DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS' KEY COMPETENCES AND KNOWLEDGE THROUGH INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD

The topic of the study is the issue of students' key competence development in relation to the use of digital technologies as supportive means in teaching processes. In particular the attention is paid to the possibilities to develop students' key competences in teaching Technology, a compulsory subject at lower secondary schools (ISCED 2) in Slovakia, based on the use of IWB in teaching/learning activities. The objective of the research, presented in the article, was creation, application and partial verification of an educational model aimed at key competences and knowledge development through IWB in the subject of Technology. The authors describe partial results of the created model verification with a research sample of students of the 6th and 8th grade (aged 12 and 14 years). The results show that the educational model contributes to the key competence development - especially interpersonal competences and class interactions, stimulates mutual communication and teamwork of students which are among the most demanded competences.