I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #44
I*EARN IN ACTION #44, October 28, 1998
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I*EARN News Flashes!
HOW TO USE iearn.ideas CONFERENCE: iearn.ideas has been
cleaned and is being re-posted to serve as a comprehensive
listing of ALL I*EARN project templates, and also as a place
for project facilitators to share periodic project updates. =20
Projects will no longer take place on iearn.ideas. Look for
each project's conference location on its project template
posted in iearn.ideas, and go to its particular conference to
post any contributions.
NEW WEB AND NEWS SERVER IN SLOVAKIA: See http://www.iearn.sk
and new mirror I*EARN news server news.srobarka.sk.
EDUCATION WEEK ARTICLE FEATURES I*EARN SCHOOL, A:SHIWI
ELEMENTARY: Opening Up the Classroom-The World is their
Teacher, by Mary Ann Zehr. See
www.edweek.org/sreports/tc98/cs/cs10.htm or find in the
October 1, 1998 (pp. 65-66) of Education Week.
HELP NEEDED FOR PUBLISHING WITH STUDENTS BOOK: A U.S. teacher
is writing a book about publishing with students, and is
seeking contributions from I*EARN teachers and students around
the world. If you are interested in sharing your I*EARN
projects, contact Chris Weber, USA cweber@teleport.com.
Check it out! Resources, Web Sites and Postings
CABLE AND WIRELESS CHILDNET INTERNATIONAL AWARDS: The Awards
will highlight and reward innovative communication projects or
activities benefiting children, and encourage those with
limited resources to extend what they are doing. Deadline: 31st
Oct. 1998!!! See http://www.childnet-int.org/awards/enter.html to enter.
THE ODYSSEY WORLD TREK: The Odyssey is sending a U.S.team to
visit 11 countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Zimbabwe, Mali, Egypt,
Israel, Turkey, Iran, India, and China. Students can "travel
around the world" via the Internet by following the journey of
this group, promoting global awareness and getting them
involved in helping affect change along the way. See
www.worldtrek.org, or write to worldtrek@hotmail.com.
U.S.-CHINA TEACHERS EXCHANGE PROGRAM: The American Council of
Learned Societies is seeking applications for an exchange
program for teachers in American and Chinese schools. For more
info. and an application package, write to the Education
Office--China Program, American Council of Learned Societies,
228 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017 . Deadline for the
1999-2000 school year-Feb. 15, 1999. Contact Josh Goldberg,
josh@acls.org for more info.
NEW EDUCATIONAL SITE IN ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS: For junior,
middle and senior students http://www.webclass.asn.au.
MULTIMEDIA SCHOOLS MAGAZINE: Looking for your stories for
upcoming issues addressing topics of information literacy,
professional development, community/family involvement,
education technology leadership, assessment/data management,
certification and teacher preparation, Intranets.... Contact
Ferdi Serim ferdi@silicon-desert.com.
http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools.
CULTURAL HORIZONS: Secondary school students worldwide are
welcome to send articles and photographs about their I*EARN
projects and activities, for publication in the international
youth magazine, Cultural Horizons. You are also welcome to
send poetry, art and essays about life and culture in your
country. Contact Seth Selleck, Sweden
cultural_horizons@friaborgsskolan.simrishamn.se.
Join Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators
LOCAL BIRDS AND TALES ABOUT BIRDS: Students study and discuss
birds and birds tales of their area. See this topic in
iearn.environ
STOP VIOLENCE CONFERENCE: Join students in iearn.violence
currently discussing issues such as "Violence against women,"
"Violence Against a Gay Student in Wyoming," "Is Having Guns at
Home Safe?," "Violence and the Media," "The Violence of
Discrimination, Alcohol," "Drugs, and Violence," "Relationship
Violence/Abuse," and "Kosovo and Its History."
THE CONTEMPORARY: Join students in iearn.tc currently
discussing and writing articles on issues such as "War - Is It
Ever Justified?," "Technology - is it REALLY connecting us?,"
"Discussion: Everyday Life," "After High School, Asia's
economic breakdown," "When Does a Politician's Private Life
Become Public Knowledge?"
INSIDE VIEW: Join students in iearn.inside currently
discussing and writing articles on issues such as "New Topic:
Is God real???," "What do you think the future will be like?"
"Are there really UFO's out there?," "teen pregnancy," "Police
Brutality and Racism," "Gender and Discrimination," "Death
Penalty," and "What's happening in NYC Schools."
CHILDREN'S FOLK GAMES. Share short descriptions of any game,
counting out rhymes, recorded songs, tongue twisters, artwork
or photographs representing group games. Possible outcomes will
be a universal anthology with children's folk games, artwork
and photographs, a recorded tape, and a web site. See this
topic in iearn.kidscan
FOLK SONGS: Participants will create audio cassettes with folk
songs from their region/country and send them together with a
description, paintings, drawings, photos, etc. related to the
songs to everyone else, and they will receive cassettes and
information from all the others. All ages. Oct 1-June 1999.
See this topic in iearn.culture.
PROVERBS AND SAYINGS: Students and teachers collect proverbs
and sayings from their region/country and send them together
with an English translation, if it's possible. A short true or
imaginary story connected to each proverb can be attached.
Drawings and pictures welcome. All ages. Nov. 1- May 1 1999.
See this topic in iearn.culture.
WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS: A new project to raise global
awareness to the problem of waste management in schools as well
as suggesting the most efficient methods for waste management.
Open to secondary school students. Dates: Oct.20-Nov.30
See the topic "Garbage: How do you dispose of it?" in iearn.environ.
FORUM GLOBAL: Every 2 weeks there will be an on-line debate on
educational issues, open to parents, teachers and all those who
might be interested. Debates will be made known in different
mass media. Languages: Spanish, Catalan and English...and any
other language that can be facilitated by someone who speaks
it. To participate on the web, seehttp://www.forumglobal.org.
GLOBAL ART PROJECTS FOR 1998 - 1999: See this new topic in
iearn.globlart to locate currently operational Global Art
Projects which may or may not be located in iearn.globlart.
If you are coordinating an art project in I*EARN, please post
your project description here.
Coming Soon! Upcoming Events and Projects!
1999 SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO BE HOSTED BY THE I*EARN ORILLAS CENTER IN
PUERTO RICO: Start planning to come to next year's conference in Puerto
Rico July 11-17. Send your ideas, recommendations and questions to: Enid
Figueroa in Puerto Rico efigueroa@orillas.upr.clu.edu or Kristin Brown
in US krbrown@iearn.org. You can find general information about Puerto
Rico at this address: http://www.topuertorico.org.
SYDNEY 2000: Ushering in the new millenium: In October 2000 the first
International Student Representative Conference will be held in Sydney.
Secondary students leaders and teacher advisors from around the world are
invited to attend. For more information email David Carter at
bairnssec@peg.apc.org.
INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT (ICC): 23 - 25
November 1998, Dunedin, New Zealand. The Conference which is being
organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the 1998
International Children's Conference Board, Dunedin, will bring together
150 children between the ages of 10 and 12 years to learn and voice their
concerns about the state of the environment. For more info or to apply to
the Conference, contact: Theodore E.A. Oben in Kenya
theodore.oben@unep.org or see http://www.unep.org/unep/event/icc.
I*EARN WORKSHOPS IN MACEDONIA, AND KIEV AND KHARKIV, UKRAINE: "Spread the
spirit of I*EARN community and friendship" - greet and send welcome
messages to teachers in these workshops in iearn.teachers!
ENVIRONMENTAL CAMP: In Tatry, Slovakia, Oct. 28 -Nov.1. 12
countries, 60 students. See http://www.iearn.sk/98/camp/
1999 CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING CONFERENCE (CoSN):
Feb24-26, 1999 in Washington, D.C., USA. For more info, contact
Keith Krueger (202-466-6296, ext 18) or
seehttp://www.cosn.org/conference/index.html.
J@K 2000: European Youth Academy is still looking for secondary
schools for a 2 year cooperation, via internet and with
meetings of teachers and students. Topic: Intercultural
communication with new media. First teacher workshop: March
99, teacher/student workshop: autumn 99, Youth Academy
Assembly: April 2000 in Austria! Join us: Kristl Titze,
Alpen-Adria-Alternativ, Villach/Austria.
alpen-adria-alternativ@carinthia.com.
NECC '99: National Educational Computing Conference to be held
June 22-24,1999 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. For more
info, call 541.349.7571; fax 541.302.3781 or write
necc99@ccmail.uoregon.edu http://www.neccsite.org/.
For Reference
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