Pagrindinių informatikos konceptų ugdymas pasitelkiant varžybas
Introducing the main concepts of informatics and information technologies via contest

Summary/Abstract: technologies in general education and competitions as motivator for engaging pupils in technology education. It is of high importance to provide pupils with skills both to use computer technologies and to understand them in more profound way. After the short survey of the curriculum on information technologies at Lithuanian comprehensive schools and after pointing out the fact that certain elements of informatics or computer science are no longer available for all pupils the paper explores the ways in which pupils could be engaged with this science. One of the solutions could be competitions. The contest on informatics and computer literacy named “Bebras” may be the key to the potential of science knowledge and attractive way to bind up technology and education. The first “Bebras” contest was conducted in Lithuania 2004. Now there are twelve countries participating in the contest. The structure, goals, technology, and assessment are described in the paper. Problems (tasks) are the keystone of the contest. Attraction, invention, tricks, surprise should be desirable features of each problem presented to competitors. The problems have to be selected carefully, taking into account the different aspects of each problem. Some statistical data on last contest are presented and discussed.

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