Maja Čelan, III. gimnazija Maribor
Lego robots are a didactic toy that enables the development of logical thinking and creativity. Many teachers have used it for motivation in teaching programming. As a result, our school purchased two sets of LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 Core Sets. We were interested in finding out if working with robots will increase students interest in learning how to programme. In this academic year we set up a goal to determine the extent to which students are able to find information on their own with the help of the Internet and gain at least some basic knowledge of programming of the Lego robots in a graphical environment. We also observed their work and learning activities to establish whether they were of collaborative or competitive nature. The next objective was to determine whether students were able to convey the acquired knowledge to their schoolmates. By doing that we transferred the teaching completely into the hands of the learners. In this contribution it will be shown how to organize this kind of work in which students become much more active, creative and collaborative. Will also show the role of the teacher, who no longer simply passes on the knowledge but rather becomes a mentor and advisor, and sometimes even a mediator.
