This document provides guidelines for IT projects for teachers in 2013. It encourages teachers to reuse and modify projects from previous years. Teachers are expected to familiarize students with digital tools, develop projects as part of their coursework using the language studied, make corrections to student work, and ensure original content. Students are expected to analyze previous projects, plan and publish their own original work using a web tool within 6 weeks. Projects must follow submission guidelines and use any webtool that allows publishing on blogs or wikis. Teachers are advised to do initial activities in the classroom and have students draft work before using computers.

1. IT PROJECTS 2013

2. Aims
Recylcing Collaborative work

3. “Reusing and recycling” IT projects
Teachers may use the same project they
developed last year making the necessary
modifications and improvements.
If they have a different course, she/he
may use the corresponding project
developed in 2012 for that level making
the necessary modifications according to
the group. In this case, the teacher/s will
ask for the project to the coordinators.

4. Social networks may be used as a
class tool for communication, but they
will not be considered as a webtool for
a project.

5. Teacher Objectives

6. Teachers are expected to:
familiarize students with one of the suggested digital tool,
develop the project as part of the course using the language
studied in class. IT Projects are not an “extra” activity. They
must be integrated to the learning process,
make all the necessary language corrections to his/her
students´ works,
stimulate students to use (online) dictionaries and the
language they have learnt so far,
make students aware of the implications of plagiarism.

7. Student Objectives

8. Students are expected to:
analyze and evaluate online previous projects paying attention to
language, design and target audience
plan, write, illustrate, and publish their own projects using a web
tool.
be original, avoid “copy and paste” of text.
participate in a review of a project developed by other students in
the same class or different classes.
upload their works to the corresponding blog (depending on their
technological knowledge) of text and images.

9. How to present the IT projects
Information required:
Course + Year
Teacher's name/teachers' names
Title of the Project ( Teachers will choose the topic of their
projects )
Brief Description
Tool
Number of Students
Projects which do not follow the
above guideline will not be
accepted

10. Considerations about how to
develop and fulfill the project

11. The time devoted to the projects will be 6 weeks.
Projects are expected to be ready by Set. 30th

12. Any webtool that allows publishing on
blogs or wikis will be accepted.

13. PLACE : The classroom can no longer be viewed as being
within four walls. Project implementation will be carried out
at the computer room and at home. IT projects are supposed
to respond to the concept that the class has no boundaries
and that students have access to unlimited opportunities to
learn anytime and anywhere and that they have the tools that
make this possible.

14. Comments
Respect the three stages : warmer , web and what next. To
avoid students’ anxiety, it is advisable to carry out the
warmer step in the common classroom.
Explore the webtool before Students start working on the
project
Start working with the computers if, and only if, Students
have a written draft copy of what they are going to write.
You will lose your precious time if students start thinking
about the project at the computer room.
Make students avoid “copy and paste”

15. If you have any doubt or need any help,
contact the coordinator of your area
and the IT coordinator via mail
(escuelaunlp@yahoo.com.ar)