Collaboration
1. The days during which the news survey will be implemented are settled.
2. Students work in pairs or in groups of three.
3. They select the type of media they are interested in themselves: newspaper, tabloid paper, television (public or commercial channel), radio or social media.
4. Students select a topical theme that they are interested in themselves (e.g. domestic news, international news, crimes and accidents, sports news, cultural news, etc.)
5. Groups are formed based on these interests. The groups share the tasks between themselves and report 3-5 most important items of news as well as their main content and perspective.
6. The groups check whether any news is also available in the partner country.
7. They compile a summary that contains a report and scanned or captured pictures of the news. The summary is published in TwinSpace in the materials section or in a shared Google folder. The summary may be presented as a poster, infograph or a PowerPoint presentation or whatever the students feel appropriate. International groups are formed (4–8 students). These groups include representatives from all the countries.
8. The representatives of the different countries present their reports/summaries, and the differences and similarities are discussed. Reasons for the differences are reflected on.
9. Examples of news items of the partner countries are presented.
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10. The results of all groups are presented in a shared online meeting (Teams, Adobe Connect...).
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11. If the collaboration has worked well, the studying of the theme continues with one of the following activities.
a. Creating a shared online newspaper with different themes, articles and pictures, even videoclips
b. Studying the fake news phenomenon in different countries – Where can you run into fake news? How can you sort out what is fake and what isn’t? How can we protect ourselves from fake news?
c. Discussion on what will happen to the press in the future.
d. Students examine the main news on television, in newspapers and social media over the past four weeks. Which stories did the students find the most important and/or the most interesting? In which ones have children and young people (12–18 years) played the main role? As a rule, is the news about young people mainly negative or positive? Why?