The Use of Social Media by Prospective Teachers and Their Practice Aims of Web Technologies in Turkey

The purpose of this research is to find out prospective teachers' use of social media tools and their practice aim of web technologies. The research was prepared in survey model. Convenience sampling technique was used in the research. The sample of the research is composed of 61 prospective elementary teachers from education faculty of a state university, and 53 prospective teachers in the Department of Computer and Instructional Technology (CEIT). The data collection tool is social media and web technology usage scale which is developed by the researcher. This scale consists parts of using social media and web technologies. The first part of this scale consists of terms about social media tools and the other part consists of information about usage of web technologies. At the end of the research, it was concluded that prospective teachers always use YouTube and Instagram as readers and also other social media tools such as WhatsApp application. However, it has been found that prospective teachers tend to use Web technologies very much in their daily work, lessons and entertainment at sub-dimensions. It is advisable to carry out studies related to different science and different departments except for the prospective teachers regarding the usage of web technology.