I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #46
I*EARN IN ACTION #46, December 3, 1998
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I*EARN News Flashes!
YOUTH REPRESENTATION ON THE I*EARN ASSEMBLY: I*EARN youth are discussing
how to give young people influence in the decisions made at the I*EARN
Assembly. All youth are invited to join these discussions on
iearn.youth.
HURRICANE RELIEF: If you want more information or want to help in Central
America, contact your local Red Cross, or read and respond to the topics
"Hurricane Mitch in Guatemala" or "Honduras Relief Effort" in
iearn.teachers.
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.
HOLOCAUST/GENOCIDE PROJECT (HGP) SURVEY. The HGP is gathering information
to publish in An End To Intolerance in June, 1999. Please post your
answers to the following questions under the topic "SURVEY, PLEASE
ANSWER!" in iearn.teachers or iearn.youth 1) Can you or your school
access the iearn.hgp conference? 2) Have you looked at our website:
http://www.igc.apc.org/iearn/hgp/ 3) How have you used our website
and/or conference in your schools?
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIRST PEOPLES PROJECT!: The project was recently
given the Arts and Humanities Award by The Education Foundation, a
non-profit organization in Australia which supports state (government)
schools. http://www.peg.apc.org/~bairnssec/fp/
Check it out! Resources, Web Sites and Postings
THE 4TH GRADE FROM SCHOOL 10 IN FOCSANI, ROMANIA ANNOUNCES THEIR NEW WEB
PAGE!: Including links to the I*EARN projects that we have participated in
1997/1998. Visit at:http://est.estcomp.ro/~sc10.
WEB PAGES OF I*EARN NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN ROMANIA: See descriptions and
photos of the meeting last month in Cluj, Romania.
http://lcjdap.soroscj.ro/IEARN/events/CNI_13-14_1998/.
MUN E-NEWS: An Electronic Mailing where thousands in the Model U.N.
community have the ability to keep in contact with each other on a regular
basis. If you have questions, please contact the group moderator at
mun-e-news-owner@egroups.com or see
http://www.eGroups.com/info/help.html.
Join Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators
BULGARIAN STUDENTS LOOKING FOR KEYPALS: 54 high school students in Varna,
Bulgaria are looking for keypals. You can see their letters in
iearn.teachers under the topic "We are looking for keypals 1/2 and 2/2."
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.
FIGHT AGAINST CHILD LABOR: Material for the project should be sent to the
new iearn.projects conference with the subject line: ENG/CHILD LABOUR:
CONTRIBUTIONS. Some rather remarkable contributions have be made recently
from students in Thailand, Kyrgyzstan and Australia. For info, see
http://www.peg.apc.org/~bairnssec/marches.
FLOWERS AND SYMBOLS: See and share poems, stories, legends, and
descriptions of flowers and their symbols all over the world. See this
topic in iearn.culture.
HOLOCAUST/GENOCIDE PROJECT: See Survivors Speak testimony from Zina
Costina and her family and the new topic about fascism posted by our
Russian friends. All welcome! See iearn.hgp.
INSIDE VIEW MAGAZINE: Join students in iearn.inside currently discussing
and writing articles on issues such as UFOs, Is God real???, Death
Penalty, Life in the City, Police Brutality and Racism, Parents' Rights,
and more.
JOINT ECONOMIC EDUCATION PROJECT: The purpose of this project would be to
link several groups of secondary school students in different countries
and teach them economics and business by organizing different kinds of
joint work via Internet and E-mail, stimulating competition and exchange.
See this topic in iearn.teachers
LOCAL BIRDS AND TALES ABOUT BIRDS: See the tales and information young
people are sharing about interesting birds diverse regions of the world.
See this topic in iearn.environ.
"MICKIEWICZ MULTI-LANGUAGE THEATRE": A project to make the theatre
performances of Mickiewicz texts with Belarussians and Lithuanians by
video-conferencing cameras in the same time in our national languages.
Ages: Secondary. Starting date Dec 10. Contact Marta in Poland
martucha@friko.onet.pl.
PLANET FRIENDSHIP HAS 43 COUNTRIES!: Make it 44! Add your country too!
Visit http://i.am/a.friend and leave your trace in iearn.planet.
PROJECT "JANOSIK": A project to learn about legendary highwayman Juraj
Janosik, who lived and robbed near the border of Poland, Slovakia and
Czech. Starting date Nov 30th. Contact Maciek in Poland
macfil@friko2.onet.pl.
PROVERBS AND SAYINGS: Students and teachers are invited to collect
proverbs and sayings from their region/country and then share and discuss
them on iearn.culture.
STOP VIOLENCE PROJECT: Join students in iearn.violence currently
discussing and writing articles on issues such as Apathy, Violence Against
Gay People, Alcohol, Drugs, and Violence, Violence and the Media, Is
Having Guns at Home Safe?, Communication Skills, Ex-convicts, Gangs and
more. Write to Lisa Jobson in the USA ljobson@iearn.org for more info.
UKRANIAN STUDENTS LOOKING FOR KEYPALS: Contact Danilyan Ludmila, an
English language teacher at Kharkiv Middle School N 172 under this topic
in iearn.teachers.
WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS: A 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 Contact Victoria Kisaakye in Uganda: under the topic
"Garbage: How do you dispose of it?" in iearn.environ.
Coming Soon! Upcoming Events and Projects!
HAGUE APPEAL FOR PEACE YOUTH PROGRAM: "National Teach-In on the War System
& Transformation to a Peace System" January 20, 1999, Washington, D.C.
Hague Appeal for Peace International Conference May 10-15, 1999, The
Hague, The Netherlands May 10th - Youth Day. For more information see
iearn.forum or the web site of the Hague Appeal
http://www.haguepeace.com and the Youth Program
http://youth.haguepeace.org.
STATE OF THE WORLD FORUM FOR EMERGING LEADERS: January 28 - 30 1999 in
Monterrey, Mexico. This Forum will bring together 600 youth fellows from
all over the world to discuss topics such as civic participation in youth.
See http://www.worldforum-mty.org or write to Jessica Garza at
garzajessica@hotmail.com.
1999 CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING CONFERENCE (CoSN): Feb 24-26, 1999
in Washington, D.C., USA. For more info, contact Keith Krueger
(202-466-6296, ext 18) or see http://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.
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS MIRK'99: To be organised
in Slovenia between May 19-21,1999 by I*EARN Center Slovenia, Open Society
Institue Slovenia, The Slovenian National Institute and The Ministry of
Education and Sports. The conference theme is "The integration of the
computer technology into the school's project work". Call for papers
avaliable on http://www2.arnes.si/~ljosi8/piranan.html. For more info,
contact Alenka Makuc in Slovenia at alenka.makuc@guest.arnes.si.
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/.
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.
INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS OF ALKMAAR: From July 9-11, 1999, an
annual MUN conference for high schools will be organised in Alkmaar, the
Netherlands. For more info, contact frankschmid@hotmail.com or
imuna@bart.nl or see http://www.bart.nl/~imuna.
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
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