RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 ŠIMANDL, Václav
A1 KLOFÁČ, Patrik
T1 USE OF WI-FI NETWORKS AMONG PRIMARY AND LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS
JF Journal of Technology and Information Education
YR 2017
VO 9
IS 1
SP 213
OP 222
DO 10.5507/jtie.2017.017
UL https://jtie.upol.cz/artkey/jti-201701-0017.php
AB 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.