A Case Study: Digital Immigrant Classroom Teachers Opinions on Educational Technology

Abstract

A digital immigrant is a person who was born in the year 1980 and before, and later became involved in the digital world. The use of rapidly developing technology in all areas of life, as well as in the field of education, has become inevitable. Today, all classroom teachers are responsible for the education of digital native students born in the age of technology. In this context, it is expected that teachers will also have the skills of using educational technologies. It is extremely important for teachers to have the skills to use technology so that they can provide the needs of their digital native students. This study examines the views of digital immigrant classroom teachers on the use of educational technologies. This study aims to make an assessment in accordance with the views of digital immigrant classroom teachers on the use of educational technologies. In the study conducted in a qualitative pattern, a semi-structured interview form was used as a data collection tool. The study group of the study consists of 34 digital immigrant classroom teachers working in 29 primary schools affiliated to the National Education Directorates of the central district of Çanakkale province. According to the findings obtained, digital immigrant classroom teachers are trying to cathing the difference between when they started their job and the technology used today, but they are having difficulty in this, the material and content for their lessons preparing the teacher's reasons for engaging and convenience using the internet, computer, mobile phone and internet use as they see they see the source of the often harmful and textbooks suffice results have been achieved.