HI Newspaper Pakistan Oct 2007 Oct 2008 A

HI Newspaper Pakistan Oct 2007 -Oct 2008 A DIGITAL NEWSPAPER PROJECT with India (Pratham) funded by Oxfam Novib (Netherlands) Saima Shauket ICT Manager Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi

Topics For the Project 1. Who am I --------------January 2008 2. My School, dream school ----- February 2008 3. The country I live in -------- March 2008 4. The culture of my country ---- April 2008 5. I can help --------------- June 2008 6. My beautiful memories -------July 2008 7. Once upon a time - (stories) -------August 2008 8. Making our world better -----September 2008

Participating schools 1. CDG Girls High School, Allama Iqbal Road, Lahore 2. CDG Junior Model Girls School, Nai Basti , Lahore 3. CDG Primary School, Mustafabad 2, Lahore 4. CDG Junior Model Girls High School, Paisa Akhbar, Urdu Bazaar, Lahore 5. CDG Junior Model Girls Middle School, Sooter Mandi, Lahore 6. CDG Junior Model Girls Middle School, Masti Gate, Lahore 7. CDG Junior Model School, Yakki Gate, Lahore 8. Sanjan Nagar Public Education Trust Girls High School, Lahore 9. MC. Boys Elementary School, Khalisa College Faisalabad 10. Government Elementary School, Unilever, Rahim Yar Khan

Activities Year long activities will include: Use of information and communication technology in integration with education • Documentation of the project • Record making/photographs of the activities • Video chat sessions • Excursions • Art work • Discussion / Idea sharing activities • Creative writing • Community Service • Activities to save environment

Expected Outcomes The program is planned to address the following objectives: • to provide opportunities for the students of the deprived community to get activity based education • to implement a cultural exchange program among the children of diverse culture • to learn and articulate more about their selves and their immediate environment and gradually, through interactions with their peers in other countries should be able to develop a global perspective

Expected Outcomes • to provide a platform to use their imagination to their fullest and exhibit whatever they have learnt so far • to increase in general knowledge • to increase thinking skills • • to build up positive questioning power to get familiar with Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Project Process • Profiles of the teachers are exchanged with the counterparts. • A topic is given to the teachers and children. • Children work on the given topic, do a little research on it and then draw and write on it. • Children then arrange all the drawings and writings to prepare a book. • The book is handed over to the coordinator by the teachers. • Coordinator scans the “book”, digitalizes it and makes corrections/translates the write-ups of the children.

Project Process–Cont. • That digitalized book (called a Newspaper) is mailed to the counterpart. • On receiving the newspaper from the counterpart, printouts are given to the children and the digitalized version is shown to the children on a laptop/computer. Children discuss the newspaper in the class. • Children ask questions on the newspaper from their counterpart. • Those questions are mailed to the counterparts and on getting the reply, answers are forwarded to the children.

Class Process Class activities, which the teachers have to carry out with the children for the HI project, can be divided week wise- Week one • Discussion on the topic in the classroom • Book reading, group reading, research, children can ask their family and friends

Class Process Week two • Mind mapping- selection of sub topics • Discussion on the sub topics and what can be written on it • Materials to be prepared by the childrendrawings, small paragraphs , and collection of pictures • Group reading, discussion on what the children have written or drawn on the topic (can be done in small groups)

Class Process Week three- • First page and index of the book to be prepared by the children • File making, colleting materials and arranging it

Class Process Week four • Discussion on the newspaper coming from the counterparts • Questions to be asked by the children • Comparing the newspapers for both the papers • Discussion on the replies

Other Activities • Besides Newspapers, E-books and other educational software/games can be shown to the children on a laptop • Exchange of letters between children and teachers • Live chat sessions with a Webcam between the children in India and in Pakistan • Computer classes for the teachers involved in the project • Art workshop

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