TEMPLATE 2

Student’s Name: Dari Junior Lemus Molina

Collaborative group #: 8

Unit 2: Second Activity – To specify a Purpose for Research and collect Data

1. The purpose of your research:

The purpose for research consists of identifying the major intent or objective for a study
and narrowing it into specific research questions or hypotheses, in so doing, you must write
two (2) paragraphs specifying a purpose for your chosen educational problem in first
activity.

First paragraph: The purpose of my research is trying to implement the use of TICs as a
possible preventing tools to decrease the high levels of dropping out by students in rural
areas in schools in Colombia, it is known that technology has been progressively
increasing and taking over the world wherever we go. So, with it the interest by people of
using and perform. especially young people are the most captivated and daily motivated
for it. to help students to find the interest in being educate through technology.
Second paragraph: On the other hand, this research let teachers to investigate about
what are the right technological tools and materials that fix better on students’ necessities
to have an idea and created pages and provide students with machineries as cellphones,
laptops and tablets and finally let government to know the importance of providing
specific points of connections where students can get an adequate place to connect with
the entire world. which encourage students to prepare for coming technologies and help
them to keep motivated and forget the idea of dropping out. Many factors influence in
students to take decision as dropping out of school. But as teacher we have in our hand
the influence in changing their minds and help think different.
2. Research questions:

You must write two (2) research questions; i.e.:

First question: How the use of ICTs can stimulate students to avoid the idea of dropping
out schools in rural areas?
Second question: How can ICTs help in encouraging students to keep preparing and
reduce dropping out in long terms?

3. Collecting Data

You must design one survey with ten (10) questions and their options respectively, all in
full English; i.e.:

1. Do you have any technological machine at home?

Yes ____ No ____
2. You investigate your task by using:
a. Cellphones
b. Laptops
c. Computers
d. None
3. Do you know how to rightly use technological tools in the class?
Yes ____ No ____
4. Does your teacher implement technology in classroom?
Yes ____ No ____
5. Does your school have technological devices?
Yes ____ No ____
6. Is it important for you to use technology at school?
Yes ____ No ____
7. Have you ever used a computer, laptop or a cellphone to solve an activity
at school?
Yes ____ No ____
8. Does your partners and teachers know how to use a computer, laptop or
 a cellphone in your education process?
Yes ____ No ____
9. Would you like to incorporate technological appliance in the classroom?
Yes ____ No ____
10. Would you participate in a program that teaches students how to use
technological tools in the classroom?
Yes ____ No ____

Applied survey (Double click on the icon of PDF to see the survey)