Teaching physics in primary schools with tablet computers: Key advantages

摘要

In the past two years the project “introduction and application of e-learning and e-services, e-schoolbag” aimed to equip schools with ICT infrastructure and tablet computers in Slovenia. The article presents the key advantages of using tablet computers in primary school physics teaching and learning. Tablets promoted the internet information source and changed the role of teacher who becomes more like a coach who leads and steer learning process. Using the example of falling bodies we show how tablet computers with suitable software were able to substitute the experimental equipment and enables better individualization and differentiations of the experimental school work. Tablet computers and LMS is also perfect didactical tool for acquiring the didactical feedback on students' experimental performance. It proved to be good background for the synchronization of teaching content and schedule. The key advantages of the tablet computers were recognized in the possibility of studying the effects of every individual parameter in the dynamic experiment which is almost impossible in the real experiment.