Klavdija Križovik, OŠ Mislinja

Modern technology has become an integral part of our daily lives. Students are becoming increasingly familiar with modern technology such as smartphones and tablets. They use the Internet as a means of daily communication and as an indispensable source of information. The main purpose of using e-tablets, e-sources and other available apps is to help students acquire a better spatial and chronological understanding of historical events, make Science learning more approachable and provide opportunity to acquire and use new words and phrases in their mother tongue as well as in English and German languages. Students became active “co-creators” of the teaching process while teachers took the roles of moderators. Modern methods of primary school teaching were meticulously followed to ensure students become independent, creative, develop critical thinking and use analytical strategies when learning. During the analysis of our lessons we came to the conclusion that students prefer learning with modern technology rather than the traditional way of learning and assessing their knowledge. Students are unaware that they are learning by having fun. There is of course the possibility that some information will be completely new to a few students while others will only deepen and strengthen their knowledge. The individuality of students had to be taken into account. We achieved greater level of student knowledge, understanding, retention, fun, respect and tolerance by appropriately raising the difficulty of content using our own personal teaching methods as well as ensuring cooperative learning among students.