TEACHERS’ OPINIONS ON INTERACTIVE WHITE BOARD AND ITS USE: A CASE STUDY

As an example of qualitative study, this study aimed at portraying the teachers' opinions about the use of Interactive Boards in their classrooms. The data were collected in individual interviews with 13 teachers working in two high schools located in Yenice, Çanakkale. The results in the study suggested that training on the use of the IWBs played a significant role in the teachers' using them effectively in their classrooms. The trained teachers had a clear understanding of how to use the IWBs effectively. The results also indicated that while using the IWBs in the classrooms, the teacher made of use the presentation method for teaching. They mainly used the IWBs for showing videos, for listening to the music or for presenting visual materials according to the lesson content. This study also showed that the technological advancement started with the IWBs in Turkey still remained incomplete from the point of Yenice, Çanakkale.