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    The  uses  of  interactive  whiteboard  and  multi-­‐media  materials  or  learning  objects  has  gained  considerable  importance  in  teacher  education  by  considering  the  technological  investments  in   the   process   of   becoming   information   society   and   entrance   of   new   technologies   suc   as  interactive   boards   and   tablet   computers   to   the   schools.   This   situation   indicates   us   that  teachers  and  teacher  candidates  should  acquire  the  necessary  knowledge  and  skills  about  uses   of   interactive   whiteboard   and   multimedia   objects   during   their   in-­‐service   and   pre-­‐service   trainings.   This   study   investigated   the   changes   in   attitudes   of   teacher   candidates  (N=537)   who   were   trained   in   the   teaching   and   learning   environments   in   Faculty   of  Education   in   which   interactive   board   and   multi-­‐media   objects   were   used.   Spesifically,   by  using  the  pre-­‐test  and  post-­‐test  technique,  whether  the  teaching  with  multi-­‐media  objects  in   an   interactive   environment   effect   the   attitudes   of   teacher   candidates   toward   teaching  with   enriched   content   was   tried   to   be   identified   in   the   study.     According   to   the   findings,  teaching   in   the   classrooms   by   using   interactive   whiteboards   and   multimedia   objects   has  postive  effect  on  the  attitudes  of  teacher  candidates  toward  teaching  with  enriched  content  on   perceived   usefulness,   contributition   to   learning,   and   attention-­‐motivation   subscales.  Moreover,   according   to   the   opinions   of   the   participants   (N=102)   which   were   obtained   by  using   written   semi-­‐structured   survey   questions,   most   important   advantages   of   interactive  whiteboards   are   getting   attention   of   the   students,   audio-­‐visual   and   inetractive  characteristics.   However,   lack   of   sufficient   knowledge   and   skills   of   some   teachers   and  students  in  using  interactive  whiteboard  appeared  as  most  important  disadvantage  in  the  matter  of  effective  use.    

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