I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #31
I*EARN IN ACTION #31, March 5,1998
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I*EARN Global School Calendar!
Most Northern and Southern Hemisphere schools are in session.
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Special Events!
FIFTH ANNUAL I*EARN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
WHERE: Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.A.
WHEN: July 12-18, 1998
THEME: Linking Communities to Make a Difference
COST: $450 (includes seven day registration, room, and meals)
For more information, write to Chattanooga@copenfund.igc.apc.org
http://www.iearn.org/iearn/Chattanooga98.html
Register by May 1. Cost, including conference fee, room, and 3 meals a day
for six days total is $450.To submit a workshop proposal for the
conference, write to conf98@copenfund.igc.apc.org with the
Name(s)/Country Origin(s) of Presenter(s),Title of Workshop, Description
(approximately one page),Outline of Workshop (approximately one page),and
Technology Needs. Proposals are due by March 25.
I*EARN News Flashes!
MACEDONIAN SCHOOLS JOINING I*EARN: If you are interested in helping
Macedonian schools join I*EARN, contact iearn@iearn.org for more
information.
MORE AFRICAN SCHOOLS JOINING I*EARN: If you're interested in working with
schools in Ghana, Uganda, and South Africa, contact I*EARN
iearn@iearn.org.
TECHNOLOGY ISSUE OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP: The February 1999 Issue of
Educational Leadership will focus on "Integrating Technology into the
Curriculum." Deadline for submission isSeptember 1, 1998. For more
information, see this topic on iearn.teachers, visit
http://www.ascd.org, or write to jsawatzk@ascd.org.
HOST FAMILIES WANTED IN THE UNITED STATES! PROJECT HARMONY is seeking
homestays for high school students from the Newly Independent States of
the former Soviet Union for both the first semester of 1998-1999 and the
full academic year. There will be between 40-50 students (ages 15-17)
arriving in mid-August. Bring another culture into your home! Contact Joe
Frasca, pharmony@igc.apc.org.
A VISION MAGAZINE: Students at the American College of Sofia announce that
they will be switching back to the title "A Vision" for their magazine,
and invite you to visit their new web site at
http://www.acs.acad.bg/english/avision/index.htm. To submit works or to
help in the review process, visit iearn.vision or write to
fountain@mail.acs.acad.bg.
Check it out! Resources, Web Sites and Postings
St. VALENTINE DAY PROJECT '98: See the results of this project at
http://elinara.ktu.lt/~rkuncaitis/valentine/.
RACING AGAINST RACISM: See the work done so far in this project at
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~vgkane/Racism1.html.
TEACHERS OF MODERN LANGUAGES: An Easter page for teachers of Modern
Languages has been created at http://www.kc.kuleuven.ac.be/k12/. It has
an on-line scavenger hunt based on the content of the page links, some
word searches and other activities such as Phrases Magiques and Les Cinq
Amis. For more information, contact Pete Jones pierre@idirect.com.
Join Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators
LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT: Students research local history of their town or
area using primary resources, newspapers, and books and post their stories
to iearn.kidscan. Project starting date was 22 February, finishing date
1 December. See iearn.kidscan or contact Margaret Shearn
mshearn@netconnect.com.au.
HUMAN RIGHTS IN ACTION: The UN is launching a human rights project on 20
March 1998 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. The CyberSchoolBus will collect inspiring
stories of classes or schools defending and promoting human rights in
their own communities. To sign up, send e-mail to globalschoolbus@un.org
Subject: rights. Include your name, school name and address.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/humanrights/.
FOOD FOR NORTH KOREA: A project proposal to bring food relief to people in
North Korea-working with an organization that installs greenhouses at
schools and hospitals to allow students, teachers and hospital staff to
grow food for a much extended growing season. After the greenhouses are
installed, it will be possible to communicate with the students at the
school. If you're interested, write to Ed Gragert ed1@iearn.org or see
this topic on iearn.teachers.
TEDDY BEAR PROJECT: Classes first exchange teddy bears and local momentos,
and then the bears' "travel diaries." To see reflections on past
exchanges, see iearn.kidscan, or for more information, write to
iearn@iearn.org.
E'99 PROJECT: This project is related to the astronomical event of the
century for Europe, the total eclipse of the 11th of August 1999. Although
it starts from an astrological event, the project will allow through its
four components, an interdisciplinary approach (physics, mathematics,
history, literature, art). For more information, see
http://www.tomrad.ro/e99/, or see this topic on iearn.teachers.
SEASON FOR NONVIOLENCE: In commeroration of the 30th and 50th memorial
anniversaries of Dr. Martin Luther King and M.K. Gandhi's assassinations,
I*EARN members are encouraged to visit the iearn.violence conference. A
Peace Project will be taking place during this Season with topics posted
in Spanish/English each Friday through April 4th. To be subscribed, write
to ljobson@iearn.org or for more information about the Season for
Nonviolence visit http://www.GandhiKing.com.
STUDENT BOOK REVIEW CENTER: Young reviewers from all over the world are
invited to send book reviews! Snail mail them, and any illustrations, to:
Carmela M. Federico, Crossroads School, 1714 21st Street, Santa Monica CA
90404, USA. Email the reviews, with any illustrations sent as attached GIF
or JPG files, to: carmelaf@lws.lacoe.edu or by March 15th you will be
able to use the online forms at
http://www.xrds.org/xrds/BookReviews/index.html.
Coming Soon! Upcoming Events and Projects!
ASIA-PACIFIC SYMPOSIUM: Several project coordinators and participants of
I*EARN projects will be attending and presenting at this conference on
April 2, including Siriluck Hiri-O-Tappa, Thailand, and Virginia King
Muriel Wells, and Jo Tate, Australia. In attendance will also be speakers
from India and Korea with other participants from the region. See
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/news/unesconf/gutconf.htm for more
information, or write to Andrew Hocking at ahocking@peg.pegasus.oz.au.
YOUTH CAN 1998 CONFERENCE: This year's conference will be happening on
April 23rd. The theme is biodiversity. More than 800 students in Austin,
Texas, and 850 students in New York City at the The American Museum of
natural History attended YouthCaN 1997. Through the use of
telecommunications, students from Australia, Spain, Argentina, Belarus,
Lithuania, and Washington state were also able to participate. For more
information, write to youthcan@igc.apc.org, or visit
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/youthcan/ or iearn.youthcan.
CU SeeMe ARTS EVENT: On April 4th, from 2-6 pm in New York City, USA the
performance artist Jenny Marketou will be hosting an interactive
performance on the I*EARN reflector site and invites the participation of
all I*EARN schools that have access to CU SeeMe. The performance is open
andsuitable for all ages. For more information, or to RSVP, write to
iearn@iearn.org, or jmarketo@thing.net.
CENTRAL EUROPEAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN I*EARN COORDINATORS MEETING: March
19-22, 1998 in Prague, Czech Republic.
NECC, NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING CONFERENCE - San Diego, California,
USA. Monday, June 22, 1998 through Wednesday, June 24, 1998.
Pre-Conference Workshop Days: Saturday, June 20, 1998 through Sunday, June
21, 1998. For more information write to necc@oregon.uoregon.edu, or
visit the NECC '98 website at http://necc98.csusm.edu/
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