Teachers' Views on the Use of E-Book and Tablet in High Schools

In the scope of the Fatih Project started by ministry of Education, interactive boards were setup to all pilot schools and then to other schools and tablets computers were delivered to all students in the schools. The aim of this study is to reveal the advantages and disadvantages, the offered suggestions and the frequency of the usage of the e-books on these tablet computers in the lessons according to teachers’ views. Therefore, the views are taken from 38 teachers who served in two pilot high schools which are located in Erzurum and Erzincan by using open-ended survey questions. The obtained data was analyzed by content analysis. As a result, it was determined that 27 teachers sometimes use e-books, 17 teachers never use e-books. The teachers who use e-books expressed that e-books enriched the lessons adding visuals and saved time, but usage and control of e-books are difficult. Moreover, the teachers emphasized that the students tend to use tablet computer for applications (games, social networks, internet etc.) that does not fit the purpose of the tablet computers and these applications decreased the interest of the students to the lessons