ERIC Number: ED577786
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 12
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Pre-Service Teachers' Opinions on Cloud Supported Social Network
Ozcan, Seher; Gokcearslan, Sahin; Kukul, Volkan
Online Submission, World Journal on Educational Technology v7 n2 p107-118 2015
Pre-service teachers are expected to use new technologies such as Google+ which facilitates contacting, sharing in certain environments and working collaboratively with the help of cloud support in their lessons effectively. This study aims to examine pre-service teachers' opinions regarding the use of Google+ to support lesson activities. In this study the data was collected using semi-structured interview techniques carried out with pre-service teachers (n=15) chosen by purposeful sampling. The purposes of using Google+ were sharing, chatting and communication, whereas Google Docs was mostly used for its efficiency, interaction, the prudential purpose of use and to support teaching. When the views of the pre-service teachers regarding the use of Google+ were examined it was found that interface being thought to be more complex than other social networks affected the teachers' first impressions negatively. As the negative first impression towards Google+ changed in time, it was stated to have provided a number of teaching opportunities. Some suggestions regarding the opportunities Google+ offers were also made.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Semi Structured Interviews, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Information Storage, Information Management, Users (Information), Computer Mediated Communication, Social Media, Qualitative Research, Video Technology, Shared Resources and Services, Foreign Countries
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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