Jure Radišek, OŠ Franja Malgaja Šentjur
The report summarizes an example of good practice in students’ self-sustaining use of IKT in geography lessons in Franjo Malgaj primary school. Within the free on line educational software program Sally Ride EarthKAM, which takes place under the auspices of the National American Space Agency, we carried out as the first school in Slovenia the shooting of the Earths surface from the International Space Station. And nowadays our students are regular users of that interesting experience. Program is designed to learn about natural sciences as well as the use of English language and developing communication skills. The main aim of the project is to promote the use of the computer science in the process of teaching. The result of participation in the project is photographing the Earth`s surface which will students achieved only if they successfully fulfils all the technical conditions, suc as consideration of the ISS`s orbits, the determination of the geographical location, predict the weather forecasts etc.. Acquired photos has been analyzed by using GoogleEarth tools to compared the spatial relationship, relief features and human activities in the area. Implementation of the program confirmed the usefulness of ICT in the process of geography teaching. Particularly encouraging was the students approach, because of direct contact with the space which meant exceptional motivation for them, and a quality learning process for teacher.
