Schola Europaea European School Brussels II

The most important step in the project is
to consider and decide the output of the
project at the beginning. Pupils have to
know what the end result should be in order
to be able to choose the work strategy and
the content of the topic.
In the case of our project, pupils suggested
a book and multimedia presentation for
parents as their end products. So we
agreed on the date for the presentation:
13.3.2008.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT
First, the pupils started to think about the
project contents and made a mind-map.
After that pupils thought about possible
sources of information for their project.
First they accummulated many books
and magazines both from home and from
the school library. They were learning to
decide which book was appropriate and
corresponded to their reading and thinking
levels. They had to read a lot (naturally),
learned to choose the key words, and to
write about their interest according to their
abilities. They were responsible for the
output in the end.
When they had enough information
from the books, they began to find new
As soon as the pupils knew the topic,
the expected output and the date of the
presentation, they could start working on
their project. Every week they worked on it
during one Czech language lesson and one
ICT lesson in the computer room. At that
moment the second phase started.
information via the computer. They had to
become acquainted with many websites
and choose some of them for their project.
They were enthusiastic about looking for
pictures of the animals, footballers and
other topics. They printed the pictures and
added them to the written text.
The pictures from magazines and the
Internet were also used as a source for
creative activities.
After having spent enough time surfing
the Internet and downloading pictures and
information, the children needed to type
something concrete about their topic on the
computer. They started using the software for
typing poems, stories, news, summarising
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