Evaluation of Fatih Project in the Frame of Digital Divide

ABSTRACT

The aim of this research realized at the general survey model is to evaluate “FATIH Project” in the frame of digital divide by determining the effects of the distributed tablets to the students being educated at K12 schools on digital divide. Sample is taking from the 9th grade students in Sakarya city in the 2013-2014 academic session. The sample is determined according to purposive sampling method, and is formed of 301 students of two Anatolian High Schools and one Anatolian Teacher High School. They made use of tablet computers, whose opportunities scale they have benefited from (these have been developed by researcher as data collection instrument).  After the data which was collected by the researchers has been classified; they were transferred to SPSS 17.00 in PC. The frequency distribution of the data was taken and t-test statistical procedure for matching groups was realized to compare the averages before and after the tablets have been distributed. According to the findings, it was established that FATIH Project increased the students’ level of ICT, and the usage and benefit from the opportunities that it present. It has also been established that FATIH Project has an important place in preventing digital divide.