Presenters:
Nela Bejat Kranjc
Bor Černec

Working with gifted pupils require teaching modification in order to to ensure that gifted pupils develop their abilities to the best extent.
This paper is about developing digital competences of a gifted pupil.
The teacher turned into the pupil's personal mentor and encouraged him to explore the field of his interests. The pupil got responsible for his knowledge, directed his learning, discovered information.
An individual educational plan, designed specially for each gifted pupil is a key document for setting goals
The aims of Bor's individual plan are:
- to develop his interests and strengths - languages and computing
- to broaden language knowledge by using ICT
- self-directed learning
- personality development – to increase self confidence and improve self esteem
On the basis of this document the teacher prepared activities which helped the pupil to become the designer of his own learning through ICT. To achieve these goals, the pupil got the teacher's role in an e-classroom. He searched for e-materials, under the mentorship of the teacher. These were in connection with the current lessons and had a function to facilitate understanding of the content, revision, consolidation, and motivation. The learner added web links to additional materials, inserted video clips and prepared activities for other pupils to enable developing language skills. Thus, he has deepened his own awareness and knowledge of grammatical rules, chose relevant vocabulary and activities with the help and coordination of his teacher - mentor.
During this work, the pupil developed his own digital competences:
- Evaluating information
- Developing content
- Integrating and re-elaborating- Protecting personal data
At the same time the teacher's role has changed and shifted from traditional teaching style to becoming a mentor, who encourages the learner's online research and learning, taking into account his individuality, specific needs and talents.