I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #50
I*EARN IN ACTION #50, February 12, 1999
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I*EARN News Flashes!
1999 SIXTH ANNUAL I*EARN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
HOSTED BY THE I*EARN ORILLAS CENTER
WHERE: PUERTO RICO
WHEN: July 11-17, 1999
THEME:"Language, Culture, and Equity through Global Learning Networks"
For more information, contact Enid Figueroa
efigueroa@orillas.upr.clu.edu or Kristin Brown krbrown@iearn.org.
Information about the conference is also being posted on the newsgroup
iearn.upr99.
INTERACTION 99-MATERIAL REQUIRED: Interaction is I*EARN's newsletter,
distributed twice each year. The first issue of Interaction '99 will be
published in May. Articles, photos, drawings, etc can be sent to Bob
Carter in Australia bairnssec@peg.apc.org. We would especially like
brief reports (no longer than 200 words) from each of the I*EARN centers
and country members. Articles should be no longer than 400 words and sent
as email or (preferably) as attachments in .txt format. Graphics,
photographs should, preferably, be in jpeg, bmp or gif format. Submissions
deadline: April 3.
A WARM WELCOME TO WILLIAM BELSEY, NEW I*EARN COORDINATOR IN CANADA!: You
may send greetings and messages to William at belsey@thenet-worker.com.
GLOBAL INDIGENOUS ART PROJECT: Most of the indigenous student art has been
mailed, and is now arriving at participating sites in Argentina,
Australia, Guatemala, Hungary, Mexico, Thailand, and the USA.
Participating schools will soon begin conducting global art exhibits in
their communities. The Los Angeles Children's Museum (USA) plans to
feature the G.I.A.P. exhibit later in '99. For more info, contact Charly
Bullock, USA at charly@arriba.nm.org.
I*EARN YOUTH BRIEFCASE: The youth of I*EARN want to create a brief-case
which could be used by everybody. All I*EARN youth, please visit
http://www.briefcase.com/. Username "iearny" and password "somalia".
Then fill in the info for the addressbook (name, surname, address, etc.)
and for the calendar (your birthday). For info, contact Sebastijan
Podgornik, Slovenia, I*EARN Youth Representative
sebastijan.podgornik@guest.arnes.si or see iearn.youth.
I*EARN-USA is exploring a possible collaborative project with AFS, YFU and
ICYE - the high school exchange programs. If you have been an exchange
student under one of these programs or have been involved as a teacher or
host family, we would like to talk to you. Write us at
exchange@copenfund.igc.apc.org.
MEETING IN CZECH REPUBLIC: I*EARN friends from Slovakia and the Czech
Republic came together in early Feb. for a successful meeting and planning
for new topics for co-operation - Gipsies and Violence. Special thanks to
the new Czech Coordinator, Katka Cajkova katka.cajkova@osf.cz.
HELP WITH BOOK ON PUBLISHING WITH STUDENTS: I*EARN participants in Asia,
South America, and Africa who are interested in sharing their experience
with a U.S. author writing about student publications, contact Chris Weber
cweber@teleport.com.
MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF GYMNASIUM (LEVEL) EDUCATION IN BELARUS: Opened
Jan. 25, 1999 in gymnasium #2 (Nikiforov str, 37, Minsk, Belarus (Former
USA)). If anyone is interested in the project or can tell us about history
of education in your country, contact us. The Organizing Committee. Elena
I. Chuprik, Belarus gimn2mn@user.unibel.
Check it out! Resources, Web Sites and Postings
(including resources that are not part of I*EARN)
GLOBAL ARTS PROJECTS: The new project, 'Super Heroes' is just getting
underway if you like cartooning! Check out all the various art galleries
and project announcements at
http://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/users/jot/painting/index.htm.
NEW EFL BULGARIA WEB SITE: Contributions from ESL/EFL teachers are
welcome. For more info, contact Violeta Tsoneva in Bulgaria
violeta@fmi.uni-sofia.bg http://welcome.to/eflbulgaria/
NEW LOCAL BIRDS PROJECT WEBSITE:
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Andes/9694/
1999 SIG/TEL ONLINE LEARNING AWARDS: Are you and your students involved in
an original, online learning project? If so, you may wish to enter the
"1999 SIG/Tel Online Learning Awards." Since 1991, ISTE (THE International
Society for Technology in Education) has recognized creative teachers for
their pioneering use of telecommunication networks. Entries must be
submitted via e-mail by April 1, 1999. For more info, contact Kathy
Kothmann kathyk@bihs.net.
1999 SKIPPING STONES YOUTH HONOR AWARDS: Recognizing youth, ages 7-17, for
their contributions to multicultural awareness, nature and ecology, social
responsibility and community building, peace and non-violence. Entries may
be essays, interviews, poems, etc related to the above themes. Deadline:
June 20, '99. For more info, contact skipping@efn.org.
Join Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators
CHILDREN'S FOLK GAMES: The game is a recreational activity enjoyed by
children. It is orally transmitted from child to child, often accompanied
by traditional formulas or counting out rhymes. This creation reflects the
spiritual universe of childhood. Student submissions are required by April
1, 1999. Share short descriptions of any game, counting out rhymes,
recorded songs, tongue twisters, artwork or photographs representing group
games. See this topic in iearn.kidscan.
THE CONTEMPORARY NEWS MAGAZINE: TC is interested in seeing articles, as
well as responses, for the May 1999 issue. See topics in iearn.tc.
GENERATIONS CANConnect PROJECT: A project in honour of the UN
International Year of the Older Person that will involve youth
interviewing seniors about particular objects or memories that are
significant to them. In addition, students will be mentoring seniors in
the use of Information and Communications Technologies...how to find
health information, using e-mail, managing files, Internet banking and
playing bridge with others around the world. For more info, see this topic
in iearn.teachers and iearn.youth.
l999 GLOBAL ART PROJECT: A SENSE OF CARING: A project in which children
around the world are exchanging artwork and writing about how we care for
and about one another in our families, school, community and world. Each
school exchanges artwork and writing with other participating schools,
displays their collection of global artwork at their school/community, and
responds to one another's art and writing through email. For more info,
contact Kristi Rennebohm Franz, USA kfranz@psd267.wednet.edu.
HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT: Democracy in Schools and Homes. Students will
explore features of student leadership, electioneering and suffrage and
analyse the duties of the student leadership and the role of the staff in
this process, as well as the method of putting student leaders in office,
to determine [a] are fundamental human rights respected in this kind of
leadership? [b] is the communal good served in this kind of leadership?
For more info, see this topic in iearn.teachers.
LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT: Students will be involved in researching the
history of their town or area and posting their articles to
iearn.kidscan. Students between 9-17 years can participate. Check out
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~skippy/history or contact Margaret
Shearn, Australia mshearn@netconnect.com.au.
REFUGEE PROJECT: Among the goals: -To figure out solutions to refugee
problem in the next millennium. - To build students and teacher capacity
to problem-solve and research. - To identify challenges faced in the
operation of the refugee. - To assess and examine the response or attitude
of refugees to development activities as a way for sustaining themselves.
- To assess Education Levels of Refugee. - To build student Art and
Imaginative composition around related themes. For more info, contact
Richard Ssekyeru, Uganda ssekyeru@hotmail.com, lubiriss@infocom.co.ug.
THE SOMALIA PROJECT: Created so that members of the I*EARN community can
assist and support struggling Somalian schools. The aim of the project is
to provide much needed supplies to the schools and exchange pictures,
photographs and greetings between Somalian students and project
participants. For more info, see iearn.somalia or contact Briohney
North, Australia bry@dcsi.net.au.
SPECIAL PLACES PROJECT: Students are invited to write about a place that
is precious to them. Open to all ages. For more information, contact
Marinela Dinca, Romania dim@lsv.cl.edu.ro or Liza Suclyshkina, Russia
nsks689@glasnet.ru.
SCENARIOS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: - Youth Visions for the Year 2100. A
web-based course on sustainability and the future developed for high
school students to learn about the global issues involved in
sustainability (population growth, global climate change, etc) and analyze
them using the tools of futures research-trend identification, scanning,
and expert interviews. Starts March 7th. For more info, contact Seth
Itzkan, USA sitzkan@planet-tech.com
http://www.planet-tech.com/projects/sustainable_future/.
"VIRTUAL CHEMISTRY 2000": Soil near railroads and highways is oftentimes
very polluted. We will check the soil pollution/water pollution in these
regions and draw comparisons globally. For more info, contact Helen
Solopova and Nikita Koshelev in Estonia nkoshelev@kes.ee.
"THE WAYS TO THE FUTURE": Students respond to and discuss the following
questions: Is it really important to have faculties and skills for
achieving aims or does it depend only on your wishes and persistence? Is
it important to develop faculties and skills? Is it good or bad when
anybody continues the family's profession? Goal - to share examples about
achivment of your aims. Send ideas on this topic to iearn.youth or
contact Lida Sobol in Russia, nskg002@glasnet.ru.
WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS PROJECT: Aims at highlighting the problems affecting
the effective training of females in the discipline of Mathematics in the
world today and proposing solutions to these problems. For more info,
contact Ugandan coordinators Mr.Labongo Badru labongo@msmn.ac.ug or
labongob@hotmail.com, and Mrs.Kijagulwe Immaculate kijags@msmn.ac.ug.
Coming Soon! Previously Announced Upcoming Events and Projects!
(including resources that are not part of I*EARN)
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.
NAT'L YOUTH CONFERENCE FOR THE HAGUE APPEAL FOR PEACE: April 10 & 11,
1999; Washington, DC, USA. Contact lorengost@aol.com.
HAGUE APPEAL FOR PEACE: May 11-16; The Hague, Netherlands. For more
information: http://www.haguepeace.org or mailbox@ipb.org.
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS MIRK'99: Slovenia
between May 19-21,1999. Call for papers
http://www2.arnes.si/~ljosi8/piranan.html. Contact
alenka.makuc@guest.arnes.si.
WORLD SUMMIT OF YOUTH PEACEMAKERS: May 29 - June 1, 1999; Phoenix,
Arizona, U.S.A. Contact J'Lien Liese imsi@earthlink.net or see
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/NCPCR.
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/.
INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS OF ALKMAAR: From July 9-11, 1999 in
Alkmaar, the Netherlands. For more info, contact frankschmid@hotmail.com
or imuna@bart.nl or see http://www.bart.nl/~imuna.
UNITED YOUTH CONFERENCE: July 18-25, 1999; San Francisco State University,
U.S.A. Designed as a prototype for a proposed United Nations Youth
Assembly. See http://www.oneday.org.
SYDNEY 2000: October 2000 in Sydney, Australia. For more information email
David Carter at bairnssec@peg.apc.org.
For Reference
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