The New Normal: Lived Experiences of Teachers’ Educating Students in an Always-on and Connected Middle School Environment
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ohiou14583144822021-08-03T06:35:04Z The New Normal: Lived Experiences of Teachers’ Educating Students in an Always-on and Connected Middle School Environment Murray, Alexander R. Educational Technology Educational Leadership Education Middle School Education Teaching Technology Mobile STEM Connected Middle School Connected Technology Always-on and Connected Students One-to-one BYOD bring your own device Mobile technology has inundated modern society in the form of small always-on and connected devices that can be carried and accessed from nearly everywhere, enabling a wealth of continuous information. As society embraces this norm and technology-driven standards continue to emerge in education, preparing K-12 students for digital media use and information fluency is necessary. Also, finding ways to leverage always-on and connected devices that are already embedded in the lives of school-aged youth, advances opportunities for flexible classroom activities that are not only useful in presenting content, but learner engagement as well. Accordingly, this study explores the lived experiences of teachers’ educating students in a bring your own device (BYOD) middle school setting, by which students’ have access to and use always-on and connected personal technology in class.The inquiry took place at a suburban science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) middle school in Central Ohio. The participants included five teachers of students from grades 5-8 and two facility administrators from the school. Data was obtained through semi-structured interviews; classroom and lab observations; and a follow-up teacher interview survey.The findings revealed that teachers were open to using always-on and connected technology to support both personal and classroom activities. Teachers also embraced and leveraged Chromebooks and smartphones for content delivery, student engagement, and to access internet-based applications for learning. It was also found that the teachers attitudes toward educating students in the connected environment was primarily positive. However, they were more pessimistic about middle school students capabilities for self-guided learning by means of their always-on and connected technology. 2016-07-19 English text Ohio University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1458314482 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1458314482 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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Educational Technology Educational Leadership Education Middle School Education Teaching Technology Mobile STEM Connected Middle School Connected Technology Always-on and Connected Students One-to-one BYOD bring your own device Murray, Alexander R. The New Normal: Lived Experiences of Teachers’ Educating Students in an Always-on and Connected Middle School Environment |
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The New Normal: Lived Experiences of Teachers’ Educating Students in an Always-on and Connected Middle School Environment |
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The New Normal: Lived Experiences of Teachers’ Educating Students in an Always-on and Connected Middle School Environment |
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The New Normal: Lived Experiences of Teachers’ Educating Students in an Always-on and Connected Middle School Environment |
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The New Normal: Lived Experiences of Teachers’ Educating Students in an Always-on and Connected Middle School Environment |
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The New Normal: Lived Experiences of Teachers’ Educating Students in an Always-on and Connected Middle School Environment |
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new normal: lived experiences of teachers’ educating students in an always-on and connected middle school environment |
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Ohio University / OhioLINK |
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2016 |
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