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: Hasan Tursu

Date: 6/5/2016

Cite the reviewed article in APA format: 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 (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 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 classification, or school size?
Purpose of the research:
The purpose of the research was to implement iPads for school administrators'
professional duties and the potential effects on their work-related tasks

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.

Procedures:
Participants took a pre survey and took training. After training, they took
post survey.
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,
presentation, and screen-sharing applications covered specifically from a
principals perspective
Data Collection Methods/Data Source:
via email through the school systems central office( online survey)
Data Analysis:
Survey included multiple choice and Likert-type scale items. Paired sample
t-test data analysis was conducted .
A one-way Analysis of Variance(ANOVA) test was conducted.
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):

This survey-based quantitative study investigated the impact of receiving iPad

training on school administrators attitudes toward iPad use in their professional
duties and in the classroom by teachers
REFLECTIONS
Students Reflections (changes to your understanding; implications for your
school/work):
ipads or other types of tablets can be so useful for a school admins and also for a
classroom teacher. In the classroom if teacher can use this type of staff they
would be more mobilized. So in order to use iPads effectively in the classroom,
attending some training would help us as a teacher. Nowadays technology is
essential part of our life and usage of technology in the school is a must.