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North American University

Education Department
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership / M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction
EDUC 5324 Integrating Technology into Education
Name:AHMET ONAL

Date: 6/5/2016

Dogan, B., & Almus, K. (2014). School Administrators Use of

iPads: Impact of Training and Attitudes Toward School
Use.Computers in the Schools, 31(3), 233250.
doi:10.1080/07380569.2014.932660

INTRODUCTION
How does administrators' iPad training affect their attitudes towards using iPad in
their lives and in the classroom by teachers.
How can administrators' technology usage be improved ?

The most important purpose of this research is that if participants will use iPad in
their professional lives after training?
Another purpose is to see if they believe the benefit of using iPad in classrooms
by teachers.

METHODOLOGY

Participants: 51 elementary and secondary school administrators in one of

the largest public charter school systems in a southwestern state.
Procedures:Participants in this study were contacted by email through the
school systems central office, after securing approvals from the school
district and the university. The initial communication included information

on the purpose, structure, and schedule of the research study along with
information on training and resources to be provided throughout the spring
semester of the 20122013 school year. Participants were asked to
complete consent forms prior to the study as required by the school
district and the universitys Institutional Review Board (IRB). Fifty-one
participants who owned iPads volunteered to complete the pre- survey out
of approximately 120 school administrators in the school system
Data Collection Methods/Data Source:Study components included a presurvey, a training session on the effective use of iPads for administrative
tasks and personal organization, specially designed resources expanding
the topics covered in the training session, on-going support, and a postsurvey. The study was conducted February through May 2013. As
researchers, we developed two survey instruments as a mechanism to
collect data, which were administered online through the survey
submission system hosted at the universitys server. The pre-survey was
administered at the beginning of the spring 2013 semester and the post
survey was given at the end of the four-month study period. Both
instruments were reviewed for face validity by two education faculty
members and then were piloted using a group of school administrators in a
local school district. Surveys were finalized after the feedback on the pilot
versions. Demographic information collected on the pre-survey included
age, years of experience as a school administrator, years of experience in
education, highest degree earned, school classification, and school size
Data Analysis:Survey instruments included multiple choice and Likert-type
scale items. The survey responses were reported as frequencies. In
addition, paired sample t-test data analysis was conducted to understand
the differences in the responses between the pre- and post-surveys. A oneway Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test was conducted to see whether there
were any differences in school administrators responses by gender, age,
years of experience in school administration and education, highest degree
attained, school classi- fication, and school size. Statistical Package for the
Social Sciences (SPSS) software was used to conduct the data analysis

RESULTS
Findings or Results (or main points of the article): The training of school

administrators included topics intended to develop iPad skills and use certain
work flow, note-taking, calendar, productivity, file-sharing, remote-desktop,
presentation, and screen-sharing applications covered specifically from a
principals perspective. Additional resources reinforcing the topics covered in the
initial training session were provided later to school administrators in the form of
video and written tutorials for their convenience

DISCUSSIONS
This research is useful for administrators' professional lives as well as teachers
and students. After the training admins able to see explain and reinforce to usage
of iPads in classrooms.
By using iPad in their lives or duties, they can spend less time on their work or
organize their schedules.
REFLECTIONS
I didn't know that iPad is effective teaching tool in classroom. I learned that
admins can learn using iPad properly and then suggest teachers. Another thing is
training may be on internet and admins can participate easily by using
technological devices such as Ipad.