CULTURAL HERITAGE AS MEDIA-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Abstract

This paper reports on a project realized at the European Archaeological Park of Bliesbruck-Reinheim which combines excavations and reconstructions of Celtic and Roman finds. Further project partners were the nearby local schools. The project’s aim was to create a CD-Rom with information on the European Archaeological Park to be used by schools in preparation or revisal for visits there. In order to be interesting for the students, it was thought to be best if the material was produced by pupils themselves. It was thus prepared, made, and edited by the German and French pupils from both (German and French) partner schools – in part in web-based collaboration. Topics ranged from history and Roman and Celtic art to arms, from economy to ecology. The pupils produced texts, images and video films, showing for example their experiences with ‘living archaeology’. Another aim was to make them learn how to organize information in a way interesting for themselves (and other pupils).