Preparing students for the digital world the essential role of technology in primary education

Abstract EN

The purpose for this project was to examine the requirements for Primary School children when progressing from Key Stage 2 into Secondary School (Key Stage 3) and then to build an e-learning application to teach and test children on these requirements.

The project began with a Literature Review that examined the educational requirements as set out in Governmental requirements; this was then followed by a look at teaching methods for children and software development styles and approaches.

This was then followed by the design and implementation of the e-learning application the author wished to create.

This had two separate designs, one for boys one for girls.

The reasoning behind this design approach was the author's idea based upon her learning throughout this course as well as the findings throughout the research section of this project.

After building and deploying the application the author then proceeded to evaluate the application by having a group of primary school children to test the application and provide an evaluation.

An evaluation was also sought from teachers.

This collective feedback was then utilised to conduct an evaluation of the author's project.

The findings were that the application was highly desirable and received very high ratings.

The main constructive feedback was that that some children were put off using the application due to the testing element; something that is not common in primary education and that some elements of the application were a little difficult for the age group