Should I use digital storytelling in my future classroom? Why or why not? Investigating pre-service math teachers’ acceptance of digital storytelling

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate digital storytelling based on the technology acceptance model. For this aim, the study was conducted as a case study with the participation of 52 pre-service mathematics teachers. The findings firstly showed that most of the pre-service teachers’ perceived ease of use was high as they consider digital storytelling contributed to the learning environment and their professional development. It was additionally observed in participant responses that their usefulness perceptions are high. Consequently, most pre-service teachers intend to use digital storytelling in their future teaching practices. It was finally revealed that some of the pre-service teachers stated their intention of their students’ participation in the digital storytelling process, while others expressed their intention of bringing their own digital stories to the classroom as educational material.