Abstract
One of the greatest opportunities for technological developments in the field of education is computer aided smart boards. Our country has adapted to these technological developments and initiated the smart board applications with FATIH Project which is one of the few projects of its size of the world. The aim of this research is to reveal the contribution of smart boards -which are the most important elements of the FATIH project- to Turkish education, their effects on student motivation, and also their negative aspects by taking the views and opinions of students who are directly involved in the project. The sample of the research consists of 600 students studying in Yakutiye, Palandoken and Aziziye districts of Erzurum province in the Fall semester of 2017-2018 academic year. Based on the results of the research, it was found that thanks to using smart boards in Turkish education lessons, the students understood Turkish better, learned the course subjects easily, were more successful in Turkish, the visual and audio materials used in smart board applications were beneficial in better understanding the topic, students had the opportunity to learn the topics from more and various sources, smart boards made the lessons fun and enjoyable, increased interest for the lessons, students liked using the smart boards, smart boards had positive effects on learning and student motivation; whereas some negative opinions were also found that some students had difficulties using smart boards, frequent malfunctions in the smart boards caused a loss of time in lessons, students were not willing to prepare homework that included the use of smart boards, visual quality of the boards was low, and smart boards made the students more lazy.
Highlights
Developing technology has become an indispensable part of our life and it has gained an important place in both social life as well as education
Today, developed countries have invested heavily in this area and have brought educational technologies into the classroom environment. This process, which is well suited to the concept of student-centered education, started with the use of computers in the classroom and continues today with the use of smart boards
Based on the opinions of the students regarding the use of smart board technology applications in Turkish lessons that are being implemented in our country, the following results were obtained in this study evaluating smart boards in terms of their contribution to learning, effect on student motivation and negative characteristics
Summary
Developing technology has become an indispensable part of our life and it has gained an important place in both social life as well as education. The life of the individual is shaped in parallel with technological developments and these technological developments make themselves felt in every aspect of life. Technological advances have brought innovations in our education life as well, allowing for the use of new tools and equipment for the application of new approaches and methods in education. Through the technological developments that took place in the past hundred years, the tools and equipments used in education have changed, and new tools and equipment have been developed and used in different applications in education [2]. One of the innovations and opportunities offered by the technological developments in the world of education and training is the smart boards that are being used in schools. First produced in England in 1991, and later on being used in education in England and many other countries such as the USA, Canada and Australia, smart boards have taken their place in educational environments [4]
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