Sınıf Öğretmenlerinin İnterneti Eğitim Amaçlı Kullanma Durumlar

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the state of internet usage of classroom teachers. In line with this goal, the study group consists of 29 classroom eachers who are working in Amasya/ Turkey during the 2016-2017 academic year. The study was designed in a survey model and was conducted using qualitative research method. Semi-structured interview form was used as data collection tool. The obtained data were analyzed with descriptive analysis technique. On the basis of findings obtained from the study, it is seen that every classroom teacher participated in the study is using the internet, the most used website in course preparations is egitimhane.com, the use of internet makes the information permanent, increases the students’ attention, increases their interest in the lesson, increases academic success and motivation, provides easy access to more information sources, allows the teacher to use different teaching methods in the lesson, and enables active participation of students in the learning process. In addition, classroom teachers have some concerns about using the internet in lessons. It is noteworthy that the use of the internet may have negative effects such as wasting time, removing it from the course, distracting the students, having content that can be a bad example for children on the internet, preventing the active learning, negatively affecting the eye health and accessing students to information without effort.