Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Case 1
Population: 10th grade, public school in
Bogota. Number of students: 42 students
(22 girls and 120 boys) Age: 15 to 17
years old.
Classroom characteristics:
The room is not very big and looks packed.
Equipment and internet available when requested.
Organized in single rows with desks and chairs.
Classes are from 7:00 am to 2:00 pm. There are two 20-minutes break at 9:15 am and 11:30
am. Every week, they have 6 hours of English, 8 of Math, 8 of Social Sciences, 4 of Spanish,
4 of arts, 6 of social service, and 4 of physical education. Most students enjoy music and
sports.
Students like working in small groups.
Language level:
Students can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most
immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local
geography, employment). They can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a
simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. They can describe
in simple terms aspects of their background, immediate environment and matters in areas of
immediate need.
Unit overview
In this unit students design, develop and
publish an interactive magazine in which
they could show their musical preferences
while creating a basic magazine online.
Students will work in groups according to
their preferences in terms of genre such as
rock, pop, funk, etc.
Students will be able to think in their
personal knowledge not only in the
traditional way but also taking into account
the new literacies (digital literacies) as a
dimension in the globalized world.
Anticipated problems
No internet working
No equipment available
Less of creativity
Not enough time for external issues
Lesson aim or
objective
Resources
Lesson 1. To
know about the
magazine online
as an interactive
way of
communication.
Lesson 2.
To recognize the
music genre
And the online
magazines that
use music as
their main topic
Lesson 3.
How to design
and create an on
line magazine
Video beam
Speakers
http://www.rollingstone.com/
http://www.billboard.com/biz/magazine
Videobeam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWffeEEQlc4
https://flippingbook.com/online-digital-magazine
changes
Lesson 4.
Creating a PPT
presentation with
their on line
creations
.
Design the previous
draft in the PPT
presentation
following the criteria
given for the
teacher.
The best PPT
presentation will be
published in
scribd.com
English laboratory
Lesson 5
.
English laboratory
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-i-selfpublished-my-magazine-online-and-in-print/
Pedagogical and
theoretical rationale
www.scribd.com