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First steps is a school magazine in which pupils will publish articles. Pupils will be helped by their teachers and their articles will be about school life, history, geography, traditions, differences and similarities between our countries.
This project aims mainly at encouraging language learning and intercultural dialogue. Pupils should learn how to write collaboratively, with both their classmates and partners abroad, and publish articles on-line.
- Subjects: Cross Curricular, Foreign Languages, Geography, History, History of Culture, Informatics / ICT, Language and Literature, Media Education
- Languages: EN
- Pupil's age: 13 - 18
- Tools to be used: Chat, e-mail, Forum, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Web publishing
- Aims: - to develop writing and reading skills in a foreign language
- to use English as a mean of communication
- to... read more- to develop writing and reading skills in a foreign language
- to use English as a mean of communication
- to develop collaborative writing and proof-reading skills;
- to develop critical thinking skills when looking for, selecting and organizing relevant information on the chosen topic;
- to write different types of articles (interview, news, reportage, photo-reportage, advertisement, survey, essay, review, announcement);
- to get familiar with the job of a journalist: rights and duties of journalists; respecting author’s rights;
- to learn basic web writing and graphical design rules;
- to take digital pictures and use them in articles;
- to use ICT collaborative tools for publishing, editing, commenting and, if available, rating articles;
- to communicate efficiently with both classmates and partners abroad;
- to develop their inter-cultural skills.
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- Work process:
- Expected results: A common on-line magazine and a paper version of it.
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