2012
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.877
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Digital immigrant teacher perceptions of an extended Cyberhunt strategy

Abstract: This quantitative and qualitative interpretive exploratory case study investigates whether exposure to an Internet based Extended Cyberhunt strategy enables teachers to attain a set of outcomes similar to Prensky's 'Essential 21st Century Skills' and the 'Critical Outcomes of the South African National Curriculum Statement (NCS)'. The outcomes referred to include effective planning, designing, decision making and goal setting; improved computer and data searching skills; enhanced confidence, interest, reflecti… Show more

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“…The weaknesses of digital reading are (1) it makes the eyes tired, sleepy, and irritated, (2) it requires a device such as a laptop, computer, tablet, or smartphone, (3) if our smartphone or laptop turns off surely we can no longer read digital books, and (4) internet access must be sufficed to read digitally. The lack of appropriate computing resources is a widespread concern in developing nations (Du Plessis & Webb, 2012). The students' perception of digital reading is presented below:…”
Section: Nature Of Learning By Using Digital Readingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The weaknesses of digital reading are (1) it makes the eyes tired, sleepy, and irritated, (2) it requires a device such as a laptop, computer, tablet, or smartphone, (3) if our smartphone or laptop turns off surely we can no longer read digital books, and (4) internet access must be sufficed to read digitally. The lack of appropriate computing resources is a widespread concern in developing nations (Du Plessis & Webb, 2012). The students' perception of digital reading is presented below:…”
Section: Nature Of Learning By Using Digital Readingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Traditional cyberhunts are online input activities that students use the Internet as a tool to answer questions prepared by the teacher on a predetermined theme or subject (Slayden, 2000). For these activities to be implemented, the teacher provides the links relevant to the questions the students discover and try to answer (Du Plessis & Webb, 2012). In addition, Slayden (2000) stated that teachers could use the Cyberhunt activities to teach or enrich a new and very different subject.…”
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“…Du Plessis and Webb (2011;2012) andDu Plessis (2013;2014) proposed heuristics or science learning approaches that can be implemented by using ICTs where learners become actively involved in science learning by means of using a presentation tool for example PowerPoint. The reason for developing these heuristics was to address the concerns that there seems to be a lack of information that clearly present to teachers the 'how to' dimension (Hodgkinson-Williams, 2005;Leach & Moon 2000).…”
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confidence: 99%