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Teachers’ Professional Development in the Digitized World

Table 3. The prospective impact of the training on teachers’ professional development

Major Specific Excerpts
Impact Impact
Professional Classroom I will generate ideas for how to use it better.
Practice
I already start to think about specific ways of using web 2.0 tools, Google documents and LMS.
I have already started to integrate. I put technology into the lesson plans.
I am sharing what I have learnt with my students and then we implement the technological tools.
I am implementing several new applications in the classroom now.
I will use it in the assignment checking.
I am using technology for consolidation activities and students’ evaluations.
I am implementing technology for creative writing and collaborative writing
Student I am planning to use technology inside and outside the classroom where ever possible to increase student
learning motivation and learning.
The students reported that they feel more motivated and learn better and more.
Students are learning better with individual and groups work and have greater motivation now.
Planning It has already integrated. What I used to do on the basis of trial and error became more planned and with
more awareness.
I have become more professional when I am planning to integrate technology in my classes.
I have been thinking about ways of integrating technology into my lesson plans considering the target
topics.
I have started to organize technology-enhanced implementation especially for classroom management.
Development The training taught me how to catch fish rather than gave me fish to eat whenever I need.
Institutional Change I will reconsider the content of my lessons as a leader of change in my institution.
I have been given an opportunity to become technology leaders in my school so that I can enrich
instructional varieties.
I have already set up a Google Drive to share with 21 colleagues the syllabuses, meetings sheets, and
etc.,.
I plan to become technology leader in the institutions I work for especially in the area of integration of
ICT in the classrooms.
I am preparing applications and implementations in line with the curriculum.
I want to become an agent of change in my school and environment.
Expertise I am sorting out problem arising at school through the use of technology.

FINDINGS

Analysis of the pre-course written report: The expectations of the participants before the course

21 participants responded to the first question of the online course evaluation survey. Table 2 presents
the central themes participants mentioned regarding the specific and personal reasons for attending the
course, ETUSP.
From the 26 responses of the 21 participants, 7 central themes were grounded. The responses are
very positive and all have connotations with intrinsic motivation to develop their digital and techno-
logical literacy as teachers. There seems to be a tendency to grasp the importance of technology use

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