School administration reported practical difficulties with tablet implementation, including teacher workload, battery life, and off-task device use¶
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q2 i? The administration reported difficulties: heavy teacher workload, batteries needing frequent charging, forgotten tablets, technical problems, off-task game and camera use, an uncooperative software company, and lessons lacking needed multimedia. → Ibtesam Al-Mashaqbeh and Muneera Al Shurman 2015
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Ibtesam Al-Mashaqbeh and Muneera Al Shurman 2015¶
Ibtesam Al-Mashaqbeh and Muneera Al Shurman. (2015). The Adoption of Tablet and e-Textbooks: first grade core curriculum and school administration attitude. Journal of Education and Practice, Vol.6, No.21. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1079146
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Second interview question asked about difficulties and obstacles facing tablet and e-textbook use. The administration listed teacher workload and pressure, batteries needing charging every few hours, forgotten tablets, technical problems, students using games or the camera during instruction, poor software-company cooperation, and some lessons lacking needed multimedia. Qualitative; no effect size.
"It was a lot of work and pressure on teachers - Tablets bettery needed charg every few houers - Students some times forget their Tablets at home - Some techneqial prblems"
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