The Viber Application and its Use by Elementary School Students for Forming Key Competences in Mathematics

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Papazova-Antonova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
School Students ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Key Competences ◽  
High Standards

Technology is changing our lives and our way of learning. Contemporary teaching is subject to high standards – to train people who think and have universal learning and problem-solving skills. Mastering key competences is impossible without integrating information and communication technologies. The Viber app is the affordable way to connect education in maths to students’ interests and needs for information technology.

scholarly journals DIDACTIC CAPABILITIES OF USING GEOBOARD INTERNET SERVICE FOR STUDYING MATHEMATICS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (87) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyudmyla Romanenko ◽  
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Kateryna Romanenko ◽  
Anastasia Ventseslavska ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
School Students ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication

The present article deals with the idea of information and communication technologies, game technologies and is about basic possibilities of using GEOBOARD Internet service for studying Mathematics in elementary school. The scientific approaches to the concept of information and communication technologies, game technologies are described and the potential possibilities of using the GEOBOARD Internet service in elementary education as an option of educational technologies, the influence of the GEOBOARD Internet service on the development of primary school students, advantages and directions of application are analyzed. The important aspect of using GEOBOARD Internet service is the ability to use it both from a personal computer and a Google Chrome web page. Also, users can download the app from the App Store to work with Apple products. The peculiarities of using GEOBOARD Internet service on mathematics lessons are systematization of material, strict logic, the interdisciplinary nature of the service, the learning process systematization, mastering the basics of spatial imagination, mathematical knowledge usage in solving educational, cognitive and educational and practical problems and depiction of geometric shapes. The use of the GEOBOARD Internet service in mathematics lessons promotes the complex development of elementary school children; the formation of a holistic picture of the world, knowledge of the world; the development of constructive skills, spatial relations and spatial thinking, vision of geometric figures, numbers, arithmetic, etc. Working with the GEOBOARD Internet service application allows an elementary school student to learn a lot of important information, prepares students for further study of the geometry course at school and develops their skills of being a socially active, creative person who generates new ideas and makes non-standard decisions. And it all happens in the form of a cognitive game. The GEOBOARD Internet service that is made by The Math Learning Center (MLC) has a wide range of functional and didactic capabilities and will fully meet the needs of elementary school teachers to cover many topics in mathematics lessons. The visualization allows elementary school students to summarize, systematize and discard redundant information just playing a game, so this is the way to improve the educational process. The service is important because it actively involves elementary school students in the process of learning geometric material.

Access to information technology of households and secondary school students in Turkey

2021 ◽  
pp. 026666692110089
Author(s):  
Nejat İra ◽  
Mehmet Yıldız ◽  
Gamze Yıldız ◽  
Eylem Yalçınkaya-Önder ◽  
Ali Aksu
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
School Students ◽  
National Education ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Information And Communication

The aim of the study was to investigate secondary school students’ and teachers’ access to information technologies in Turkey by making interregional comparisons. Document analysis of the qualitative research methods was employed to analyze the reports issued by the Turkish Ministry of National Education, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). The results of the research revealed the importance of access to information and communication technologies for both students and teachers: 67.9% of the participating students were found to have Internet connection and 69.1% a computer in their homes, while 80.3% of the students were observed to use a computer outside the school, but 19.7% were not. The results also showed that 64.6% of the students have Internet connection in their classrooms, but 29.2% of these students do not use the Internet in the classroom, whereas 8.9% use it in the classroom all the time. The rate of students using a digital device for reading is 38.1%, while that of those not using one is 61.9%. Some 32.1% of secondary school students were revealed not to have Internet connection at home. Additionally, 77% of teachers were not trained in online teaching prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the findings, teachers can be suggested to develop projects – i.e., of TUBITAK, E-twinning, and Erasmus – which potentially encourage students to use information and communication technologies so that both teachers and students can benefit from them. It is also suggested that the Ministry of National Education should work on improving the information communication technology competencies of teachers and students. Besides, policies should be developed to eliminate regional differences in terms of access to digital resources and technology in terms of equal opportunities and opportunities.

scholarly journals Introduction: Ethics of Information Technology in Health Care

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 2-5
Author(s):  
Georg Marckmann ◽  
Kenneth W Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based

Computer-based information and communication technologies continue to transform the delivery of health care and the conception and scientific understanding of the human body and the diseases that afflict it. While information technology has the potential to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care, it also raises important ethical and social issues. This IRIE theme issue seeks to provide a forum to identify, analyse and discuss the ethical and social issues raised by various applications of information and communication technology in medicine and health care. The contributions give a flavour of the extraordinarily broad landscape shaped by the intersection of medicine, computing and ethics. In fact, their diversity suggests that much more work is needed to clarify issues and approaches, and to provide practical tools for clinicians.

Promoting Competitive Advantage in Micro-Enterprises through Information Technology Interventions

2013 ◽  
pp. 581-606
Author(s):  
Mehruz Kamal ◽  
Sajda Qureshil ◽  
Peter Wolcott
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Dominance Model ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Modified Model ◽  
Enterprise Growth ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Micro Enterprises

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have the potential to enable these businesses to grow through access to new markets and administrative efficiencies. However, the growth of the smallest of these SMEs which are micro-enterprises is hindered by their inability to adopt ICTs effectively to achieve competitive advantage. This chapter investigates how micro-enterprises can adopt ICTs to grow and achieve competitiveness. This investigation of a set of seven micro-enterprises took place through an interpretive field study in which action research was used to diagnose and treat the micro-enterprises with interventions through a process of “Information Technology (IT) Therapy”. This process involved providing individualized IT solutions to pressing problems and opportunities and the development of a longer-term IT project plan, customized for each of the businesses. The increase in competitiveness of these micro-enterprises was assessed using the Focus Dominance Model and their growth through a modified model of micro-enterprise growth based on the resource based view of the firm. This research also contributes with a unique set of skills and experiences that ITD innovators can bring in helping micro-enterprises achieve sustained growth and competitive advantage.

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