SAUDI SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ATTITUDES' TOWARDS USING INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD IN CLASSROOMS

 

The research aims at investigating the Saudi Secondary school Teachers' Attitudes towards using Interactive Whiteboard in the classrooms. The research uses the Quasi- Experimental approach, with one group (100) teachers, and limited to the Secondary school Teachers that enrolled in the first semester of (2011/2012) academic year. The research uses Interactive Whiteboard Attitude Survey,   observation skill card for using Interactive Whiteboard in the classrooms and structured interviews with students. The results indicated that there were appositive attitude towards using Interactive Whiteboard. But a few number of teachers used effectively the Interactive Whiteboard effectively in the classrooms. These results indicated that the teachers need a professional development program for effective using of Interactive Whiteboard effectively to help them in improving their Teaching skills and the students learning. More details of the results are discussed in the study.