Magda Doberšek, Osnovna šola Dobje, Nataša Robič, Osnovna šola Dobje, Tina Zendzianowsky Čavš, Osnovna šola Dobje

One of our school’s priorities is encouraging the development of pupils’ creativity in all fields of work. Creativity is also the skill that we chose when we joined the project EUfolio. This skill is systematically developed in English, Slovene and folk dance lessons with a help of a web space called Mahara. Teachers thought at first that the image of this  tool isn’t attractive enough for the primary school students. But we were wrong. They are much faster on managing Mahara than we. Pupils accepted the web space Mahara with enthusiasm, because the part, where they can create their own profile, is similar to that on Facebook.

They wrote about themselves in English and, after checking the text by one of their school friends, they made a movie by using Movie Maker programme. In the world of Slovenian poetry, the students presented their creativity through creative writing or recreating. Folk dance served them as the basis to create their own choreographies and we also have videos of their work.

According to the success criteria pupils have followed their own development through e-Portfolio. They have become more responsible for their learning, and most importantly, they were very proud of their creations.