Learning with eTwinning - European Commission - Europa

ObjectivesPupils learn: • about communities in Europe and where they live;• about the importance of population structure, characteristicsand change in Europe;• about the places in which people live, comparing housing;• about environmental differences and how people live indifferent regions;• how to research, select and gather relevant information;• how to describe and analyse statistical information, includingexporting information and using a spreadsheet;• how to analyse and evaluate data, maps and diagrams;• how to present and compare information from differentregions of Europe.1.3 Comparison of TV News ProgrammesLevelAdvancedSubjectMedia Education, Art, LanguagesAge Group 16-19DurationHalf a school yearProposed ICT Tools email, presentation tools, photos, chat, video conferencing,shared file archive, poll tool, galleryURL to full kit http://www.etwinning.net/kits/mediaSummaryMedia plays an important role in young people’s everyday lives and influences theirperception of life. In this context, especially through the presentation of news, TV canaffect pupils' opinions. This kit provides ideas on how to compare TV newsprogrammes on national channels in participating countries. Pupils will most probablycome up with interesting findings on how the same events are presented, highlightedor simply not mentioned, in different countries.ObjectivesPupils learn: • about legal issues and broadcasting rights in regards to TVnews;• about film analysis (camera perspectives and movements,etc.);• about general artistic features (use of colour, set up of a newsstudio, etc.);• how to set up, compare and evaluate objective visual andaudio features (outward appearance of news speaker, toneand language used, impact on audience, etc.);• about sharing tasks and working in teams;• bout presenting their results as a team;• about different ways of presenting news.14