My Project: European Newspaper
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A newspaper where students publish the different activities and interests they have experienced during the school year. Each school will contribute to the different columns proposed in the newspaper:
1.headline news
2.Extracurricular activities
3. Complementary activities
4. hobbies and interests
5. Sports
6. Comic strip and literature
7. Technology
8. School clubs and groups,
9. Getting to know eachother (contacts) (all students participate in this section).
AGE GROUP: 12-16 YEARS OLD
NUMBER OF PARTNERS: 2-3
LANGUAGE USED: ENGLISH
TIMING: October – May (one school year)
AREAS INTEGRATED: FOREIGN LANGUAGE, COMPUTER CLASS, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.
METHODOLOGY:
ACTIVITIES
2. Writing the different articles for the newspaper: Each group will write an article covering an event for the section they have been asigned. They will follow a guideline and use an editing program to write it and include pictures. The articles will be sent to the teacher by email. She will upload the articles to google drive, where students from the different schools can read the articles before publishing them.
3. Writing comic strips. The groups in charge of writing comic strips will work together on the story and drawing of the comic. They will base their comic on a situation or event taken place in their school, and the characters will be the students themselves. Their drawings will be scanned to be included in the comic strip. They may use a word processor or any other application or programm they know how to use.
4. Writing the contact page. Using a PADLET, each student participating in the project will introduce themselves, leave an email or social network so other students can contact them and meet eachother. They may add information, or edit the one existing throughout the project. When composing the newspaper, the PADLET will be exported and shared in the common European Newspaper.
ICT TOOLS USED IN PROJECT: PADLET, TWINSPACE, EMAIL, GOOGLE DRIVE, SCANNER, WORD PROCESSOR, GOOGLE FORMS.
The different activities will be evaluated by the students and teacher with rubrics. The end product will be evaluated by the students of the school with a survey (google forms)
Students and Teachers will work together in PADLETS, GOOGLE DRIVE, EMAILS, and SOCIAL NETWORKS, to construct a common product, read about others experiences, learn about other cultures, and contact with other students from different parts of Europe.
FINAL PRODUCT
A complete Newspaper written in a word processor (word) which integrates articles of the different sections from different schools of Europe.
DISSEMINATION OF FINAL PRODUCT
Each school will print out the final product of the project so they can share with the student body (they may print a series of number of copies and handout to the students participating and others from other classes). Then, post online on the school web page (or any other shared platform) in digital format so anybody of the school community can read it or print it.