Giftedness and Technology

The aim of this study is to determine the gifted students' opinions on the use of technological tools. Furthermore, it seeks to determine the gifted students' mobile phone usage purposes, use of social networking sites, the hours spent with technological tools, opinions on social media usage, opinions about the place of technology in their lives, opinions on technology usage in education and opinions on technology usage as a communication tool. The descriptive method is applied in this study. The population of the study consists of 105 secondary school students enrolled in Science and Art Center. 45 of them are female and 58 of them are male. “Students' technological device use habits on their social lives”6 scale is used to collect the data. According to results of the study, gifted students have stated that they cannot imagine a life without technology. Gifted students who have membership in more than 3 social media accounts reported that they feel sad and angry when there is no internet connection. In addition, they indicated that technology plays an important role in their education. Furthermore, they stated that they contact with other students for a short period of time through technology and share their experiences and knowledge with each other.