Development of a Utilization Model to Promote the Use of Interactive Whiteboards

Abstract

The interactive whiteboard is expected to be a common ICT tool in classrooms in the near future. In this research, 12 elementary and junior high schools were each lent three interactive whiteboards. Teachers and students in those schools utilized those boards in their own way. A utilization model for interactive whiteboards, which included five types of teacher uses and the same number of student uses, was developed by analyzing their utilization, intentions of the teachers, and evaluations by their students. In addition, a revised version of the usage model was developed through an evaluation process by teachers and students.