High School Teacher’s Opinions and Problems Faced about Using Smart Board in Classroom: Famagusta District Sample

The development of technology has gained meaningful impact and has influenced the educational standard in this era of globalization. This dissertation aims at reviewing the perception of high school teachers, on the use of smart board in schools located in Famagusta (TRNC). A detailed investigation was done on why smart boards are being used as well as major problems faced in the period of usage. Also, the study aims at using the developed research questions to find answers of the problems related to the usage of smart board in the classroom by teachers. As a quantitative research work, one hundred and twenty eight (128) teachers from four selected secondary schools in Famagusta District in TRNC took part in the research. They include both male and female with different educational qualifications. Also variables such as age, profession, experience, weekly usage time of smart board, material design, coursetaken and certificate are major variables employed in the study. Descriptive technique was used in analyzing the general opinions of the teachers while Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) employed in calculating whether opinions deferred due to gender, age, experience or profession. Also, T-test is used in considering the significance between variables. Hence, the result found that age and profession didn’t affect their opinions but the level of experience influenced teacher’s perceptions. Furthermore, the result shows that teachers opinion towards smart-boards differ but not due to their age or profession. Keywords: Smart boards, Interactive Learning, Active learning.