Marjan Novak, Osnovna šola dr. Franceta Prešerna Ribnica, Ribnica
The programme eTeacher is designed for independent studying. I wrote the program as a teaching tool for my children, so they could use computer technology for quicker and easier learning. Since my children liked it, I tested it in school too and the pupils liked it as well. The program is designed as interactive reader, in which every student chooses the subjects and the level of difficulty for themselves, therefore we can use it for different subjects. Before we start studying, we have to prepare the study material. The material we are going to use needs to be written in RTF format. We start studying with the program by opening the prepared file – we read it and clicking on words we mark the keywords. The marked words hide, instead of them we see blue rectangles. The keyword selection can also be done automatically, we only have to choose the number of words that cover one keyword and the minimum number of letters in one. The computer generates random words, based on the set criteria. After we read the entire text, we save the document under a new file name. In the next step, we read the previously marked text. When we come to a keyword, hidden under a blue rectangle, we first tell the hidden keywords content and then by clicking on it we check its accuracy. This keeps the reader focused. We continue studying with completion tasks. Instead of a blue rectangle, there is a line. The learner has to write in the missing words. At the same time, the program is checking the accuracy – the correct words are marked in green, the incorrect words red. There is also an option to write questions for incorrect words in order to consolidate more difficult subject matters. For work with younger children, there is also an option of printing the material down on paper. There are lines instead of the chosen words and the solutions are written on the bottom of the page. The program also carries out the total statistics of our work (the time of the beginning and the end of preforming each step, the complete time of studying, the accuracy of learners answers). Video: www2.arnes.si/~mnovak19/eUcitelj.zip
