The use of digital interactive whiteboard by teachers of a Federal Institute (SC)

Abstract

This research identified teacher training and the use of interactive digital whiteboard as a method of teaching and learning in a Instituto Federal (IF) of Santa Catarina. A questionnaire was applied to 132 teachers with closed questions of IF. It is a descriptive research with survey data, descriptive analysis of the data. It was identified that the teachers were not sufficiently trained to use interactive digital whiteboard as a teaching and learning tool. Two groups were perceived within the IES study: half of the respondents use the tool and promote interaction in the classroom, providing opportunities for the student himself is constructor of knowledge, and the other half is not adept at the use of interactive digital whiteboard in classroom. was also possible to identify consensus between teachers  that interactive digital whiteboard play an important role in the interaction between teacher and student, the collective and interactive knowledge construction as well as in a beneficial tool that facilitates learning integration, because it is present in the daily lives of students. One limitation of this study, cites the size of the sample, not being able to make generalizations. It is suggested for future research, see how the process of teacher training for the use of ICT in the classroom occurs.