WebMagazine 2.5
Introduction
WebMagazine 2.5
is a production and publication tool available in several
languages offered by Peda.net.(*) It’s an easy-to-use and reliable web
tool created in a close co-operation with teachers and educational
establishments.
With WebMagazine 2.5, pupils and teachers can easily produce and
publish material whenever desired on the web.
To
see a sample of webzine in education, click
here:
A
sample webzine
With WebMagazine 2.5 a pupil or student can edit a
magazine without needing any knowledge of HTML. A school can reserve a
magazine of their own by filling in a form available on the Internet. An
individual network magazine is created for each school. The school can
divide their magazine into sections for different subject areas or for the
use of different grades.
(*)
Peda.net offers web-based services to schools and education
institutes in order to help schools to integrate collaboration on Internet
in their daily school work.
With WebMagazine teachers can:
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offer a motivating and user-friendly web tool
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use network in many ways in teaching
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improve students' opportunities for further
education
Students
can:
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develop and improve the ICT-skills and basics
in e-learning
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work in co-operative ways in spite of the
place and time
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use network in many ways in studying
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be more aware of the importance of new
technologies in education
To see a sample of school magazine, click
here
A school magazine
Benefits for Teachers and Students
There are many different possibilities for the use of
WebMagazine: schools and classes can publish happenings and
activities, announcements, reports, outcomes of different projects, etc.
To see a sample, click
here
A sample
It is also possible to use it as a workbook for a certain subject or
project.
To see a sample of webzine for a Comenius project, click
here
A sample for a Comenius project
A webzine can be a mean to promote critical reflection or to provide an
opinion and discussion forum on various topics.
To see a sample, click here
Opinions
Pedagogical background
It is important to integrate web based tools in teaching
and learning in order to develop and disseminate innovative and meaningful
pedagogical methods. Web-based tools allow teachers to produce several
kinds of teaching material (e.g. courses, modules, portfolios and
guidelines).
The use of WebMagazine can be a good mean to gather
experiences and examples of good practices concerning the integration of
web based learning environments and tools.
Schools can collaborate transnationally with thematic Web
Magazines. They can also start cooperation in writing and publishing
articles in their own magazines in foreign languages on agreed topics,
themes and then visit the magazines by other countries and react. And this
can be a good mean to give students the opportunity to be co-authors,
rather than mere viewers of the world in which they will live.
To see some samples of school webzines, click here
A school
webzine
Tools
With Web Magazine it is very easy to produce
and publish articles, tasks etc. It is possible to attach links, pictures,
video clips and even voice to the magazine.
Technical requirements
All Peda.net tools are offered as ASP (Application Service
Providing).
Users need only Internet connection and web browser to
access the tools.
Target age
Students in Primary and Secondary schools
Adults
Acknowledgements
The above informative material is adapted from the following websites:
PEDA.NET (http://peda.net/en/index.php),
Eduprojects.net (http://www.eduprojects.net),
Global.peda.net (http://global.peda.net/peda/more_about_services.html)
