COMPUTER CLASSROOM A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN ACQUIRE BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Zoran Vrbanac,prof., Osnovna škola Davorina Trstenjaka, Zagreb

He graduated at the Faculty of Science in Zagreb, and attended the course of postgraduate studies in computer science at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Zagreb. He has taught physics and mathematics in secondary schools and worked in RIZ Transmitters Factory EJ Informatika as head of the Software Implementation Department mainly working on implementation and development of applicative and servicing software as well as lecturing at the RIZ Informatics Education Center.
From 1994 he is in charge of the computer classroom and teaching computer science at Elementary School “Davorin Trstenjak” in Zagreb and from the 1997 he is acting as CARNEt system engineer and coordinator for his school. From 2001 he is president of the Computer Science Teachers Association of Zagreb.

Vanja Praznik,dipl.pedagog, Osnovna škola Davorina Trstenjaka, Zagreb

Graduated at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, she spent 18 years working as education counsellor & supervisor and last ten years in Elementary School “Davorin Trstenjak” in Zagreb. The school is a training & practice center for Teachers Academy, Faculty of Philosophy and Faculty of Science of Zagreb University. She is working as coordinator for students lectures as part of the Training Center. Her main points of interest are alternative pedagogies and the applicability of certain particular approaches in our specific teaching process.