| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 技術及職業教育研究所 === 101 === The pace of change brought about by Information Technology in Education has been changing day by day. The most significant effect was on the application for E-schoolbag Project. In Taipei City, several schools were supported by the city government and had constructed well-equipped E-schoolbag classrooms. The purpose of this study was to incorporate E-schoolbag into the teaching of English to vocational high school students and to understand the influence of tablet PC and Electronic Interactive Whiteboard on students’ learning motivations and achievements
This is an action study. The first stage was the pilot experiment stage in which one of the four first-grade classes was involved in the E-schoolbag project to learn English. After briefly analyzing all the findings, some adjustments have been made. In the second stage, the researcher applied E-schoolbag project to another class. During this period three instruments were used as the following, “The English Achievement Test(I), The English Achievement Test(II), and “The integrating E-schoolbag project into English teaching Questionnaire”. The data was analyzed through quantitative method with statistical analysis. Classroom observation records, the collaborative teacher’s observation records and interview records were also analyzed and discussed.
The main findings of this study can be summarized as follows:
1.While designing the E-schoolbag curriculum, teachers should take contents, students’ levels and instruction time into consideration.
2.Incorporating E-schoolbag project into teaching English can improve students’ learning achievement and learning motivation.
3.Students have shown positive responses in the E-schoolbag project on teaching English.
The main recommendations of this study can be summarized as follows:
1.For teachers who are willing to join in the E-schoolbag project: The researcher recommend that the project should start with simple topic with a small number of students, then increase the difficulty of the topic and apply it onto a larger group.
2.For school administrators: The researcher recommends that more workshops should be held to encourage teachers to share their teaching plans and teaching designs.
3.For follow-up researchers: The researcher encourage them to adopt different method in exploring the influences, in comparing the outcomes by using different software or hardware as teaching resources, and in analyzing teachers’ intentions, reactions and opinions.
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