JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW TEMPLATE

North American University

Education Department
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
EDUC 5321: TECHNOLOGY FOR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
Name:__Riza GUrlek__

Date: _10/8/2014__

Cite the reviewed article in APA format:

Waxman, H., Boriack, A., Yuan-Hsuan, L., & MacNeil, A. (2013). Principals' Perceptions
of the Importance of Technology in Schools. Contemporary Educational Technology,
4(3), 187-196.
INTRODUCTION
Research Questions (if research questions are not specifically mentioned, what is
the theoretical background or overarching theme):

1-What are principals perceptions of the importance of technology?

2-Do principals perceptions of technology differ by years of experience and gender?

Purpose of the research:

This study aims to see how principals view the importance of technology for their
schools.
METHODOLOGY
What is the methodology for the research or approach used to understand the
issue? Provide information regarding the following:

Participants: Principals from schools located in the southwest region of the US

participated in the questionnaire.
Procedures:
310 principals, 126 males and 184 females were asked open-ended questions (interview
questionnaire) regarding the importance of the technology for their schools by graduate
students in the Educational Leadership program. The questions were both quantitive and
qualitative. Their years of experiences were categorized as in the following ;
104 of the 310 principals having 0-3 years of experience,
82 of them having 4-7 years,
55 of them having 8-11 years,
32 of them having 12-15 years, 31 of them having greater than 15 years of experience.

Data Collection Methods/Data Source:

On the interview quantitative and qualitative questions were made.
Data Analysis:
The responses were read several times to increase familiarity with the data and then
coded into meaningful categories. Another researcher independently coded a 10% sample
of responses to determine the consistency of the coding.
RESULTS
Findings or Results (or main points of the article):

The principals responses were categorized in the six groups as for the major function of
technology used in the school.
1- 34.5% of them responded that they use technology as a means of communication.
2-27.7 % of them stated that technology is used in the classroom instruction.
3-13.6 % of them said they use technology for data sharing and management purposes.
4-14.5% of them stated that technology is being used in their schools as a resource.
5-10% of them stated that they technology in the school to comply administrative tasks.
6- 9.7 % of them said technology is being used in their schools for student learning.
DISCUSSIONS
Conclusions/Implications (for your profession):

The perceptions of principals towards technology are varied by their years of experience
and gender. They view technology is for communication, classroom instruction,
management, as a resource, administrative tasks and student learning. Even though they
are mostly novice in technology use they have positive perception for implementation of
it. They definitely need more training and workshops to be real technology leader in their
campuses.
REFLECTIONS
Students Reflections (changes to your understanding; implications for your
school/work):
As a current school administrator in K-8 campus I see that technology use at school is indispensable as the
life outside is progressing and more based on technology. Because the real purpose of the school is prepare
kids for real life technology implementation in all aspects of the school is must. Unfortunately we still have
some administrators discussing if we allow them to use more technology or not. For my part, I feel more
comfortable to use technology in the school (google forms and screen casting ).