Experiencing technology integration in education: children‟s perceptions
Keywords:
children‟s technology use, technology integration, technology integration at home, perceptions of children, learning and technologyAbstract
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of six children
using technologies in their education. Data were collected via in-depth interviews, classroom
observations, and home observations. The results showed that students have common
perceptions toward their experience with technology integration. Furthermore, the following
four themes emerged; the value of technology, authority over learning, misuses and
misconceptions, and the border of integration.
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Proceedings of SITE 2000.
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traditions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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children. Proceedings of CHI‟99, ACM Press.
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Information Technology, 21(1), 1-25.
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and challenges. Retrieved December 10, 2008 from
http://www.asianvu.com/bookstoread/etp/earle.pdf.
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visuals on the web. In: VisionQuest: Journeys toward Visual Literacy. Selected
Readings from the 28th Annual Conference of the International Visual Literacy
Association (Cheyenne, Wyoming, October, 1996).
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examination of children's educational computing in the home. Cambridge, U.K.:
Cambridge University Press.
Harel, I. & Papert, S. (1991). Software design as learning environment. In I. Harel S. Papert.
(Eds.). Children designers: Interdisciplinary constructions for learning and knowing
mathematics in a computer-rich school (pp. 41-85). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
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toward computers. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 3(1), 11-21.
Kafai, Y.B (2005). The classroom as “living laboratory”: Design-based research for
understanding, comparing, and evaluating learning science through design.
Educational Technology, 45(1), 28-34.
Kafai, Y. & Sutton, S. (1999). Elementary school students‟ computer and internet use at
home: Current trends and issues. Journal of Educational Computing and Research
21(3), 345-362.
Lauman, D. J. (2000), Student home computer use: A review of the literature. Journal of
Research on Computing in Education, 33(2), 196-204.
Levin, B. B., & Barry, M. S. (1997). Children‟s views of technology: the role of age gender and
school setting. Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 8(4), 267-290.
Lim, E., Ong, B., Wilder-Smith, E., Seet, R., (2006). Computer-based versus pen-and-paper
testing: Students‟ perception, Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, 35(9), 599-
603.
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students towards educational weblogs. Informatics in Education, 5(2), 233-254.
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Sage Publications.
McMahon, J., Gardner, J., Gray, C., & Mulhern, G. (1999). Barriers to student computer
usage: staff and student perceptions. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 15, 302-
311.
Mumtaz, S. (2001). Children‟s enjoyment and perception of computer use in the home and the
school. Computers & Education, 36, 347–362.
Nesset, V., & Large, A. (2004). Children in the information technology design process: a
review of theories and their applications. Library and Information Science Research,
26(2), 140-61.
OLPC, (2008), One laptop per child. OLPC.org.
O‟Malley, J., & McCraw, H. (1999). Students‟ perceptions of distance learning, online
learning, and the traditional classroom. Online Journal of Distance Learning
Administration, 2(4). Retrieved December 10, 2008, from
http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ omalley24.html.
Prensky, M., (2001), Digital natives, digital immagrants. On the Horizon Vol. 9(5) Retrieved
December 02, 2008 from http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-
%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf.
Saye, J. (1997). Technology and educational empowermenA: students' perspectives.
Educational Technology Research and Development, 45(2), 5-24.
Seidman, I. (1998). Interviewing as qualitative qesearch: A guide for researchers in education
and the social sciences (2nd Ed.). New York: Teachers College Press.
Shell, D. F., Husman, J., Turner, J. E., Cliffel, D. M., Nath, I., & Sweany, N. (2005). The
impact of computer supported collaborative learning communities on high school
students‟ knowledge building, strategic learning, and perceptions of the classroom.
Journal of Educational Computing Research, 33(3), 327-349.
Speaker, K. (2004). Student perspective: Expectations of multimedia technology in a college
literature class. Reading Improvement, 41, 241-254.
Tarman, B. (2009). The Digital Divide in Education, ERIC # 508213 [Retrieved on 14.12.2010
from http://eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED508213.pdf].
Yücel, C., Acun, İ., Tarman, B. and Mete, T. (2010). A Model to Explore Teachers‟ ICT
Integration Stages. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 9(4), 1-9.
U.S. Census, Internet use at home. Retrieved January 27, 2008 from
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/computer/2003.html and
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/2008/table_householdinternet2007.pdf.
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Baytak, A., Tarman, B., & Ayas, C. (2017). Experiencing technology integration in education: children‟s perceptions. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 3(2), 139–151. Retrieved from https://www.iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/233
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