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Interview Question 11. Were you provided with any Training before the IWB was placed in 
your classroom and how has it affected your usage of the IWB in ELT? 

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The responses indicated that all the participants were provided with IWB training, something 
that they all saw as important and useful. The training provided was a starting point that they 
could proceed from. They claimed that without the training in the beginning their attitudes 
would have been less positive in the initial stage towards using the IWB.
Teacher Teachers’ responses in Swedish 
Responses translated into English 
T4 
Ja en kort kurs. Det var en start på 
alltihopa helt enkelt 
Gick igenom grunderna. 
“Yes, a short class. It was simply a start to 
it all. We learned the basics”. 
The participants were thankful for the training that they had received from the school, but 
some of the participants were not satisfied with it. Some answers implied that the participants 
would prefer additional subject-specific training. Furthermore, longer courses instead of a few 
hours were also requested. 
T3 
“fortbildning behövs ännu lite mer, som inte 
är bara grundläggande utan som jag kan 
använda mig mer av i språkundervisningen”. 
 
“more in-service training is 
needed…language-specific training 
and not only the basics” 
However, some answers suggested that a general non-subject-specific training was enough 
and it is the individual teacher’s responsibility to proceed from the provided training. 
Moreover, the responses indicated that the continual investment in the teachers’ own 
development is an important factor in the learning and developing process. The answers 
indicate that it is the teacher’s responsibility to maintain his or her skills and develop and 
improve them.