Preparing a Vienna Project Week in Web 2.0 (from Approved Forms of Preparation to E-Learning Resulting in E-Content)

Visiting the federal capital of Vienna is compulsory in most Austrian secondary schools, especially in the 8th grade. In general, this “sightseeing tour” lasts one week. Generally speaking, as a teacher you can choose between two forms of organising this project week: Either you take advantage of the so-called “Wien Aktion”, which is a programme run by the Austrian government. They set the structure for your tour through Vienna and plan your intinarary. However, you may also arrange your project week yourself, which involves lots of intensive preparation beforehand, especially in class. During the project week, your selfplanned programme is a mixture of booked tours (e.g. St. Wiener Stephansdom, ORF = Austrian television broadcaster, Vienna International Airport, Technisches Museum Wien) and self-organised sightseeing activities. The principle “from learning facts to activityoriented working” is a guideline for the preparation time as well as all the activities during the project week. This paper shows how planning this project week can be supported by geomedia.