This article presents the findings from classroom based research into the use of SMART Boards (interactive whiteboards) with kindergarten children. SMART Boards have been used successfully over the past 8years at Abbotsleigh Junior School innovative ways to enhance teaching and learning and facilitate assessment in primary Science. Key research findings are discussed along with some practical e...

Teaching is a complex endeavour that requires teachers to meld knowledge about the nature of learners, pedagogical strategies and discipline content. In recent years an increasing variety of educational technologies are finding their way into the school classroom, including the widespread acceptance of interactive whiteboards (IWBs). The emerging literature on IWB use is mixed, with no clear ve...

The chapter aims to identify and describe the professional development critical success factors that underpin the successful implementation of digital interactive whiteboard technologies. It draws heavily on in-depth, government-commissioned evaluations of IWB implementation in England (Somekh et al., 2007) and Scotland (Pearson et al., 2004) in which findings derived from the analysis of digit...

Abstract This study aims to examine children’s actions in relation the preschool teacher’s scaffolding action a context where an interactive whiteboard (IWB) is used. Over five months, 22 children aged between 4 and 6 years old, along with their teachers, were video observed. The of these teaching moments has provided rich seam evidence that details ways act scaffolding. results show manifest 1...

Introduction This report contains an analysis of MERBoard use primarily during the nominal and extended Mars Exploration Rover missions. It incorporates data based on open-ended interviews and conversations with 14 mission scientists and engineers on the Spirit and Opportunity, as well as seven researchers and designers involved in the development of the MERBoard itself. Conceived largely as an...

Mind maps have been used for many (including educational) purposes. Several tools are available for visualizing and creating those maps. However, evaluation and feedback is rarely available in such tools and thus, an important aspect of interactive exercises is missing. This paper presents the interactive concept map tool, ICMAP, that is integrated with the web-based learning environment ACTIVE...

This study tries to apply wireless technologies to build a highly interactive environment. For this purpose, this study first identifies four types of interaction between the members in the technology-embedded classroom contexts, including: (1) face-to-face interaction; (2) computer-mediated interaction; (3) human-computer interaction; and (4) personal device supported simultaneous group intera...

There has been extensive investment by governments and individual schools in interactive whiteboard technology in developed countries premised on the assumption that their use in education will impact positively on learners’ achievements. Developing countries, such as South Africa, keen to raise attainment among their learners are following suit. While at least one of the nine provinces in Sout...

The purpose of this descriptive-correlational study was to examine the level of self-efficacy of Oklahoma secondary agricultural education teachers regarding their use of the interactive whiteboard (IWB) in classroom teaching. The study also sought to determine if relationships existed between teachers’ IWB self-efficacy scores, outcome expectation scores, interest scores, and selected personal...

We explore the combination of smartwatches and a large interactive display to support visual data analysis. These two extremes of interactive surfaces are increasingly popular, but feature different characteristics—display and input modalities, personal/public use, performance, and portability. In this paper, we first identify possible roles for both devices and the interplay between them throu...