Learningapps.org E-Environment as a Tool of Blended Learning Form of Education at Elementary School

Development of information technologies in the modern world creates conditions of a paradigm of education change and causes prerequisites for introduction of the new forms and methods of training with use of the e-environment in educational process. Blended learning is one of the forms of electronic learning in the course of education based on application of Internet technologies. Informal methods and forms in education in the process of transition to a competent approach can possess a high potential of students' personal and social skills development. In the article methods and techniques of introduction in educational process of electronic-educational environment Learningapps. org are described, as a tool of mixed educational form at elementary school. One of the research objectives was to identify the educational motivation of pupils of 3 -4 grades during the process of introduction of the electronic environment Learningapps. org in educational process. The results of the questioning, which was carried out at Liepaja Secondary School No. 7, defining educational motivation while using such a form of education, are given in the article. 54 respondents took part in the questioning. Questionnaires contained statements, answers to which were estimated according to Likert's 5 point scale. The results of the questioning of the pupils of 3 and 4 grades revealed a rather high level of educational motivation -in the 3rd grade -100% and in the 4th grade 95,8% of pupils were referred to motivated while Blended Learning form of education with the use of the Learningapps. org e-environment was applied. The statistical analysis of the results of the questioning revealed regularity of the decrease of educational motivation in the 4th grade, in comparison to the 3rd grade, that is confirmed by psychological researches of Markova (1983) and Matyukhina (1984). In general, the use of Blended Learning forms with application of the Learningapps. org e-environment at the lessons at Elementary school causes interest of pupils and promotes formation of competences of 21 century.