A Study of Whiteboard to improve teaching in primary schools

In the beginning of the twenty-first century, the rapid development of Information and Communication Technology(ICT), Taiwan starting in 2006, the focus style on a trial basis in 2009 and installed in a large number of whiteboards in primary schools. A result of an Interactive whiteboard(IWB)is applied in the classroom teaching activities in the new technology. Therefore, this study focuses on the interactive whiteboard elementary school in Kaohsiung County. Keyword: Whiteboard, Information and Communication Technology(ICT) 1. Preface In Bashibanian expanding domestic demand from the program in 1999,grant county and city infrastructure set up ICT education and gradual completion of the national primary and secondary schools computer lab and Internet Republic of China Ministry of Education Jiushiwunian "IT education infrastructure" programs in 2006,the "e-learning environment” building cities and counties", the main contents are construction of information technology on campus, broadband Internet access and other information-based environment , enriching the digital content, learning and teaching resources so that is no longer just paper and textbooks, but the sharing of resources. To improve the teaching and learning environment, it can encourage teachers to create new teaching models and information readily available in the learning context. Ministry of Education White Paper on primary and secondary Education[1] mentioned that to enhance the national teaching equipment national primary and secondary schools in the country will set up a large number of e-specialist. The equipment to teachers in the teaching process would have a change and an impact on students’ learning. Therefore, this study will explore the Technology Acceptance Model that teachers and students have to upgrade through the interactive whiteboard teaching. After Whiteboard and related equipment of high-tech products were using in the classroom , the teacher has brought a great impact on traditional teaching. How to use this technology into the teaching aids and let equipment get the most important function and benefit. It is worthy of being looked at education. Therefore, this study is to investigate the process of teaching that teachers use the whiteboard in the situation and find the difficulties encountered and solve their problems. In sum, the appropriate teaching strategies and methods put forward for Whiteboard teaching of the proposals. In order to reduce the time to re-exploration, it promotes the use of schools for future reference. Proceedings of the 10th WSEAS Int. Conference on MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS & SIGNAL PROCESSING ISSN: 1790-5117 92 ISBN: 978-960-474-176-2 2 Literature Review 2.1Technology Acceptance Model Technology Acceptance Model(TAM) is Fred Davis’ PhD thesis. It based on the theory developed out of Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), Cost-Benefit Theory, etc. To explain the computer system to accept the intent would be the impact of dimensions According Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use. The aim is to develop a means of interpretation, evaluation and prediction of users of new information technology system to accept a tool[2] [3]. In recent years, TAM has also been subject to research scholars and practitioners to have widely confirmed in a variety of scientific and technological fields, follow-up inspection, application. Many research results indicate that TAM is a cross-time, scenario, race, and technology between the stability of the tool[4] [5] [6] [7]. Researchers point of view of various dimensions and external variables selection may affect the research results. However, the TAM model to explain a certain range of dimensions will not be able to reach the significance of statistics among them. The TAM model predictive power of different is for different IT systems and different user types. TAM related research found the relationship between dimensions and external variables: Table 1 Research ers statistically significant relationship between the path of TAM External variables Davis[8] Davis[9] Perceived ease of use cognitive usefulness, perceived usefulness of the use of attitude, perceived ease of use the use of attitude, the attitude toward the actual use, perceived usefulness of the actual use of (None) Davis et al.[9] Perceived ease of use cognitive usefulness, perceived usefulness, use of attitudes, perceived ease of use the use of attitude, perceived usefulness sex wishes sex Computer self-efficacy , subjective utility, direct experience, the quality of output wishes of perceived ease of use, behavior will actually use Mathieso n[10] Perceived ease of use cognitive usefulness, perceived usefulness, use of attitudes, perceived ease of use using the approach of cognitive behavior will be useful to use the wishes of the attitude behavior (None) Taylor and Todd[11] [12] Perceived ease of use cognitive usefulness, perceived usefulness, use of attitudes, perceived ease of use the use of attitudes, perceived usefulness, sex will, will conduct the actual use of The impact of experience Venkates h and Davis[13 ] Perceived ease of use cognitive usefulness, perceived usefulness sex wishes sex wishes of perceived ease of use Subjective norms, initiative, and the impression, work related, output quality, the results of visibility Jackson et al.[13] Ease of use, the use of cognitive attitudes, perceived ease of use sex wishes Situational association, itself association, previously used to change the argument Agarwal and Prasad[1 4] Perceived ease of use cognitive usefulness, perceived usefulness of the use of attitude, perceived ease of use the use of attitude, the attitude toward the actual use, perceived usefulness of the actual use of IT-related roles, job tenure, educational level, previous use of Lucas and Spitler[1 5] Perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use of Subjective quality of cognitive Karahann a et Use of perceived usefulness, attitude, Compatibilit y, trainable, Proceedings of the 10th WSEAS Int. Conference on MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS & SIGNAL PROCESSING ISSN: 1790-5117 93 ISBN: 978-960-474-176-2 al.[16] perceived ease of use the use of attitude and willingness to use, attitude and behaviors visibility, resulting visibility Hu et al.[17] Use of perceived usefulness, attitude, the attitude toward acts of will, will conduct the actual use of (None) Dishaw and Strong[1 8] Perceived ease of use cognitive usefulness, perceived usefulness, use of attitude and willingness to use, attitude and behaviors, cognitive usefulness of the actual use of Tool functionality , tools, experience, science and technology with the task, task characteristi cs Venkates h and Morris[1 9] Perceived ease of use cognitive usefulness, perceived usefulness sex wishes sex wishes of perceived ease of use Gender, experience, Table 1 Source: Journal of Di Shijuan the first phase of e-commerce 2008.03(p179-180) Whether predicted to explain or to model structure, TAM model in the "technological information acceptable" topics are given considerable support. Therefore, TAM to study the structure of the teaching the use of whiteboard in the usefulness of cognitive awareness and ease of use will it affect the behavior and the attitude toward its use. 2.2Whiteboard History 2.2.1 Whiteboard definitions Teaching media specialist Kozma[20] that modern society is media-oriented (Mediated) the social, people searching for information, absorption, retrieval, comparison, analysis are all required to be done through the media.The interactive whiteboard is that the media into the teaching and learning environment. Whiteboard with the computer through the inter-connection, writing the contents of the whiteboard on the number of bits of it, may be kept.And teachers are free to operate on a variety of applications in the whiteboard software and hardware.So teachers and students in the media and information increase their interaction with each other[21]. The whiteboards used in classrooms presented by the way shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 Source : Quoted from Chen Huibang[22]。An interactive whiteboard into the status of classroom teaching and thinking。 Information contained in the Global Chinese Education and Innovation Forum 2.2.2 Whiteboard Types Currently a whiteboard is used by the third generation, first-and second-generation are used less. According to structure, technology and features of classification can be divided into infra-red sensors, Pressure touch sensing, electromagnetic tracking sensors as well as the four types of ultrasonic sensors. Table 2 Interactive whiteboard sensor technology comparison table(Table 2)