Sirikt 2015 International Conference

27th – 29th May 2015

Sirikt 2015 International Conference - 27th – 29th May 2015

My idol in Mahara

Tatjana Lubej, OŠ Janka Glazerja, Ruše

Lesson My Idol in Mahara demanded from the pupils to achieve higher goals – in language and technology knowledge. The pupils achieved learning goals and they improved their knowledge in AFL and in communication and cooperation. EU-folio with Mahara was used for the introduction of the assignment that the pupils should make during the lesson. The learning goal was for the pupils to learn how to introduce an idol in an interesting way using communication technology. In the same time was the teacher’s source material a help for the work of pupils. Communication and cooperation between teacher and pupil was turn from the art were the teacher is the “maker” of the lesson to the art were the pupils create their own work and take responsibility for their progress. The teacher made the task bevor. So during the lesson he had time so watch the progress of each pupil and his or hers responsibility for making the task. Learning pupil from teacher and teacher from pupil was upgraded to cooperation with other teachers from the school and members of Education authority. The pupils and the teacher showed them their work with EU-folio and Mahara, which most of them met for the first time, and how good this is implemented in the work at German as the second foreign language.