Mira Gujt, Srednja ekonomska šola Maribor, Maribor
In the time when ICT using is necessary, I notice that there are less and less children, who are included in the middle school education and have insufficient knowledge of forming of different Word documents, such as: personal reports (job application to advertised workplace, CV), business reports (offer, enquiry, order, invitation, record). At our school, I also teach a course for mastery of keyboard for the students obligatory optional contents. I have decided to organize a course for blind 10-finger typing for primary school pupils. I have also taught persons from the Employment Office RS. Because I am also an organizer of vocational training at employees in Slovenia and abroad, I notice that this knowledge is necessary for work in companies. To know how to form a report is necessary when students apply for practice abroad. Because of the stated, I am sure that the technique of typing and forming documents should be taught already in primary school. It has been proven that when learning 10-finger blind typing, students with their own way or self-taught have more problems when they want to master the correct technique. I am sure that knowledge of blind 10-finger typing has a huge advantage at work, for example: advantage in improvement of speed, automatic typing, aesthetic appearance, expectations of employees, less difficult work, accuracy, and reliability at work, and self-control of the work done. The technique of typing is learnt in the program Mootyper, which is an extensional addition in the web classroom. It includes 4 parts: 1. ALL ABOUT TYPING – where we have different texts about the topics connected with learning of typing, such as: correct position of fingers, correct body position, etc. 2. 16 LESSONS – where we have 384 exercises for every position. 3. EXERCISES FOR REVISING – where we have additional exercises for students homework. 4. EVALUATION OF KNOWLEDGE. All the above mentioned enables the teacher to assess students work formatively, his self-control, and especially his work at home. Keywords: – Formative assessment, – Mastering, – Practicing – Self-control.
