Creation of an Electronic Newsletter - Spanish Program
In this activity, two electronic newsletters were created and
put on the web. To achieve this, small teams of students across
all year levels took on different tasks, such as designing the newsletter
and writing up short articles, editing (Year 11 and 12 students).
Frequency: maybe one each semester
Student teams: Preferably a combination of students with and without a home background in the community language
The articles can be on varying subtopics related to community
resources, such as music, singers and clubs, films and videos, festivals, shopping,
restaurants and food, and jokes in the community language, but they can also
be related to school activities, such as sporting events and concerts. For the
lower year levels students can be encouraged to use materials already developed
for class assessment tasks, while higher level students and students with a home
background in the community language can write new articles.
For the design and set-up of the web page it is possible to involve students who are doing an IT subject and who can use the experience as part of their work experience for the IT subject.
Example Activity 2
Lunchtime meetings
Start and develop the newsletter by holding short
lunch-time meetings once a fortnight and by getting as many students
involved as possible. The LOTE teacher could be responsible for the meetings.
The beginning
At the beginning it is important to find
out what students are interested in writing about and encourage less able students
to edit already completed work.
Keep going
Once different groups have been allocated different
tasks, it is important to keep the lunch-time meetings going so that students
can write their articles in an environment where they can seek help and advice
from older students, students with a home background in the community language
and the teacher.
Design and set-up of the web-page
The articles are then sent to the person responsible
for the design and set-up of the web-page. If there are no students interested
in that task the teacher might have to take it over. Nevertheless, the students
should still be involved in choosing the web-design (colours, background, format
etc.).
The end
At the end, when the newsletter is ready to be uploaded
onto the Internet, a little party can be organized during which students can
view their finished newsletter.
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