NewsTheyCanUse:Crea/ngaDigitalNewspaper

Helpyourstudentsdiscoverandsharetheirownvoices!

Astudent-generatednewspaperforarealaudienceengagesstudentsintheauthen/cprocessofinquiry,draBing,andedi/ng.

Crea/ngpictures,stories,andfeaturescoveringtopicstheycareaboutmo/vatesstudentstolearnmorelanguage.

Duringthissession,par0cipantswilllearnstrategiesfor:

•  Guidingstudentsthroughthestepsofcrea/nganewspaper•  Adap/ngthisprojecttosuithigh-tech,low-tech,orno-techseHngs

AmiChristensen

AmileadstheIntensiveEnglishProgramattheUniversityofWisconsin-EauClaire.Shehastaughtavarietyofstudents,frommiddleschoolerstoadults,throughoutAsiaandintheUnitedStates.

SherecentlyservedasanEnglishLanguageFellowinThailandfortwoyears.

SheholdsanMAinTESOLfromtheUniversityofWisconsin-RiverFalls.

Ami’sinterestsincluderhetoricandwri/ng,Englishforprofessionalpurposes,andtechnologyineduca/on.Sheenjoysfindingnewwaystointegratetechnologyintoherclassroom.

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NewsTheyCanUse

Session Goals

•  Toexplainwhystudent-generated,digitalnewspaperac/vi/esarebeneficialforstudents

• Toexplorehownewspaper-crea/onprojectsandrelatedac/vi/escanbeincorporatedintodifferentclassroomcontexts

What kinds of group projects or teamwork have you tried in your classroom?

appliesknowledgetosolveauthen/cproblems.

oBenusesdigitaltools.

isstudent-focused.

developscollabora0on,crea0vity,mo0va0on,and21stcenturyskills.

Project-basedlearning:

(Hoyt,2013;Wolpert-Gawron,2015)

“Project-based learning integrates knowing and doing.” -

(Markham, 2011)

Our students acquire and use informaLon differently than we did when we were in school.

One kind of project-based learning acLvity is creaLng a student-generated, digital newspaper.

Whataresomechallengeswe

faceasteachers?

Student

You don’t need technology to make a student-generated newspaper.

BuildsaclassroomcommunityWorksfora

varietyofabili/es

(Lynch,2006;Ono&Ishihara,2010;Herrington&Moran,2012;Hoyt,2013)

What are the benefits of creaLng a student-generated, digital newspaper?

Createsanauthen/cresource

Increasesstudentmo/va/on&vocabulary Providesinterac/on&prac/ceinEnglish

Develops21st-centuryskills

Discovering the SecLons of a Newspaper

Who is your audience?

What format should you use?

How much Lme do you have?

Semester Plan for The ESL Times

October4(theme:firstimpressions)•  135–pictureswithcap/ons•  201–audioorvideointerviews•  305–reviewsofcampusevents

November8(theme:cultureshock)•  191–surveyonstressrelief•  291–reflec/onson/me•  391–stagesofcultureshock,interview:whereareyounow?/howdoyoucope?

December10(theme:holidays)•  105–photosofholidaycelebra/onsanddecora/ons•  215–Americanholidaysvideos•  360–reviewsofcommunityevents

Four AcLviLes for Digital Newspapers

1.  Wri/ngCap/ons

2.  Surveys

3.  Interviews

4.  Reviews

Acap$onisa/tleorbriefdescrip/onofanimage.

1. WriLng CapLons for Photos

2015

Preparing to Write CapLons

ü Askques/onstodescribethephoto.• Whoisinthephoto?• Howoldarethey?• Wherearethey?• Whataretheydoing?• Howdotheyfeel?

ü Reviewbasicsentencestructure.

1. WriLng CapLons (beginners; sentence-level wriLng)

Studentsspeakabouttheconcert.

WriLng CapLons (advanced)

Askstudentstowritecap/onsbasedondifferentcontextsandaudiences.

SocialMedia–Gaveagreatpresenta/ontoday!#proud

CityNewspaper–Year3juniorhighstudentsatBaikogivegrouppresenta/ons.

Interna0onalNewspaper–JuniorhighschoolstudentsinJapangivepresenta/onsinclass.

WriLng CapLons (no tech.)

Askstudentstodrawtheirownpictures.Askotherstudentstohelpwritethecap/ons.

Springisbeau/ful!

2. Surveys

Preparing for a Survey (sample schedule)

ü Week1–ExploringSurveys(45min.)Showstudentssamplesofques/ontypes(2op/ons,mul/pleop/ons,scaling,openanswer).Letstudentsprac/cemakingtheirownques/onsaboutafamiliartopic.

ü Week2–Brainstorming(30min.)Studentsworkinteamsof3-4studentstocreateasurveyques/on.Teamssharetheirques/onswiththeclass.Classchoosesoneques/on.

ü Week3–Conduc0ngSurveysAnswersarecollectedashomework.

ü Week4–Reviewingresponses(30min.)Studentsprepareresponsestosubmittonewspaper

2. Surveys (beginners-intermediate; forming quesLons, listening and wriLng)

Whatisyourfavoritegameinthelibrary?

Game VotesDixit 6SemlersofCatan 5Headbands 4Blokus 3WordsontheStreet 2Jenga 1

Surveys (intermediate-advanced, forming quesLons, listening and wriLng,

analyzing & visualizing data)

MorethanhalfofthestudentsthinkDixitorSemlersofCatanarethebestgamesinthelibrary.

Askstudentstocreateagraphicandone-sentencesummaryoftheirresults.

Surveys (intermediate-advanced, integraLng quotes)

Thegamestableinthelibraryisaninteres/ngac/vityforstudentswheretheycanprac/ceEnglishwhileplaying.Todaywehadasurveytoaskthemwhattheirfavoritegamesare.Hereistheresult:“Dixitisaboardgameanditisthebestgamewehave

playedsofarbecauseit’sagamewhereyoucanuse

yourimagina0on,”saidGabriela.AccordingtoPaula,it’sadynamicgame,andforDiego,it’sagameaboutcrea/vity.Fortheteacher,Ami:“Dixitisagoodgame

forpeoplewhoarelearninglanguagebecauseitno

maJerwhatyourEnglishabilityis,youcanplayand

s0llhaveagood0me.”

Askstudentstowriteashortparagraphabouttheirresultsusingquotesfromatleast2people.

Surveys (no tech.)

Askstudentstowriteouttheirsurveyques/onsandanswers,andthendrawagraphicwiththeresults.

Surveys (high-tech.)

Askstudentstosendasurveyusingadigitalsurvey/pollingprogram.

3. Student Interviews

How have you prepared students for interview acLviLes?

Students can pracLce forming quesLons and answers using AcLvate Games for Learning American English.

3.Studentinterviews(low-intermediate;crea/ngques/ons,listening& transcribing,usingconnectors)

DoyouliketowatchTVshows?Ifyes,What’syourfavorite

andWhy?

Yes,IliketowatchTV.TherearealotofthingsonTV,butIprefertowatchsoccergames.

Imagineyouareonepowerfulwarriorandyoucanchoseonetypeofpower.

Whatpowerwouldyouchooseandwhy?

Ichoosetobefast,becauseIcouldwakeupatthe/meofclasses.Iwouldneverbeintraffic,visitworldwidewithnocost,finishmyhomeworkquicklyandhavemore/meforfun.

StudentInterviews(high-intermediate;askingques/ons, listening&takingnotes,paraphrasing,usingapull-quote)

Askstudentstousereportedspeechtowriteabouttheirinterview.

...Shetoldthatshelovestotravel,todanceandlistensomemusic.However,herfavoritehobbyisballet.

“Iloveballet!Iprac8cesinceIwas4yearsoldandIwantto

keepprac8cinginmywholelife!”

Inaddi/on,shealsogiveclassestochildrenandhavealreadywonaballetchampionshipofRiodeJaniero’sState.

Apull-quoteisashortquotefromatextandisusedtograbamen/on.

Student Interviews (notech.)

Askstudentstohandwritetheirinterviewanddrawapictureofsomethingtheylearned.

Student Interviews (high-tech.)

Askstudentstorecordaudioorvideointerviews.

4. Reviews

Preparing to Write a Cultural Event Review (sample schedule)

ü Week1–Exploringreviews(50min.)Showstudentssamplesofeventreviews.Helpstudentsiden/fythestructureorfeaturesofthereviews.

ü Week2–AJendingevents(outsideofclasswithpartnerorgroup)Besuretoaskstudentstotakenotesattheirevent.

ü Week3–Wri0ngafirstdra_(50min.)Studentsworktogethertobeginwri/ngtheirreview.AfirstdraBiscompletedashomework.

ü Week4–Preparingtopublish(50min.)Studentsexchangeworkwithanotherpair/groupandgive/receivefeedback.FinaldraBsarecompletedashomework.

Preparing to Write a Review

ü  Helpstudentsrememberwhattheyalreadyknowaboutatopic.

ü  Providesentencestartersforexpressingopinions.Letstudentscompletethemwithinforma/onaboutafamiliartopic.Ø  Ibelievethat...Ø  Frommypointofview...Ø  ThewayIseeit...Ø AsfarasI’mconcerned...Ø  I’mofthetheopinionthat...

Whowasinvolved?

Whathappened?

Whendidithappen?

Wheredidittakeplace?

Whyisitimportant?

Howdidithappen?

Aleadistheparagraphorsentencecontainingthemostimportantinforma/on.

4. Reviews (intermediate-advanced; wriLng paragraphs, making a hook, sharing opinions)

GoingDeeperintheNa0veAmericanCulturewiththePow-Wow

ByDanielandViniciusDo you know what pow-wow means? And what

abouttheNa0veAmerican’sculture,doyouknow

anything about that?As an exchange student wedon’t know too much about this subject, andamending the Honor the Earth Pow-Wow was anamazingopportunitytoknowmuchbemerwhatthefirsthabitantsofthislandhadtoshowtoworld.

Ahookgrabsthereadersamen/onandmakesthemwanttoreadmore.

4. Reviews (intermediate-advanced; wriLng paragraphs, expressing feelings)

Interna0onalFolkFair

ByRada

...Ididn’tpresentmyowncountryofSyria,becauseIthoughtthatpeople

wouldonlywanttotalkaboutthewarthatisgoingon,andIreallydidnot

wanttodothat.SoIhelpedmyLatvianfriendsintheirbooth,andwecookedtogether on Saturday. And I learnedsome dances, and I wore some tradi/onalclothesofthem,ofLatvians.Anditwasreallyfunandnew.Theycanreallyreallymakeverygoodcheese.Itwasatreatforme.

Reviews (notech.)

Askstudentstowriteareviewonpaperanddraworcolorapicturetohelptellthestory.

Reviews (high-tech.)

Askstudentstocreateshortaudioorvideoclipstoincludewiththeirreview.

1.  Wri/ngCap/ons2.  Surveys3.  Interviews4.  Reviews

NewspaperAc/vi/es

DigitalPublishing

Mail Chimp

• Simpletemplatestodraganddropcontent

• Freeunlimitedpages

• Canbeviewedinanemailorawebbrowser

Issuu

• Upload.doc,.docx,or.pptfiles

• Magazinelayout

• Canbedownloaded,sharedvialink,orembeddedonotherWebpages

How could you use a student-generated, digital newspaper?

•  Tosharenewsaboutyourschool,program,orclassroom

•  Tosupportlearningunitoutcomes

•  Tohelpolder/advancedstudentsteachyounger/beginners

•  Toconnecttoanotherclassroomorcommunity

Materialscreatedbyandforstudentsincreasestudentconfidence,crea/vity,engagement,andmo/va/on.

Student-generated, digital newspapers help develop integrated language and 21st-century skills.

Tips for CreaLng a Digital Newspaper Planusinglevel-

appropriateskillsyoualreadyteach.

Dealwith

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topics.

Givestu

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choices

and

respons

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Gradetheprocessandtheproduct.

Provide

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Do one thing at a Lme.

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