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//Natalie Liu, Graduate Student, Educational Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA,// //liun@hawaii.edu//
Digital natives are children who were born after 1980 and raised in a digital world. Digital immigrants adapted to the Internet whereas digital natives are born into a world of digital communication technologies (Palfrey & Gasser, 2008). The dilemma for digital natives is that they are avid digital multitaskers and are accustomed to technological devices as an integral part of their daily lives, yet they are in schools that do not use technology to keep them engaged, motivated, and actively learning. Over the past four decades, educators have recognized the value of using technology in the classroom and since then have made many attempts to provide 21st century learning opportunities for their students (Fouts, 2000). To increase student and teacher interaction, as well as engagement and active learning strategies, this instructional design project will incorporate a technology called Student Response Systems (SRS). The purpose of this study is to explore whether teachers can effectively create a lesson plan using the Interactive SRS Lesson Plan Template. Specifically, the intent of the module is to demonstrate the benefits of using SRS and encourage teachers to implement SRS into their daily routines. Upon completion of this module, the researcher believes teachers will possess the necessary skills to create lesson plans that incorporate best practices and pedagogical strategies when using SRS. An instructional design project is necessary to address the growing need to integrate technology effectively in the elementary classroom. This study will examine how ten elementary teachers respond to an electronic instructional module on how to effectively integrate Student Response Systems (SRS) in the elementary classroom using the SRS Lesson Plan Template. The teachers will complete an online demographic survey, pre test, embedded test, post test, and attitudinal survey. Quantitative data will be collected through criterion referenced tests, which included the pre, embedded, and post test, which measures participants knowledge before, during, and after the Lesson Plan implementation. Qualitative data will be collected using a demographic and attitudinal survey.

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