Iztok Škof, OŠ Toma Brejca, Kamnik

Many interactive whiteboards can be found in Slovenian schools. Therefore we wanted to prepare materials that could potentially be used during school lessons. At the same time we wished to show examples of use of individual elements of software. Students used interactive whiteboard software to create interactive exercises in their geography lessons. They had to study certain subject matter on the own in advance and prepared thereto related interactive exercises which were then presented to the rest of the class, giving other students the chance to try and do the exercises. In doing so, students who had prepared the exercises also revised the content of the lesson. When making interactive materials, students had to study parts of subject matter and extract the gist that their students would need to learn while doing the exercises. Such an activity demands a certain level of understanding the subject matter, summarizing and linking everything into new knowledge. The students’ classmates revised and upgraded the subject matter that was new to them. In order to make such a presentation in the classroom students experience the role of a teacher.