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Project
form
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PROJECT
TITLE |
What's Up" - European Club Magazine |
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Short
Summary |
The What's
Up is a school magazine in English which started in 1993, as
an activity of the English department, aiming to provide the
students with an activity that would help them improve their
English language skills. Later it was integrated in The School
European Club, aiming to enlarge the participation of other
European schools in it.
Right from the beginning the making of the
magazine has counted on the enthusiasm this sort of activity,
together with working on the computer, usually rises amongst the
students.
Together with the edition of the magazine, we've been working on
an exchange programme (Penfriend Programme), which apart from
exploiting the potentialities of the exchange pedagogy
potentialities and making possible the exchange of experiences ,
has also made possible the collaboration of students of other
European schools in our magazine.
The Project to create an on-line edition of the "What's Up?!",
will open the magazine new perspectives, increasing its
dissemination and making it more and more a tool of
intercommunication amongst European schools. |
| School:
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Escola Secundária Braamcamp Freire |
| Country: |
Portugal |
| Partner
schools:
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Any other European School willing to participate. |
| Classes:
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Any students willing to collaborate, even those from other
European schools.
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| Project
team: |
João Luis Carreiro - Magazine Co-ordinator
Julieta
Lopes - European Club Co-ordinator |
| Project
coordinator:
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João Luis Carreiro |
| Contact
person (name,
surname, e-mail address): |
João Luis Carreiro,
JL_carreiro@netcabo.pt |
| Link
to the
Project:
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Future
School website. |
| Collaborative
work at school:
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Other teachers of the English department;
Teachers of other European Schools. |
| Technological
tools:
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Microsoft Internet Explorer; Microsoft Word; Microsoft
Frontpage; Microsoft Photo Editor, Microsoft Excel; HP Precision
Scan LTX; Microsoft Power Point; Microsoft Outlook Express;
other Internet resources. |
| Socrates
Programme:
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YES
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NO
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| Distance
Collaboration (among
Partners): |
YES
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NO o |
| RESOURCES |
Internal
(from your school) |
External
(outside your school) |
Costs |
| Human |
Participating teachers
and students. |
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| Facilities
(rooms, labs, etc) |
Computer room;
Library;
Copy room. |
Municipality of Odivelas. |
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Equipment
(PC,
videorecorder, cameras...) |
Computer;
Skanner;
Printer;
Fax
machine;
Copy machine. |
Personal computers;
Personal skanners;
Personal printers. |
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| Funds |
School budget; |
GAERI;
School. |
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| Other |
Internet resources. |
Internet resources. |
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Objectives |
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Overall objectives |
To
diversify foreign language teaching strategies;
To promote an interdisciplinary approach.
Working out information from different areas it helps the
student understands the interrelation that exists amongst the
subjects he/she learns.;
To enrich the teacher-student pedagogical
relationship, through the interaction that results from working
together and sharing knowledge;
To stimulate the spirit of creativity, co-operation and
autonomy, aiming the formation of responsible and intervening
citizens;
To reinforce the European dimension of Education. |
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Specific
objectives |
To improve the students’ communication skills in
English;
To establish on-line communication among European schools. |
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Study
skills |
To give the students an opportunity to get involved in
extra-curricular activities, which could make it possible for
them to use the English language in a situation of real
communication;
To make use of a students’ exchange pedagogy in foreign
language teaching;
To encourage the use of the new technologies in an educational
context. |
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Social
skills |
To provide the students with a space to intervene, expressing
their viewpoints on a whole variety of subjects, showing their
capacities and their tastes;
To contribute to the development of the idea of European
Citizenship. |
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Subjects involved
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English |
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PROJECT
DESCRIPTION |
| Duration: |
School
year:
From:
To: |
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Children worked on the Project |
for ______ hours a
day
/ a
week
/ a
month
Impossible to quantify, since it has been
carried out as an extra-curricular activity. |
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Teachers worked on the Project
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for ______ hours a
day
/ a
week
/ a
month
The coordinating teacher has been given 2 hours a
week to work on the project. |
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Work
has been done
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in
the class / at home
Work has been done both in class and at home . |
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Short description of how the Project has been
carried out
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The "What's Up?!" has counted mostly on
the students collaboration. The co-ordinating teacher has only
had a tutorial role, encouraging the students' participation,
proposing, suggesting, or even guiding (when it is the case),
but never blocking the students' creativity and enthusiasm.
Considering the difficulties the students often have with the
English language, it is natural the co-ordinating teacher's
intervention in what concerns the linguistic correction.
Along all these years we haven't had a fixed group of students
responsible for the making of the newspaper. All those
interested can participate in the different steps: selecting and
collecting material to be published, computer typing and laying
out. All this work is always supervised by the co-ordinating
teacher in order to get a cohesive final presentation.
We've always tried to keep the "What's Up?!" the most
interesting and attractive possible, varying its contend, trying
to keep a balance between the "serious" and the
"light" and improving its graphic aspect. |
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USE
OF TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS
Short
description of how technological tools have been
used |
Technological
tools
(videocamera/camera/digital
camera/computer/Internet/scanner/printer) |
Computer,
internet, scanner, printer
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Users
(teachers/children/experts): |
Teachers and students |
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Where
(at home/at school):
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At home and at school |
How |
To
collect material for the newspaper;
To
make the newspaper;
To
contact with other European schools;
To contact with penfriends. |
| WORKPLAN |
| Activity |
Responsable |
Expected
outcome |
When
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Contact with other European schools, inviting them to
participate in the project |
Coordinating teacher |
To increase the magazine’s European dimension |
During the school year |
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Meetings to defining work strategies |
Coordinating teacher together with students involved in the
project |
Magazine layout |
During the school year |
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Collecting/selecting material to be published |
Coordinating teacher together with students involved in the
project |
Making of the magazine |
During the school year |
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Making the newspaper |
Coordinating teacher |
Magazine |
During the school year |
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Dissemination of the project amongst other European schools |
Coordinating teacher |
To increase the newspaper European dimension |
During the school year |
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Dissemination of the magazine in the school website (in
creation) |
Coordinating teacher |
Dissemination of the magazine |
During the school year |
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Collaboration in the other European Club projects |
Coordinating teacher |
To increase the magazine’s European dimension |
During the school year |
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Participation in School Project Shows/Forums organized by the
school or the Municipality |
Coordinating teacher
European Club Coordinator |
Dissemination of the magazine |
May |
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Correspondence exchange amongst our students and students of
other European schools |
Coordinating teacher |
Improve English language skills |
During the school year |
| PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
Financing limitations. |
| WAYS
TO OVERCOME
PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
Reducing the number of copies. |
| EVALUATION |
| Evaluation
worksheets of operative
objectives |
In terms of global evaluation the “What’s Up?!” has
been a very positive initiative so far and has reached its
objectives. The project started in 1993 together with the
Penfriend Programme (a programme of correspondence with students
of other European schools) and along all these years has always
kept alive its interest and acceptance amongst our students and
has known an encouraging growth in the participation of other
European schools. Nowadays we count on the regular participation
of 3 Italian schools, 1 German school, 3 Polish schools and 1
Romanian school.
The “What’s Up?!” , has also worked as a regular link
with our European project partners. |
| Feedback
from students |
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| Feedback
from parents |
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| Feedback
from teachers |
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| Other |
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OUTCOME
DISSEMINATION |
| Wall-charts
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| Article
on school/local/district
magazine |
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| Brochure |
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| Multimedia
products |
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| Exhibition |
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| Website |
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| Seminar/Panel
session |
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| Other |
Magazine circulation inside and outside school;
Participation in School Project Shows;
Sending the magazine to other European Schools;
Using the future school website. |
I allow to
publish the above information on the ECOLE website
(www.ecolenet.nl) : YES
o NO
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