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From the News Room!

From the News Room!. Laura DeFalco EDU 505 Webquest. Events are constantly happening all around the world every day at every moment. Reporting that news to the citizens is an important task.

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From the News Room!

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  1. From the News Room! Laura DeFalco EDU 505 Webquest

  2. Events are constantly happening all around the world every day at every moment. • Reporting that news to the citizens is an important task. • The goal of this project is to have students create a broadcast in German using current German events. Introduction- From the News Room

  3. Your task as a class is to create a short news broadcast. • The class will be split into groups that will focus on different topics needed for the broadcast. • You will be expected to research current news events in Germany and create your own mini news reports for them in German. • The entire class will then put together a short video presenting all of the news stories. Tasks

  4. The class will be split into groups, the groups are news reporters, meteorologists, sports broadcasters, and commercials. • You will be given 10 minutes for each section to present in the broadcast. • Everyone will be expected to speak at least once. • The total time of your class video will be forty minutes. Process

  5. Your job is to look up multiple newspapers from Germany. • You will need to read and understand the current news events going on in Germany and German speaking countries. • You will then as a group need to use one or more of the current news events for the class video. • Therefore rewriting in your own words what is happening in German. Group 1 – News reporters

  6. You will need to research the current weather in Germany. Not only for one area but for the whole country. • You will then as a group need to predict what will happen in the next week for the whole country. • Your prediction will need to be well thought out and in German. • You can also create maps and images to display in the class video. • Remember Germany uses Celsius. Group 2 - Meteorologists

  7. Germany has many great sports teams and sports are a huge part of German culture. • So like the other groups you will need to research what sports are playing during this time of year and what the stats are. • You will need to create an exciting ten minute presentation getting everyone up to date on the world of sports in Germany. • Of course all presentations need to be in German. Group 3 – Sports Broadcasters

  8. Germany has many commercials that are similar to those in the states. • You will need to look up current German commercials. Then create some new ones using the same products. • These can be short but remember you have to create enough to cover ten minutes in the video. Groups 4 – Commercials

  9. Once all of the research is completed, the video will need to be made! • Remember all the information you will be presenting is from the internet but in your own words. • The video will be filmed during class and each group should bring props to make it look as real as possible. • This is a news broadcast!!! Remember to have fun! Finishing Up

  10. Here are some great links to help start your research! • Reminder all of the groups can use the newspaper sites to find information. • The commercial group should look into more than just the newspaper sites. Resources

  11. http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/germany.htm • http://www.abendzeitung.de/ • http://www.morgenpost.de/ • http://www.spiegel.de/ • http://www.zeit.de/index • http://www.nrhz.de/flyer/ Newspaper Websites

  12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFoFZxDyXeE • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK5RkV7OJUI&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAF9oQJ2a0g&feature=related • Youtube.com is a great site to get commercial ideas. Commercial Websites

  13. Video Project Rubric.docx Evaluation

  14. Now that the video was a success, we can see how much work goes into creating a news broadcast. • News broadcasts in Germany are set up the same way as those in the States. • Also with the new links and information from this project you can now keep up to date with what is happening in Germany.  Conclusion

  15. This designed WebQuest is for High School students learning German as a second language. The main goal is for the students to learn about different news events while using there German language skills. They are expected to learn through using various German websites and to research a news broadcast in German speaking countries will be. Each group member will be asked to participate and to present their information to the class in a short video speaking only German. Teachers Page

  16. Students will be using many of the New York State Standards. • They will be reading and writing in German and also listening and speaking in German. • Communication and culture are the two main points for the NYS standards. With this project students will be learning and practicing both! • It should only take about two weeks to complete and this project will be a great way to interest students into current events from Germany. Teachers Page cont.

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