

both select and use technology aiming at enhancing learning (Pelgrum and

Law, 2003). For this reason, it is important that both groups should

develop positive attitudes towards technology and make the most of it the

classroom.

In the case of students, attitudes towards a topic or subject can determinehis or her overall pattern of behavior and learning (Ajzen and Fishbein, as

described in Vallerand, et al. 1992). Hence, understanding how students

refer to technology in the classroom is fundamental in the process of

developing the necessary skills that enhance communication and

information flow in the classroom. Dooling (2000) found that students

believed that the effectiveness of computer technology experiences at

school depends on the students prior knowledge [and his or her] teacher(p. 22).

Technology is becoming a more prevalent part of the education culture

with each passing year. Schools cannot ignore the impact of technology

and the changing face of curriculum. Those who have done research on

how technology will affect secondary schools, see vast changes occurring.

Symonds (2000) asserts that the high school will look very different in

2018; it will be High Tech High. Solr High is becoming High Tech

High.

The original concept of this min-project was based on Dudney and Hocklys

book How to Teach English with Technology(Pearson, 2007) which has

been written in order to build up teachers confidence and awareness of

how to use technology in the classroom.

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The book addresses topics that have currently attracted the interest of

educators: the use of websites as a source of information and language

input, the positive attitudes of teachers and students towards the

integration of the Internet in language teaching, the use of video to

provide language input, assessment, and projects as an approach for

multilevel classes as well as students with different learning styles.

Chapter 1 of the book focuses on the intrinsic features of ICT that makes it

a suitable and valuable source of input and output for students. From a

content perspective, the book addresses the issues considered of

importance in this mini project.

These issues were considered important after we received some negative

response from some of our students regarding the implementation of new

technological evaluation tools at school. The main focus of the students

dissatisfaction was on our platform itslearning and the new system for

tests, Prvemodus.

Methods

In order to survey how students perceive the use of technology in the

classroom a questionnaire was designed. It consisted of 34 items modeled

on a five point Likert scale. Items focus on motivational correlates of using

technology in the classroom (e.g. enjoyment, avoidance, self-confidence),

and habits and abilities associated with the use of the Internet (e.g.

frequency and kind of ICT use). Students were asked to rate their level of

agreement with the statements listed on a 5-point scale (1= minimum; 5

= maximum). The items of the questionnaire are listed on the table below

(Table 1), corresponding their order in the questionnaire itself.

In the questionnaire the list of statements to be rated was introduced by a

brief piece of information regarding the scope of the project and

instructions about how to fill out the questionnaire.

The questionnaire is divided into three sections: attitude to technology,attitudes to using the Internet and attitude to future trends. These three

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specific sections were chosen in the hope of unveiling specific patterns in

students attitude. The three sections are based on three hypotheses:

a) There is a positive relationship between ICTs experience and students

attitude (Section 1)

b)There is a positive relationship between the use of the internet and

students attitude (Section 2)

c) There is a positive relationship between future trends and students

attitude (Section 3)

Section one deals with students previous experience with technology. The

hypothesis is that there is a positive relationship between ICTs experience

and how students relate to the use of technology. To the aim of this mini-

project, ICT experience is defined as the level and depth of interaction

students have with basic software and internet search engines. Boghikian-

Whitby and Mortagy (2008) found that students interaction with

technology can have a positive effect on their use of ICT to support,

complement and facilitate the learning process. Therefore, a positive

attitude among those with previous ICT experience is expected.

Section two aims at finding out how students relate to the use of the

internet as a classroom tool. The internet provides students with remote

and ubiquitous access to information, learning material and

communication, allowing for more personalized learning resources. Such a

range of resources and learning tools can be of significance in the learning

process and further a positive attitude among students (Dudeney & Hockly2007).

The aim of section three is to survey how updated students are with the

most common technological learning applications online. Interaction with

the technological tools available can facilitate the learning process

(Dudeney & Hockly 2007). Students who are capable of using these

learning resources can experience a higher degree of freedom and

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flexibility in learning, which in its turn, might further a positive attitude

towards the use of technology in the classroom.

Adding to the Lickert-based items, three open-ended questions were

added, in order to supplement the quantitative analysis with some

qualitative items:

1 How do you describe your skills as a user of technology?

2 Which classroom technologies do you find difficult to use and why?

3 How does technology help you learn?

These open-ended questions aim at supporting and supplementing the

close-ended questions in the three sections of the questionnaire. The

open-ended questions were elaborated using a limited number of topics in

order to supplement the answers provided to the Lickert-based items.

Students have the opportunity to freely express their ideas and thoughts

about their level of skills, as well as provide any additional details related

to the topic of each questions.

The first question is designed to encourage a full and meaningful answer,

using the students own insight about his/her level of skill. The second

question aims at disclosing students view about the technology already in

use in the classroom. This question is closely related to the feedback we

received concerning our learning platform, as mentioned in the

introduction of this report. With the last question, students have the

possibility to freely express their meanings and/or ideas about how helpful

technology might be in the learning process.

A group of 12 students, both male and female, attending Social Studies

English (VG3) were the target of the survey. This group was chosen due to

their age and their course. Students ranged in age between 18 and 24

years (mean age = 18.83; SD = 1.75).The questionnaires were handed out

in the classroom and answered in loco.

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A quantitative analysis of the data collected (to include mean and

standard deviation) and reliability analysis (based on Cronbachs ) was

carried out. Reliability and item analysis are generally used to evaluate

the reliability of scales already in use.

Cronbach's alpha is a measure of internal consistency, that is, how closely

related a set of items are as a group, representing the averaged

correlation between the items (Field, 2005). This coefficient was originally

developed as a tool to help medical educators achieve a higher level of

reliability to their questionnaires and assessments. The alpha is widely

used in social sciences and medical research (Field, 2005).

Cronbach's alpha is not a statistical test - it is a coefficient of reliability (or

consistency). In other words: if a student tends to score one question

highly (or otherwise), does the student also score another question in the

same way? If all the students are consistent in the way they respond to

the various questions, the scale is considered consistent in its results and

therefore reliable. Cronbachs alpha is defined as value between 0 and 1.

So a high alpha value (above 0.70) is considered reliable, while a valueunder 0.59 is considered not reliable (Field, 2005).

Reliability

The table below shows the result of the reliability analysis. The Cronbachs

value for all constructs is above 0.70 which is considered acceptable

(George & Malley, 2003).

Results

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Table 1: Reliability StatisticsCronbach's

Alpha

Cronbach's Alpha Based on

Standardized Items

N of Items

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The research instrument in this study was a questionnaire divided into

three sections: attitude to technology, attitude to using the internet and

attitude to future trends. Students' total scores on the twelve statements

measuring their basic knowledge of technology correlated with their total

scores on the twelve statements measuring their attitudes to the use of

the Internet for learning.

The following table shows the mean rates computed in each item

considering the whole sample.

Table 2: Measures and item detailsMeasures

Attitudes to technology Mean Sd1. I enjoy using technology.

2. I avoid using technology when I can.

3. I think using technology in class takes up too much time.

4. I know that technology can help me to learn many new things.

5. Technology intimidates and threatens me.

6. Students should know how to use technology in class.

7. I would be a better learner if I knew how to use technology properly.

8. Im very confident when it comes to working with technology at

home/at work/at school.

9. I want to learn more about using technology at home/at work/at

university.

10. I believe that I can improve my language skills using the benefits of

the Internet.

11. Using technology in learning languages is not necessary.

12. Technology breaks down too often to be of very much use.

4.700

0

1.600

0

1.700

0

4.400

0

1.300

0

4.800

0

3.900

0

4.500

0

3.7000

4.700

0

1.800

0

1.500

0

.48305

.69921

.94868

.51640

.48305

.42164

.99443

.70711

.94868

.48305

.91894

.52705

Attitudes to using the Internet Mean Sd

13. I use the Internet at school

14. I use the Internet at home

4.800

0

.63246

.31623

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15. I use the Internet at work

16. I use the Internet to communicate with people (e.g. e-mail)

17. I use the Internet to find information

18. I use the Internet to read the news

19. I use the Internet to read blogs20. I use the Internet to prepare home assignments (e.g. projects, web

quests etc.)

21. I use the Internet to buy/sell products

22. I use the Internet to learn (e.g. online courses, using online

dictionaries)

23. I use the Internet to have fun (e.g. playing computer games)

24. I use the Internet to download software

4.900

0

3.500

0

4.9000

4.900

0

4.600

0

3.100

0

4.500

0

3.800

0

4.400

0

4.600

0

4.200

0

1.5811

4

.31623

.31623

.966091.5951

3

1.2693

0

1.2292

7

1.0749

7

.96609

1.4757

3

Attitudes to future trends Mean Sd25. I know what is or already use e-learning

26. I know what is or already use m-learning

27. I know what is or already use VLE (e.g. Moodle) or CMS (e.g. Etomite)

28. I know what is or already use blogs

29. I know what is or already use wikis

30. I know what is or already use ePortfolios

31. I know what is or already use MUVE (e.g. Second Life)

32. I know what is or already use mobile phone texting activity in class33. I know what is or already use Podcasts

34. I know what is or already use online discussion group

2.700

0

1.600

0

2.000

0

3.600

04.000

0

2.300

0

1.800

0

2.800

0

3.200

0

1.7029

4

.84327

1.3333

3

1.2649

1

1.41421

1.4181

4

.78881

.91894

1.4757

3

1.1547

0

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4.000

0Summary Item Statistics

Mean Minimu

m

Maximu

m

Range Maximum /

Minimum

Varianc

e

N of

Items

Item

Means

3.494 1.300 4.900 3.600 3.769 1.504 34

The results show that there is an overall positive attitude towards

technology among the students who participated on the survey. The data

shows that enhancement of communications, ease of technology use, ICT

experience and students independence are the main factors influencing

the results. Table 2 shows that means are distributed in a relatively wide

range of values (3.600) with a maximum of 4.900 and a minimum of

1.300. It is important to notice that the distribution of responses in each

item covered all the range of the possible rates (maximum/minimum

3.769). Items concerning a positive attitude towards the use of

technology in the classroom (enjoyment, learning, and improvement of

skills items 1, 4, 8 and 10) scored the highest mean values in the

category. On the other hand, items concerning a negative attitude towardsthe use of technology in the classroom (avoidance, time consumption, and

needlessness items 2, 3, 5, 11 and 12) scored the lowest mean values.

These results support the hypothesis that there is a positive relationship

between ICTs experience and students attitude towards technology, as

proposed by Dudeney & Hockly (2007) and Shroff & Vogel (2009).

As the data indicate there is a positive relationship between ICT

experience and students attitude (Table 3). We can assume that students

who have previous experience of ICT feel confident when faced with

technology in the classroom, what is supported by Dudeney & Hockly

(2007).

Table 3: Item StatisticsMean SD N

1. I enjoy using technology 4.7000 .

48305

4

4. I know that technology can help me to learn 4.5000 . 4

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many new things 527058. Im very confident when it comes to working with

technology

4.5000 .

70711

4

10. I believe that I can improve my language skills

using the benefits of the Internet

4.7000 .

48305

4

Summary Item StatisticsMean Minimu

m

Maximu

m

Rang

e

Maximum

/

Minimum

Variance N

Item

Means

4.60

0

4.500 4.700 .200 1.044 .013 4

Another important aspect for consideration is that students scored highlyon enjoyment, learning, confidence and improvement of language skills

(items 1, 4, 8 and 10 of the questionnaire (Table 3 and 4). We can assume

that students who have previous experience of ICT feel confident when

faced with technology in the classroom. This confidence makes for the

enjoyment of technology as a learning tool, as pointed out by Boghikian-

Whitby and Mortagy (2008). The general hypothesis that students who

have prior knowledge and/or experience of ICT have a much more positive

attitude towards technology than those with no or little experience is then

confirm for this group of students (Table 4)

Table 4: Comparison Positive Attitude and Skill LevelStude

nt

Skill level I enjoy

using

technolog

y

I know what is

or already use

wikis

Im very

confident when it

comes to

working with

technology

I believe that I

can improve my

language skills

using the

benefits of the

Internet.A - 4.00 4.00 3.00 5.00B Proper 5.00 4.00 5.00 4.00C Good 5.00 4.00 5.00 4.00D Good 5.00 5.00 5.00 3.00E Professiona

l

5.00 5.00 5.00 3.00

F Enough 4.00 4.00 5.00 4.00G Good 5.00 5.00 4.00 3.00

H Enough 5.00 5.00 4.00 2.00I Basic 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00

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J Basic 5.00 5.00 4.00 5.00

Students independence, to be understood as the freedom and flexibility of

accessing learning resources and information, seems to have a highlypositive effect on students attitude towards technology (table 5). The

ease of technology use provides students with a more effective and

autonomous learning (Dudney & Hockly, 2007). Here the result shows that

students use computer mediated communication intensively. That

supports the hypothesis that there is a positive relationship between the

use of the internet and students attitude.

Table 5: Attitudes to using the InternetMean SD

13. I use the Internet at school 4.8000 .

6324614. I use the Internet at home 4.9000 .

3162315. I use the Internet at work 3.5000 1.581

14

16. I use the Internet to communicate with people (e.g.e-mail)

4.9000 .31623

17. I use the Internet to find information 4.9000 .

3162318. I use the Internet to read the news 4.6000 .

9660919. I use the Internet to read blogs 3.1000 1.595

1320. I use the Internet to prepare home assignments

(e.g. projects, web quests etc.)

4.5000 1.269

3021. I use the Internet to buy/sell products 3.8000 1.229

2722. I use the Internet to learn (e.g. online courses, using

online dictionaries)

4.4000 1.074

9723. I use the Internet to have fun (e.g. playing computer

games)

4.6000 .

9660924. I use the Internet to download software 4.2000 1.475

73

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The possibility of accessing the internet and consequently being able to

communicate freely, exchange information and receive immediate

feedback by means of blogs, wikis and chats (items 28, 29 and 34) scored

the highest in the category (Future Trends). Students are aware of the

existing technology and fully capable of using it to their benefit. Here,

students who scored the highest on using computer mediated

communication and/or personal channels are those who considered that

their level of skills as basic or higher when answering to the open

questions in the survey (Table 6).

Table 4: Comparison Positive Attitude and Future TrendsStude

nt

Skill level I know what is or

already use blogs

I know what is or

already use wikis

I know what is or

already use online

discussion groupA

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

-

Proper

Good

Good

Professiona

l

EnoughGood

Enough

Basic

Basic

4.00

4.00

5.00

2.00

2.00

4.00

5.005.00

2.00

3.00

1.00

4.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

2.00

5.005.00

4.00

4.00

5.00

4.00

5.00

5.00

3.00

2.00

5.003.00

3.00

5.00

Summary Item StatisticsMean Minimu

m

Maximu

m

Rang

e

Maximum / Minimum Varianc

e

N

Item

Means

3.867 3.600 4.000 .400 1.111 .053 3

In what concerns the open-ended questions, students were advised to rate

their skills according to categories: basic, average, good and excellent.

However, students were free to express their meanings and thus some

variation in terminology was expected. Furthermore, for the purpose of

this project, ICT experience is defined as the frequency and level of

interaction with basic software and/or hardware used in the classroom.

Among software used daily in the learning environment, GeoGebra and

Ordnett Plus are used respectively for calculations and language learning.

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Adding to those two multimedia resources, Google, Yahoo and Wikis are

used for surfing and web-browsing for information. Classroom hardware

consists basically of interactive whiteboards and laptops.

The answers to the open-ended questions also point towards a positive

attitude to the use of technology in the classroom due to a previous

experience of ICT. When asked about their skills as users of technology,

students answered as follows:

a. Average

b. I know how to use the pc etc properly

c. Self learned, but I would say my skills are good

d. Average, know enough to use it properly

e. I would consider myself being good in this aspect

f. I know enough about technology for it to be useful to me

g. Good

h. I am a professional

i. I know how to use them, but I am not an expert

The overall trend in the answers shows that students consider themselves

skillful enough to feel confident when using technology. According to

Dudney & Hockly (2007) such confidence seems to build a positive

attitude to the use of technology in the classroom.

The second open-ended question asks about the possible aspects of

technology students find difficult to use and why. The answers are as show

bellow.

a. Its learning

b. There is no difficult to use technologies in classrooms at the

moment. It might be because of our easy technology methods that

we are using at school

c. Neither

d. I dont know

e. None

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f. None that I can think of

g. None

h. Nothing, onlyIts learning

i. Its learning. Because its a useless piece of ! And a waste of my

time

To aspects are noticeable in the answers above. The first one is that the

majority of the students find no difficulties when using classroom

technologies. This again leads to the assumption that students with

previous ICT experience feel confident when using classroom technologies.

The other noticeable aspect is that the only item of technology considered

difficult is our learningplatform itslearning. Here a pattern seems to

appear: itslearning is a cause of trouble for students. The starting point of

this mini-project was exactly complaints by students about itslearning.

Answers a, h and I, what accounts for 30% of the total, directly refer to

itslearning as difficult, useless and time consuming. This is a cause for

concern and further investigation is necessary in order to find out what

difficulties and/or problems students encounter when using our learning

platform.

The last question (How does technology help you learn?) had the following

answers:

a. The internet is a great source forinformation

b. Information from other sources

c. Quickinformation

d. Because it gives us so many opportunities that we dont have

without technology, ex. dictionaries and find information

e. I read thing online and search up words I dont know

f. Easier to find information, and its a platform I respect and are

used to

g. It makes it easier to find information

h. In many ways

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i. To find outinformation that could help me later in school

j. Technology is very useful to me

In seven out of nine answers information was the main focus. The easy

and rapid access to information seems to be the main point of attraction to

students. This might be because the immediate feedback provided by the

internet reflects students tendency towards independent learning (Chase

& Herrod, 2005)

The data collected in this mini-project has provided a valuable insight into

students attitude to technology, the use of the internet and to future

technological trends. The majority of students find technology to be a

valuable aid in the learning process.

Since all students are provided with a laptop, which they use in a daily

basis both at school and home, it is likely that technology is integrated in

their daily routine. The most confident students consider their skills to be

higher than basic. This confidence however is reported according to

students own assessment of their skills. In terms of basic technical skills,

most students claimed to be able to use most routine interactive

programs, learning platforms and online resources. Students are also

updated with the latest computer mediated communication tools, but

worryingly itslearning is regarded as a source of problems and difficulties

to some students.

In conclusion, these findings raise a number of points to note. Recognition

must be given to the fact that students find ICT enjoyable and easy to use,

and seem to be capable of dealing with technology in a meaningful way.

Suggestions, Limitations, and Future Work

Training should be organized for the students to bring them to the same

level of competence. It is seems possible that some students might

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encounter difficulty in using the new classroom technology or

technologies. In this scenario, training should be provided at school start

every year, and eventual follow up to students with special

needs/difficulties should also be prompted. Special focus must be placed

on our learning platform and the eventual need for on target training.

In order to implement the aforementioned training, we need to address

issues dealing with teacher training and student access to technology.

Technology is becoming an integral part of the curriculum, which means

that teachers and students need to be equipped with the tools and

develop skills necessary to effectively integrate technology in their

classes.

Technical support should be improved to assure that teachers and

students have the necessary technical follow up and that hardware and

software are updated and maintained properly.

This mini-project is limited to one school and a reduced number of

students, what generates only a limited amount of data. Adding to this,

the quantitative survey used in this mini-project may have created gaps in

information what may lead to relevant data not being captured. Taking in

account these limitations the results presented here should not be

generalized.

As far as future work is concerned, an expanded survey to include a more

representative sample and an expanded survey model should be

developed. A future survey model should include variables such gender,

age, grade and study program of the respondents. It would be desirable

to replicate and enlarge this mini-project in a different learning

environment in order to give it further validity.

The data collected and analyzed here presents a reasonable level ofconsistency, coherence and reliability. The overall picture emerging from

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the data, points to a positive attitude towards technology, its use and

future trends by the part of our students. Students at Solr High present

themselves as confident and fully capable of navigating in the

cybernetic/informational environment. Due to their skills and prior

experience of technology, students have a well-defined opinion and

perception of technology, what allows them to benefit from and develop

their skills in the learning environment and process.

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