Projet Specific: Webzine

In the first part of this activity, the aim is to help the students analyze the different ways to structure informative texts in order to write one of their own. In the second part of the activity, students are creating a Webzine with a group of 3-4 students from the same program of study.

In class, students are placed in groups of 4 and they synthesize each of the texts (each student is responsible for summarizing one of the texts to their group). The students then write an informative text on any subject that relates to their specific program of study. Once they have finished editing and correcting their first drafts, they submit it to the teacher who provides commentary. In groups of two, the students read each other's texts and help each other correct them based on the teacher’s commentary. The instructor then gives them a tutorial on how to use Madmagz and separates the students into groups of 3-4 based on their programs of study. In their groups they write an editorial for the magazine and design the layout and graphics together. Each student incorporates and alters their texts in order to create a more cohesive final product.

Finally, once the instructor has approved of their Webzine, the students publish it online and send a link to the class and to a class in a high school. Afterward they complete a self evaluation and an evaluation of both of the groups they were in during the activity. The students propose to the instructor ways to improve the activity for the next semester.