Jožica Tratar, Sandra Vereš, Slavica Balek Haddaoui, OŠ Šalovci

Cross-curricular lessons offer pupils a new platform for the integration of the discussed topic and their application in new, concrete situations, thus promoting their sharing of knowledge and experience from a variety of different subjects. The information and communications technologies (ICT) are used as a learning tool to attain the set objectives and facilitate collaborative learning. Such integration of the planned teaching material with other subjects such as ethics and cultural studies, history and mathematics is correlated to the idea that the application of computer programmes and data processing in form of tables, as well as software for power point presentations and other electronic tools, i.e. Google Drive and Mahara learning environment empowers pupils knowledge sharing and peer learning. Pupils design their presentation on a selected topic on Human Values with the help of computer programmes such as Windows Movie Maker and Microsoft PowerPoint, which they later present to their classmates. Their chosen topics serve as a cue for further research work. The main objective of their studies is to establish how values have been changing with various generations and to find the reasons for their change. Part of their research is to design a questionnaire and present the data obtained in form of suitable computer tables. This is facilitated by Google Drive which allows the pupils to create a large database that serves as a platform for further data processing. Throughout the task collaborative peer work is strongly encouraged. In the concluding part the pupils relate their results to historical facts and present their findings in class.