Arab Educational Information Network

The aim of the research is to determine the level of training needs for first-grade teachers in basic education regarding the skills of digitizing stories and utilizing them in the educational process within the context of digital transformation. To achieve this objective, a descriptive approach was used, and the study yielded the following results: 1) the most needed digital skills among first-grade teachers (research sample) are related to the axis of designing digital story content, followed by the axis of planning digital stories, and then the axis of saving and publishing digital stories. All of these skills have a high level of need, with an overall average score of (2.42). 2) There are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of teachers’ responses (research sample) regarding the items of the training needs questionnaire for digitizing stories and utilizing them in the educational process. These differences can be attributed to two variables: the academic qualification, in favor of teachers holding university degrees, and training courses, in favor of teachers who have undergone training courses. Based on the research results, a set of proposals are presented that emphasize the necessity of conducting training courses for first-grade teachers in basic education to equip them with the skills of digitizing stories and guide them towards utilizing technological innovations in education, especially in the context of digital transformation. Further studies in this field are also recommended. (Published abstract)