Journal of Technology and Information Education 2017, 9(1):213-222 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2017.017

USE OF WI-FI NETWORKS AMONG PRIMARY AND LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Václav ŠIMANDL, Patrik KLOFÁČ

Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Česká republika

The article looks at the ways lower secondary and primary school pupils and teachers in the Vysočina Region make use of Wi-Fi networks. Attention has been devoted to technical aspects of their implementation as well as to the various benefits and the possible complications that a chosen solution has brought. Our research has covered a wide range of schools that use Wi-Fi networks and make them accessible only for teachers or for teachers and pupils as well as schools that are not in possession of Wi-Fi networks. In-depth, semi-structured interviews have been carried out with school headmasters and network managers. The results show that most of the interviewed schools use Wi-Fi networks to support teaching and learning. However, these networks are usually accessible for teachers only. According to our findings, schools in which at least some lessons are based on tablet and Internet use are quite rare.

Keywords: Wi-Fi, mobile device, teaching, lower secondary school.

Received: June 19, 2017; Accepted: August 6, 2017; Prepublished online: August 7, 2017; Published: April 30, 2017  Show citation