Investigations of Using Interactive Whiteboards with and without an Additional Screen

Interactive whiteboard technologies (IWBs) are becoming pervasive in the school instruction in many parts of the world. The use of single screen based IWB environments are typically used by the teachers to attract interests of students and to interact with them. However, the available display space in such environments is a problematic issue for effective instruction. The research presented in this study looks into the use of IWB with an additional screen in order to extend the display space with the aim to increase the interests of students and interactions between teachers and students. Two investigations were undertaken to analyze the experiences of the teachers in the use of IWB. Based on the findings, this study presents a teaching assistance tool and suggests two teaching scenarios for teachers to support their teaching activities in a dual screen environment using IWBs.