Practices

G@t it! The European Feeling
Comenius Multilateral School Partnership
Countries involved:
ES, NL, TR, IT, FR, HU, PL, DE
Thematic Field: Literacy
Key words: Writing skills, Reading across the curriculum, Digital competences
Description:
The main aim of the project was to have students work cooperatively in the creation of
articles regarding European teenagers’ interests and culture. The themes of the
different issues were chosen by the students themselves through a questionnaire
carried out in all the schools.
The activities consisted of publishing a European magazine (paper and online),
written by and for students, whose aims were related to the educational project of
each school. It involved students of different levels of secondary education schools
and the following subjects: Maths, Languages, Art, Sciences, Sports, Geography,
History and Technology. The project took an interdisciplinary, inter-cultural,
communicative, student-centered and multi-learning style approach, and
supported the development of creative thinking skills to foster the academic, personal
and social growth of the participants.
The project established a Web 2.0 social network for teachers and for students to
share ideas and project files, add comments, assign tasks and start discussions
concerning the project. Four issues were published of "G@t it!" the European student
magazine written with and for students.
This project developed students' writing skills as well as cross-curricular and other
transversal key competences.
Awards:
EST star Project
Duration:
2008-2010
Webpage:
http://www.ejournal.fi/cfm33/index.php?action[]=IArticleShow::showArticle%28%27
33173%27%29
http://www.europeansharedtreasure.eu/detail.php?id_project_base=2008-1-ES1-
COM06-00046
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