Valentina Mlakar, OŠ Sava Kladnika, Sevnica
In my article I want to show the influence of the ICT and formative approach on the students motivation to study physics. As a long-year maths and physics teacher I have found out that the students are not active enough during the lessons and they lack the motivation for new knowledge. For this reason their knowledge is poorer if compared to the previous generations. Thats why new methods and didactic techniques should be integrated into school work. They should encourage the students to study and stimulate their wish for new knowledge. They should get acquainted with new strategies and they should have the daily access to the ICT. The purpose of my article is to show how to use the studens prior knowledge on ICT and how it can be connected with the school work. In this way the creativity of students and teachers is part of the school work. I am taking part in the international project Mahara e-portfolio and in the project ATS 2020 – formative approach of the assessment of the students skills based on the ICT. The project has been carried out in the 8th and 9th grade in maths and physics class. The students were using ICT and Mahara e-portfolio which helped me to check their previous knowledge and to motivate them for further work with additional graphics. The results have shown that the students using new technologies have better knowledge, are more motivated to study and participate in the class actively. At the same time using new technologies in the class has positively influenced the social integration in the class because the students are more willing to help each other. New didactic approaches have made research teaching and learning easier and have had a positive effect on the knowledge on the higher level. The instructions given by the teacher at the beginning of the class can be supplemented by the ICT. Consequently the students can also do experimental work in physics because they are more aware of the methods they are using and because their theoretic basis is better. The results of joining such projects have shown that using the ICT in physics class enables the process knowledge which contributes to the better knowledge of natural sciences in general.
