This document provides instructions for creating an online newspaper as an educational tool. It discusses how the rise of the internet and digital technologies has led to a decline in traditional newspapers. An online newspaper can be created using programs like PowerPoint and engages students through creative writing activities while also promoting language learning. The document then outlines a 10 step process for designing an online newspaper, which includes choosing templates, adding text boxes, images, and formatting pages before publishing the final product as a PDF or flipping book online. The goal is to combine artistic activities with language learning in an exciting and motivating way.

1. Press:
How to Create
an
Online
Newspaper
by Anna Petala and George Stefanidis
34th International Convention
TESOL Greece

2. A digital era and its
ramifications
Era of
digitalisation
Extremely
easy access to Decline in
Newspaper
the Internet a number Industry /
of Search for
industries alternatives
Current economic
crisis

3. Why spend money on newspapers when nowadays
news can be very easily and inexpensively consumed
via the internet?
How is this related to education?
electronic newspaper
a powerful tool in educators’ hands!

4. Highlight
ss’ Work on
ability creative
to write activities
a text
GOAL
Combine
artistic
activities
with the
S FL
Introduce ss Reading
to advertising for
pleasure

5. Daily routine of educational procedure
exciting and motivating activities
promote a useful assimilation of academic knowledge

6. Digital era and fun activities
Online newspaper
 How have we been used to promoting their work and
creativity?
School newspaper or project-work
 However, printing a school newspaper: a costly procedure.
 Solution… Online Newspaper

7. How can this be done?
 By using programmes such as Microsoft PowerPoint or Publisher.
 We’ve come up with 10 easy and practical steps to follow…

8. 10 Steps for creating an online
newspaper
1. Blank presentation or an existing template.
2. Choose the size of your page.
3. Choose a background template picture.
4. Then, you have to think how many things you are going to
include, such as texts, images, titles so that they all fit in the
newspaper.
5. Every page in the newspaper may have a different theme
according to your subject.

9. 6. Insert a text box, choose fonts, add a title, a WordArt, a picture.
7. Add a shape behind a text or/and its title. Choose from a number of
shape fills, outlines and effects. Get used to formatting the different
layers so you can bring shapes or pictures backward or forward.
8. Group objects together.
9. Publish your pages to PDF. It is advisable to follow this procedure as in
case you are using special fonts, everyone will be able to see your work
without any undesirable alterations.
10. Finally, when you have exported all the pages to PDF, you can either
upload it to your site or blog as it is or create a more impressive
flipping newspaper online using www.flipsnack.com
http://snack.to/f7n5gm9c

10. Everything is possible
when it involves fun!