The final challenge of this project is to edit and promote a digital newspaper. But before that, you need to surf different websites and overcome several missions that will help you gain knowledge and acquire strategies.

Collaborative work is highlighted in this project, which means you will mainly acquire knowledge by working in pairs or small groups. Likewise, you will also work individually on interactive activities to which you will access by clicking on the website links provided.

Do not forget that your teacher can help you whenever necessary on your way towards the big final challenge.

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 It is advisable that you read some general information about this resource before you start working so that you learn about the objectives that you need to achieve and the tools and applications with which you will fulfill your tasks or missions. You will also know about some aspects on your work evaluation and how to use Your learning diary. Click on the titles below for detailed information.

Your Work

The missions that you will have done at the end of this project are:

• The presentation of different sections and parts of a newspaper.
• A video report on events happening at your school.
• A news story about a person or fact in history.
• The design and presentation of a flyer on an International day at your school.
• The final challenge which consists of the design and production of your own digital newspaper

Tools and Apps

To create, design and edit your work, you will be able to use the following apps, among others.

• Cacoo, an online tool with which you will create word maps to work on key vocabulary.
• Canva, which will enable you to design and create your own charts and posters.
• StoryboardThat. You will use this online app to prepare the drafts for your presentations. 
• Google Slides, to create slide presentations.
• Online voice recorder, A voice based learning tool.
• Wevideo, A tool with which you will create and edit videos.
• ARTHR,   Paper.li Crayon Zinepal: suitable tools to create a digital newspaper.

Promoting your work

Notice that you will be performing several missions and we are sure that, by the end of this resource, you will be proud of your great work, which you can prepare, publish or share with the help of the online tools and apps listed below.

• To publish, you will use Weebly site. An email account is required to create your own site where you will be posting all your missions. Within this site, you will create a blog entitled 'Your learning diary' in which you will be including relevant information concerning your learning process.
• To share your work with other people, you will use Pinterest, a digital board where you can publish your tasks and share them with your classmates.

Throughout the project, your teacher may award you with a badge from Open Badges in case of excellent performance. 

Assessment

Your progress on this project will be assessed according to the following criteria:

• Teacher's evaluation: your teacher will use the assessment rubrics to evaluate your work on the missions and the final challenge. 
  • 'Rubric for assessing a presentation' (download in editable odt format, download in pdf).
  • ''Rubric for assessing a questionnaire' (download in editable odt format, download in pdf).
  • ''Rubric for assessing a video in the classroom'  (download in editable odt format, download in pdf).
  • 'Rubric for assessing an informative text'  (download in editable odt format, download in pdf).
  • 'Rubric for assessing a timeline' (download in editable odt format, download in pdf).
  • 'Rubric for assessing a digital poster' (download in editable odt format, download in pdf).
  • 'Rubric for assessing your digital site'. (download in editable odt format, download in pdf). This refers to your Weebly site where you will publish all your work of this and other projects.
• Peer evaluation: you will assess other partners by creating your own assessment sheet with the items that you consider as appropriate or by using the assessment rubrics listed above. 
• You will self-evaluate the final outcome using the document 'Rubric to assess the project: Writing a newspaper'  (download in editable odt format, download in pdf),  This rubric brings together the main criteria for assessing your missions and challenge.
• Teacher's observation in class based on your degree of participation in the project and how well you perform all the missions.
• As you can see, you will get entirely involved in this project by acquiring, creating and sharing contents as well as assessing both, your own and your classmates' learning process.

Learning Diary

You will learn more meaningfully if you reflect on your work progress throughout this project. In your Weebly site, you will create a blog entitled "Writing a newspaper" which will be Your Learning Diary. Here, you will answer several questions which will help you become aware of your efficient work and of the difficulties that you find in each mission and in the final challenge.

Final remarks

Your work on this resource will help you develop your linguistic competence as you are presented some language aspects that you can practise in several reading, listening, writing and speaking activities. Here, you also have the chance to develop your autonomy in your learning process and to work in a collaborative way with your classmates. Besides, you can broaden your digital competence with the online tools and apps suggested to carry out your work.