Anita Nose, Gimnazija Novo mesto

Abstract: Our school is taking part in the project called The introduction and use of e-services and resources in class. It enabled the school to use tablets in one first-year. We first focused on raising internet safety awareness among students, and set ground rules for using tablets in class. Slowly but surely, a team of six teachers began introducing novelties that tablets facilitate. In the initial stage, most of our time and effort went into lesson planning, searching for useful resources, tools and teaching the use of them … We assembled a variety of resources and classroom materials in our respective e-classrooms, which have greatly improved since the project started. Without a reliable technical support, the project would not run smoothly. At the beginning, both teachers and students could hardly imagine a lesson without it. In time teachers were able to deal with technical problems on their own. Lessons with tablets are dynamic, student-centred, which increases motivation. The use of tablets enables bot students and teachers to get instant feedback on the work done. Keeping moderation in mind, we should use tablets when they actually bring added value to class, not necessarily every lesson or the whole lesson. We have to be aware of the fact that technology cannot replace lecture-explanation techniques, and teacher-student rapport. The project team provide support for the colleagues who would like to introduce or improve the use of e-resources and services in class.