Urška Hribernik, Osnovna šola Toma Brejca Kamnik
Contribution I placed it in a set of Open Learning, as Google Street View Open an excellent learning environment for self-learning. With Google Street View in the first grade can pupils reach the following objectives: – Orient in their environment – Moving around the place (left, right, above, below, up, down) – Speak in front their classmates with a ready-made theme – Present the basic information (name, address) Students in first grade get instructions for work. At home they had to prepare for the oral presentation, where they represented themselves. Among other things, they should also tell their address, type it on the computer and find through Google Street View. The pupils was in some way in the role of teacher and they felt very important. Other students watch projection on the board. They were actively involved and monitored the situation. Student who has performed, are also evaluated. Criteria were written on the blackboard. Each student was assessed by the occurrence of one color: Green – pupil was in its work independent, accurate and did not need assistance. Yellow – a pupil hed needed some help. Red color – a pupil needed a lot of help from the teacher and was not independent in its work. Students who have trouble typing, I helped. The most I liked the response of pupils, when they saw their home. Some of them show window of their room, where they have a dog house, where his/her grandmother lives … Other students gave some declaration: “Left is my house, right is the store, I past this house every day … ” Since the device Google Street View has proved to be very interesting and attractive to pupilss, I have used for some other activities (eg. To get to know their hometown and sightseeing). Advantages: Google Street View is free of charge, for children and adults is extremely interesting, because you can “visit” the place where you never have been or never will be. Enriches teaching and enrich the image. It is also already suitable for six-year olds. Disadvantages: Some titles were not found, because when they filmed Google Street View, some parts have not yet been rebuilt. Maybe some pupils does not want to show where they live through the computer, so pupils should be given the choice.
