Authors David Tobinski and Gerti Wißing, Universität Duisburg-Essen, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany Basic computer knowledge Handling of laptop computers and the keyboard (use of computer language) Opening and storing of documents Basic functions of Word (e.g. Formatting, WordArt, creation of a background) Use of images and animated GIFs Systematic layout of an individual webpage Structuring of the homepage and linking content Aims Operating system Windows XP, Microsoft Word Software Project description Classes German, social studies, arts Ages Year 4, ages eight to tenMedia literacy, writing skills, creativity, cognitive competence Key terms Overview of the project “We create our own class homepage“ The democratic process of creating a classroom homepage during the course of this project is a part of attaining media literacy in all of its basic dimensions.

Planning and management Background and planning process: It is the aim to implement the computer as a tool for everyday classroom activity. Therefore, the focus should be on content while the computer is in background. A classroom homepage can be seen as a digital form of a classroom newsletter which is the result of a democratic process. In our project media literacy is being established in all of its basic dimensions. This can be done by the training of „computer experts“ within a period of six weeks. These computer experts later assist their classmates during German lessons. The classroom: “We create our own class homepage“ - -

Teaching material and resources Example of a personal description and of instructions on how to store a text “We create our own class homepage“ - -

Evaluation and standards Categories of evaluation: Pupils, parents and teachers write down their comments in the guestbook of the classroom homepage Curricular requirements: Media-specific teaching aims, in this case for the subject German “We create our own class homepage“ - -

About the school and the teachers Gerti Wißing, teacher on the training Loskamp Essen - Germany David Tobinski, Lecturer Universität Duisburg-Essen Universitätsstraße Essen - Germany “We create our own class homepage“ GGS Neuessener Schule Altenessener Str Essen Germany