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Author: Ana Arias Castro

Email: anaariascastro@gmail.com

Level in the Spanish school system: 3º ESO sección bilingüe

Subject: social studies

Curriculum: Unit 3: Political organisation of the European Union.

Objectives:

• Understanding the reasons for the creation and evolution of the EU.
• Linking our environment with the reality of the European Union.
• Using the ICTs to elaborate content.
• Respect copyright and use of Creative Commons licences.

Objetivos de la Webquest:

• Comprender las razones para la creación y evolución de la UE
• Relacionar el entorno próximo con la realidad de la Unión Europea
• Conocer del entorno próximo
• Aprovechar las TIC para la elaboración de contenidos curriculares
• Respetar los derechos de autor y aprovechar contenidos con licencias Creative Commons

Contents of the Webquest:

• The European Union, its history, countries and institutions.
• Use of multimedia materials and integration in complex products.
• Copyright and how to respect it.

ICT procedures:

• Elaboration of multimedia products to produce curricular content.
• Choice of adequate format for the content chosen.
• Selection and insertion of multimedia elements obtained from diverse sources in the internet.

Time required:4  50-minute sessions

Previous knowledge

• User-level knowledge of internet.
• How to elaborate websites and blogs or/and basic programmes for video edition.

Observations:

There should be a computer for every two students.
Teachers should pay particular attention and orientation to those students less familair with programmes for creating websites, blogs or video edition.

Date: 14/10/2012