Web Tools Usage Characteristics - Comparison of Turkish and US Pre-Service Teachers’ Web 2.0 Tools

Oct 15, 2026

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As the Internet and computer develop, usage of technological tools increases steadily in daily life beyond ICT, shaping individual behavior, lifestyle, and learning style. Educational institutions increasingly support instruction with Web and Web 2.0 applications. Pre-service teachers are studied for their Web 2.0 habits in Turkey and the US, and results indicate Turkish participants use Web 2.0 tools more frequently than US participants.

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I. Introduction

Digital natives and technology use

Web and Web 2.0 in education

Teacher roles and ICT adoption

Web Tools Usage Characteristics Comparison of Turkish and US Pre-Service Teachers’ Web 2.0 Tools Usage Characteristics Mubin Kiyici [mkiyici@sakarya.edu.tr](mkiyici@sakarya.edu.tr) Albert Akyeampong [akyeampo@ohio.edu](akyeampo@ohio.edu) Fatime Balkan Kiyici [fbalkan@sakarya.edu.tr](fbalkan@sakarya.edu.tr) The Patton College of Education and Human Services Ohio University, United States Abstract As the Internet and computer develop, the world is changing dramatically and fantastically. Usage of technological tools is increased day by day in daily life besides ICT. All the technological tools shape individual behavior, life style and learning style as well as individual lives . Today’s child use different tools and different way to socialize . Most of the educational institutions support their education with Web and Web 2.0 applications . Pre-service teachers are the people who use technology in their learning experience and the people who use technology in their teaching experience . In this research Web 2.0 habits of preservice teachers from Turkey and US was studied. And results show that Turkish participants use more frequently Web 2.0 tools than US participants . Especially Turkish male participants who have blog account and who have microblog account use more frequently Web 2.0 tools in learning and entertainment activities . Keywords Teacher Education, Web 2.0, Pre-service . M.Kiyici, A.Akyeampong & F.Balkan Kiyici Digital Education Review-Number 23, June 2013-[http://greav.ub.edu/der/](http://greav.ub.edu/der/ 74)[ 74](http://greav.ub.edu/der/ 74) I. Introduction Today’s children interact with tools like television, cell phone, computer and tablet computer that never existed in the past, since their birthday. In addition the children transform these tools as an integral part of their lives . The current generation is often referred to as Digital Natives, the Millennials or Net Generation . Who are these digital natives? The Generation who are born after 1980 has been termed Digital Natives, Millenials, or Net Generation (Margaryan, Littlejohn & Vojt, 2011) . Today’s teenager has fun, communicate and learn in a different ways from their parents and past people . Due to technological advancement and their interaction these technologies today’s young people think and process information differently than their previous generation (Prensky, 2001a) . Sometimes these changes annoy the parents, but parents can’t stop the change process and can’t retain their child to be a part of digital culture . Modern society also referred to as information society or post-modern society distinguish it from earlier structures . New circumstances of modern society has justified this distinction . For example the process of communicating has undergone rapid changes forms of establishing and maintaining communication have undergone fundamental changes and ICT-aided solutions are playing an ever greater role, replacing interpersonal communication (Székely & Nagy, 2011) . While in agricultural society, people comprehend the importance of machine and how people work with them, nowadays they comprehend the importance of ICT and they would like to learn how ICT works and how they can work with them . The majority of teenager in several developed countries use digital technologies (Kolikant, 2010) . Teenagers are supplied many of technological tools by their family or schools. Many of the schools require some paper work to be completed over internet or teachers require the teenagers to search information over internet. Nowadays, schools are increasingly offering an internet connection so that access is free and easily available for many high school and college students (Gui & Argentin, 2011) . Besides internet access in schools if teenagers have an internet connection at home or cellphone, teenagers can connect to the internet all the time . Through the recent decades ICT investment has shown incredible increase

FAQs

What is the focus of the study described in the document?

The document examines Web 2.0 habits of pre-service teachers from Turkey and the US and compares their usage patterns.

What conclusion does the study draw about Turkish and US participants?

Turkish participants use Web 2.0 tools more frequently than US participants, especially in learning and entertainment activities.

How does the document describe “digital natives”?

It describes digital natives as people born after 1980 who engage with technology in different ways from previous generations, affecting how they think and process information.

Oct 15, 2026

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