Jasna Pitamic, OŠ Dušana Flisa, Hoče
In the project A vertically aligned development of digital competences of all pupils at OŠ Dušana Flisa Hoče we have focused on developing digital competences in a vertical way. In the first educational period students should be able to get the basic skills of using the programs for drawing (at art), and the programs for writing texts (at slovenian). We joined both by using storyjumper towards the end of the third grade. Our English teacher presented Storyjumper to the children during one of the english lessons and focused on the words in English, which they learnt and translated together (the program is available in English). And then I, their class teacher, looked up the characters that the program offers itself and the pupils had to write their story with the given characters involved. The story could be in a form of a fairy tale, a story, a comic or it could be a combination of any of them. They could worked individually or in pairs. First they wrote stories in their notebooks, then I made some corrections, and they finished them with Storyjumper afterwards. They had to pay attention to the spelling and form of the text. Then they created also illustrations and animations, which are as well offered by the program. One of the main objectives in teaching Slovenian is that the kids are motivated to be creative in all four communicative skills and that we raise their awareness of the usage of digital technology. While using Storyjumper we also achieved the goal of digital reading, the students were very interested in the work of other students. They had an insight into the work of all. Students have the opportunity to take responsibility for their success. Storyjumper enables monitoring students on their individual paths. With the help of Storyjumper they take responsibility for their own learning and using technology, which is key to success. My contribution is thus a part of the Hand over the Learning to Learners section.
