JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW TEMPLATE

North American University

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

Name: Aysenur Denizli Date: 09/24/2017

Cite the reviewed article in APA format:

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

Research Questions (if research questions are not specifically mentioned, what is
the theoretical background or overarching theme):
1. What is the impact of the training process on school administrators use of iPads for
administrative tasks and personal organization in their profes- sional duties?
2. What is the impact of the training process on school administrators beliefs regarding how
teachers should use iPads in the classroom?
3. Are there any differences in school administrators survey responses based on gender, age,
years of experience in school administration and educa- tion, highest degree attained, school
classification, or school size?

Purpose of the research:

iPads were purchased and implemented in a school sys- tem based on the assumption that they
would enhance the productivity of school administrators, thus improving school functionality and
promoting a technology-rich school climate (Winslow, Dickerson, Cheng-Yuan Lee, & Geer,
2012). Even though Winslow et al. (2012) provided insightful informa- tion on how iPads are used
by principals, the literature review conducted for this study revealed that there was no research
examining the impact of re- ceiving specific iPad training on school administrators attitudes
toward iPad use. In order to determine potential impacts in this area, a research study involving a
training process, which included workshops, online resources, and ongoing support, was designed.
Bulent dogan and Kadir Almus developed this study based on their experiences as a faculty
member in the field of educational technology and as a faculty member in the field of educational
leadershipat a small private university located in a southwestern metropolitan city.

METHODOLOGY
What is the methodology for the research or approach used to understand the
issue? Provide information regarding the following:
Participants:
Elementary and secondary school administrators (i.e., principals and assistant principals) working
in one of the largest public charter school systems in a southwestern state were the target
population for the study. This school system was selected for the study due to fact that iPads were
provided to its administrators for managerial duties. The criteria for study participation included
being employed as a school administrator and having an iPad provided by the school system.
Participation in this study was voluntary.
Procedures:
Training was designed based on feedback from participants and delivered through an interactive
webinar session. The training of school administrators included topics intended to develop iPad
skills and use certain workflow, note-taking, calendar, productivity, file-sharing, remote-desktop,
presenta- tion, 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.
Technical support regard- ing the training topics and study was available to participants on an
ongoing basis. Researchers provided technical support to school administrators via e-mail and
telephone.
Data Collection Methods/Data Source:
As researchers, Bulent Dogan and Kadir Almus developed two survey instruments as a
mechanism to collect data, which were administered online through the survey submission system
hosted at the universitys server.
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 one-way
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 data analysis of this study is categorized into five main groups: analysis of demographic and
contextual data; impacts of the training process on school administrators use of iPad and iPad
applications; impacts of the training process on school administrators beliefs regarding how
teachers should use iPads in the classroom; differences in participants responses by their
demographic and contextual data (gender, age, years of experience in school administration and
education, highest degree attained, school classification, and school size); and evaluation of
training process.

DISCUSSIONS
Conclusions/Implications (for your profession):
Using technological tools for education would attract students more and would be helpful to focus
on their subjects easily, but for this, the eduactors should have more backgrounds for technology
and be more knowledgeable about the tool that they are going to use in their classes.

REFLECTIONS

Students Reflections (changes to your understanding; implications for your

school/work):
Technology is getting better and better every other day, but as educators our responsibility is to
keep pace with it in an educating way. We need to think about making this tool more purposefully
to education. For example Using iPads in classrooms as class tools might be very useful for the
students, and for making the class more attractive, it would also be easy for the educators as well.
But every educator does not have the same ability to use technological tools. It depends on your
interest area and mostly it depends on the age range. For those who does not know how to use
iPads, there should be instructional courses to keep track on the technological tools that they are
going to use in the classroom. Because if a teacher does not know how to use the tool, a student
would not feel confident to ask questions about it if there would be a problem.