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In this project the students will be journalists, who will be writing articles for our on-line newspaper. In the newspaper we will write about different topics:
• News from our school.
• News from out village/town/city.
• News from our country
The aim of this project is creative writing in English, the use of ICT and getting to know each other’s school, country and town. The children write articles, post videoclips (recorded interviews, video broadcast of a school celebration or sport event, ect.)
- Materias: Ciencias políticas , Ciudadanía , Geografía , Historia , Historia de las culturas , Informática TIC , Lengua y literatura , Lenguas extranjeras , Medios de comunicación
- Idiomas: EN
- Edad de los alumnos: 11 - 15
- Herramientas a utilizar: Diario del proyecto, email, Otro software (Powerpoint, video, fotos y dibujos), Publicación Web, TwinSpace, Video conferencia
- Objetivos: This project aims mainly at encouraging language learning and intercultural dialogue (geography, culture, school system, the way of life, ect.)... más informaciónThis project aims mainly at encouraging language learning and intercultural dialogue (geography, culture, school system, the way of life, ect.) . Pupils should learn how to write collaboratively, with both their classmates and partners abroad, and publish articles on-line. ocultar
- Proceso de trabajo: 1. Getting started:
A/ check-list for teachers
* agree on the involved pupils’ age and level of foreign language knowledge;
*... más información1. Getting started:
A/ check-list for teachers
* agree on the involved pupils’ age and level of foreign language knowledge;
* try to link both the topics and the type of articles to the foreign language curricula in both countries;
* agree on time lines and on ICT tools used in the project;
* share their ideas on how to teach a foreign language through collaborative writing and reading;
suggest activities and exercises, which will enable their pupils to write articles in a foreign language (some activities available from links bellow);
* Depending on the age and the maturity of pupils, the teachers decide on how much freedom the pupils will get in the on-line newspaper creation process and on how complex their on-line newspaper will be;
* decide on the ways of pupils ‘collaboration:
o pupils write the article within their own school and, once published on-line, they share and discuss it with partners abroad;
+ they work on the article with their partners abroad since the beginning;
+ they work individually, in pairs or in groups; pairs or groups are either mono-lingual, formed within the same school, or multi-lingual, within the partnership.
o younger pupils get help from older pupils within the same school.
* learn to use the publishing tools like the Twinspace and other ICT tools needed for the project (word processing, email, digital camera and Internet);
* plan the guidelines and hands-on activities on the use of on-line newspaper software for their pupils;
explain the way of working and the purpose of the project to their pupils. It is crucial to involve them as much as possible.
B/ suggested check-list for pupils
* get familiar with the ICT tools needed for the project;
* get organized for information collection and collaborative writing process. They either work with their classmates or their partners from abroad. With the help of their teacher, they decide on who will be responsible for which task (information collection, writing the draft, taking pictures, handling ICT tools, proof-reading, etc.)
* decide on the sections of their on-line newspaper and agree on them with their classmates/partners (e.g. News from my school, my town/village/city and country);
* choose relevant topics for their articles and agree on them with their classmates/partners. The topics can go from general ones (culture, costumes, everyday life, habits, holidays,etc.) for younger pupils or beginners at foreign language to specific and more challenging ones (politics, social life, culture, art, educational system, etc.) for older or linguistically more advanced pupils.
* choose the journalistic approach according to the topic and their capacities (interview, news, reportage, photo-reportage, advertisement, survey, essay, review, announcement, …);
* acquire language skills needed for their task: via reading and working on similar types of articles written by professional journalists, studying the vocabulary related to the topic, etc.
2. Collecting and sorting the information
* Pupils find, select and organize material on the chosen topic (via Internet and/or library);
* They brainstorm their ideas and prepare drafts of the article, respecting the journalistic approach they have chosen;
* They decide on the layout of the article and on the pictures, which will illustrate the ideas expressed in the text;
* Teachers monitor pupils´ work, guide them through the process and help them cope with challenges of collaborative writing in a foreign language.
3. Publishing articles
* When writing the final version of the article, pupils take into account the comments made by the other members of the team concerning the quality of the language, content, layout and pictures;
* They quote the sources of information provided in the article properly;
* Pupils insert the article in the Twinspace;
* Finally, teachers as administrators make their articles public;
4. Learning with and from each other
* Pupils read their partners’ or other teams’ articles;
* They exchange comments. They consider the quality of the language, content, layout and the relevance of the pictures;
* The articles are put together into an on-line newspaper , if the tool used allows it. They decide and agree on e-journal design (logo, front page). They organize available articles according to the sections they agreed on at the beginning;
* They try to find common features and differences in the perception of the chosen topic in their countries.
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- Resultados esperados: We expect students:
# to develop writing and reading skills in a foreign language;
# to develop collaborative writing and proof-reading... más informaciónWe expect students:
# to develop writing and reading skills in a foreign language;
# 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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