White board sharing between PC and PDAs is a typical interactive application between PC and mobile device in ubiquitous environment. Due to the limited size of PDA’ s screen, when a large amount of clients simultaneously use PDAs to share the server’s screen while their viewed areas (or viewports) are different in size and position, the server must transform the viewports to fit the size of PDA...

The Turkish government made a significant decision in 2012 to transform its educational system and improve outcomes through technology. For this purpose, consortium among different ministries initiated the “Movement of Enhancing Opportunities Improving Technology” (FAT?H) project with aim providing each K-12 student Tablet PC every classroom an Interactive Board using high-speed Internet connec...

This paper explores the effects of in-class level differentiation by making innovative use of an interactive whiteboard (SMARTboard) on math proficiency. Therefore, we evaluate the use of SMARTboard in class, in combination with teacher training, using a randomized field experiment among 199 pre-vocational students in 7 th -grade in the Netherlands. During six weeks, students in the interventio...

Serious games have recently emerged as an avenue for curriculum delivery. Serious games incorporate motivation and entertainment while providing pointed curriculum for the user. This paper presents a serious game, called MiBoard, currently being developed from the iSTART Intelligent Tutoring System. MiBoard incorporates a multiplayer interaction that iSTART was previously unable to provide. Thi...

Compared to other academic disciplines, interactive white board (IWB) research in early childhood education is still in its infancy. To add more knowledge base regarding the instructional effectiveness of IWB for young children, this study aimed to investigate educational phenomenon of using an IWB to teach visual art to kindergarten students. The study adopted a qualitative case study to fulfi...