Blog as a contemporary learning environment

Monika Kovačič
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I. osnovna šola Žalec

Povzetek

Poučevanje v družbi znanja in za družbo znanja predstavlja pred učitelje nove naloge. Učitelji  morajo biti odprti za spremembe, pri delu inovativni ter motivirani za pridobivanje novih kompetenc, še posebej za kompetence s področja uporabe IKT tehnologije pri aktivnem procesu poučevanja in učenja učencev. V prispevku je predstavljena uporaba bloga pri izbirnem predmetu šolsko novinarstvo. Z blogom kot sodobnim učnim okoljem so se učenci srečali prvič, a so ga povsem prevzeli kot način aktivnega sodelovanja pri ustvarjanju spletnega časopisa. S študijo tega primera sem skušala ugotoviti, kako je uporaba tega sodobnega učnega okolja vplivala na aktivnosti učencev in posledično na njihovo znanje. Ugotovila sem, da so učenci poleg močne motivacije za delo pridobili vsa znanja po učnem načrtu, hkrati pa so izboljšali pisno izražanje, pravopisni zapis napisanega in pridobili veščine uporabe sodobne tehnologije, dela z blogom in sporazumevanja v spletnem okolju. Ozavestili pa so tudi dolžnost do odgovornega objavljanja prispevkov in izjav na spletu.

Ključne besede: blog, pisno sporočanje, sodobna učna okolja, izbirni predmet šolsko novinarstvo.

Abstract

Teaching in the society of knowledge and for the society of knowledge, presents new tasks for teachers. Teachers have to be open for changes, be innovative at work and motivated for acquiring new competences, especially the ones connected with the use of modern technology in active process of teaching and learning. In the contribution, the use of blog in the elective subject of school journalism is presented. As a contemporary learning environment, the blog, students came across for the first time. They totally seized it as a way of an active involvement in creating an online newspaper. With the study of this case I tried to discover how the use of this contemporary learning environment influenced the activity of students and consequently their knowledge. I found out that students, beside the strong motivation for work, also gained all the knowledge according to the school curriculum. They also improved their written communication, spelling and gained the skills for the use of modern technology, working with blogs and communicating in the web environment. Students became aware of the obligation and responsibility of publishing contributions and statements on the web.

Key words: blog, written communication, contemporary learning environment, elective subject school journalism.