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Table 1 An overview of the digital technologies the students use at school and the reasons

From: An exploration of the possible educational opportunities and the challenges at the intersection of the physical and digital worlds occupied by 10–14 year-old students

Tools

Multimedia

Interactive

Collaboration

Reasons students use social media

LMS

Yes

Yes

Yes

To learn

To research new projects

To find results

Internet

Yes

Yes

Yes

Educational websites

Search for information

Quizzes

Learning

Tests

Inspiration

Entertainment

Science

Fun

Online textbooks

YouTube

Word

Yes

No

Yes

Notes

Write and publish texts

Work

Create

Grasp tasks

Notes

Yes

No

Yes

Note taking

Work

Create

PDF Expert

Yes

No

Yes

Homework

To edit and annotate

Learning in Maths and English

Worksheets

Booklets

PowerPoint

Yes

Yes

Yes

Educate

For projects

To create presentations

To present work and research

Interactive story mode

To look at elementary maths mastery

iMovie

Yes

No

No

Visually learn from videos

Entertainment

To watch other people’s lives

Email

Yes

No

No

To hand in projects

To receive homework

To read very important emails

To contact teachers

Receive school information

Email Friends

Read about the week ahead

To communicate with others

SketchBook Pro

Yes

No

No

Learn

Create

Entertain