Frančiška Hvalc, Osnovna šola Dobje

I present the use of tablet computers at Art and Design and Technology lessons. At the beginning of the use of tablet computers I asked myself how their use can enrich the lessons, what is the contribution to the quality of the lessons, is the knowledge of higher quality or at least the same, and about the impact of ICT on student’s motivation. Pupils used the tablet computer in various stages of the educational process: motivation, checking back, assimilation, revision, testing and evaluation. I will present two ways of use.In the lessons of Design and Technology (an expert and a parent group), pupils have completed topics about wood materials with the method of cooperative learning. Tablet computers helped them access to the school’s online classroom where they found instructions for work, worksheet, links to learning content and online classroom with e-materials for Design and Technology. At the end of cooperative learning the pupils checked acquired knowledge with a quiz about wood in the online classroom.

In Art lesson pupils assimilated a new topic Colour shades using a tablet computer (Painter). After that pupils set goals to solve artistic problems in e-portfolio, wrote down what pre-knowledge they have, strategies and after work they photographed the product and evaluated it. I found out that the pupils’ activity increased and prolonged in time, the quality of knowledge was the same, some pupils acquired even more knowledge, and the cooperation among pupils has increased.