HUANG, HSIN-YI
Siding Elementary School, Chiayi County Teacher
Email：maker.nutn@gmail.com
CHOU, PAO-NAN
National University of Tainan, Tainan Program of Instructional Technology Associate Professor
Email：pnchou@gm2.nutn.edu.tw
Abstract
The study aimed to investigate how elementary schoolteachers used Line software for their daily communication with student parents. The study adopted a qualitative case study design. One elementary school in Chiayi County was chose as a unit of case analysis. In the school, schoolteachers and student parents in each grade were research participants. Interviews with teachers and student parents, participatory observation, and students’ related documents were main data sources. Through qualitative data analysis, the findings showed that the schoolteachers and student parents enjoyed Line communication. However, many student parents often misunderstood the text meaning that the schoolteachers sent.
Keywords :Computer Mediated Communication, Technology in Education, Class Management