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JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW
North American University

Education Department
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
EDUC 5324
Name: Halil Celik
Date: 07-12-2015
Bulent Dogan & Kadir Almus (2014) School Administrators Use of iPads: Impact of
Training and Attitudes Toward School Use, Computers in the Schools: Interdisciplinary
Journal of Practice, Theory, and Applied Research, 31:3, 233-250
INTRODUCTION
Research Questions :
1. What is the impact of the training process on school administrators use of iPads for
administrative tasks and personal organization in their professional 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 education, highest degree attained,
school classication, or school size?
Purpose of the research:
The research examines the impact of receiving specic iPad training on school
administrators attitudes toward iPad use.
METHODOLOGY
What is the methodology for the research or approach used to understand the
issue? Provide information regarding the following:
Participants:
51 Elementary and secondary school administrators working in one of the largest public
charter school systems in a southwestern state were the target population for the study.
Procedures:
Study components included a pre-survey, 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 post-survey.
Data Collection Methods/Data Source:
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 postsurveys.
Data Analysis:
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 classication, and
school size. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software was used to
conduct the data analysis.
RESULTS
Findings or Results (Answers found for research questions):
1. The results suggest that the overall training process in this study had a statistically
signicant effect on participants beliefs about the effectiveness of iPads as a tool for
administrative tasks and personal organization.
2. When school administrators were asked whether they thought that computers used in
courses would be replaced by iPads in the future, 76.47% of the participants in pre-survey
and 86.49% in post-survey responded yes.
3. Neither the one-way ANOVA nor the t test revealed signicant differences for the item
asking school administrators to rate their beliefs about iPads being effective tools. The
same result occurred for the item measuring school administrators self-reported levels of
iPad skills and knowledge, with the exception of school classication. School
administrators in K5 reported their level of iPad skills and knowledge higher than
administrators of K8 and K12 schools. Furthermore, administrators in K-12 schools
reported signicantly lower level of iPad skills and knowledge than administrators of K-5
and K-8 schools.
DISCUSSIONS
Conclusions/Implications:
School administrators in this study reported valuing the iPads mobility, the touchscreen,
and the ability to use various application features for work-related purposes. Thus, iPads
as mobile devices with touchscreens may have the potential to help school administrators
become more visible.
Overall results of this study suggest that in order for school administrators to be
successful in using iPads for professional duties, especially for administrative tasks and
personal organization, sufcient and ongoing training is recommended. As school
administrators are seen as both the instructional and technological leaders of their
schools, receiving appropriate training would not only allow them to be efcient in
performing work-related tasks but also positively effect the successful implementation of
iPads by teachers and students.
REFLECTIONS
Students Reflections:
One of the reason of lack of meaningful integration of technology in education may be

admins, especially principals, lack of knowledge of how to use a specific technology
tool in terms of boosting students attention and knowledge in classes.
This study has given more strength to my belief of well-chosen trainings always increase
the sufficiency of the use of technology tools in education.

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