Using the voice thread platform to improve the performance of students in ICT at Enas Hybrid School

Abstract

Technology has a great influence on the world, as everything is connected through the internet. Students have different learning skills hence, new technologies such as information systems on personal computers, phones, iPads, Tablets are widely used by students in various schools for study purposes. This study sought to examine the instructional strategies employed at Enas Hybrid School to teach ICT and introduce the Voice Thread platform to improve the performance of students. The Saunders onion theory played a greater role in the selection of appropriate methodology. The researcher used a questionnaire instrument in gathering data and further analyzed the collected data with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 16). The introduction of the Voice Thread platform helps to broaden student’s minds in solving complex issues during ICT lessons at Enas Hybrid School hence enhancing their performance. Voice Thread platform is considered as one of the effective alternatives to the traditional way of teaching since it offers students unlimited learning opportunities. The analysis of the data collected from students concluded that the traditional teaching strategies do not aid academic excellence among students but rather, e-learning platforms. Also, the study established that the Voice Thread platform makes learning materials readily available, allows teacher-student interaction, makes learning interesting and easy to understand, and also helps learners to study at their own pace which led to the improvement in their performance after using VT. Hence, the Voice Thread platform has a tremendous impact on the performance of students. This study recommended the use of Voice Thread platform to be used in other schools or by other subject teachers as the researcher believes it is one of the best methods to help enhance students’ performance