I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #51
Special Events!
***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"
WWW: http://orillas-web.upr.clu.edu
E-MAIL:efigueroa@orillas.upr.clu.edu or krbrown@iearn.org.
NEWSGROUP: iearn.upr99.
I*EARN News Flashes!
CHILDNET AWARD! Congratulations to Bairnsdale Secondary College in
Australia for winning the Childnet Award. The prize money will be used to
further the work of the The First Peoples' Project and the Child Labour
Project.
CONGRATULATIONS TO I*EARN LITHUANIAN CENTRE: which was registered as an
NGO on 23 February, and to Daina Valanciene, the new coordinator.
I*EARN CEE COORDINATORS MEETING: The fourth annual meeting of the I*EARN
Central and Eastern European coordinators will be organized in Bled,
Slovenia between March 13 and 18, 1999.
Slovenian teachers, as well as teachers from Andorra, Cyprus, Malta,
Iceland, Denmark and Sweden will also attend.
See: http://os-gorje.s5.net/CEE/index.htm
YOUTH CAN '99: THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNICATIONS
CONFERENCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE will be held APRIL 22-24
at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
They welcome participation in person or via telecommunications.
Contact Jason Gerber at jgerber@amnh.org or
see the YouthCaN website: http://www.nyu.edu/projects/youthcan.
I*EARN PROJECT WEBPAGES: If you know of I*EARN projects which have created
websites that are not yet
linked to the I*EARN Project Page
http://www.iearn.org/iearn/projects.html,
please send the URL to Lisa Jobson, USA
ljobson@us.iearn.org.
I*EARN SLOVAKIA AND PEACE CORPS COLLABORATION: Peace Corps volunteer Dan
Lowman presented a 20-minute program about I*EARN to a groups of 18 new
volunteers and their Slovak counterparts
at an In-Service training on Feb 5, 1999. For more info e-mail
lowman@srobarka.sk.
NEW PROJECT IN SENEGAL (WEST AFRICA): A research project on the use of new
information and
communication technologies to undertake vocational training activities
involving 3 target groups : 2 of 25 children each, from the age of 10 to
15, and 1 group of 10 women trained to be facilators/learners.
They welcome your support: ideas, equipment, funds or links to get
support.
Check it out! Resources, Web Sites and Postings
NEWS FROM GUATEMALA: Students met participants of World Trek, which is
traveling around the world,allowing students and others follow their trek
through the web. See the students on the World Trek website
www.worldtrek.org. The information on us is under the Latin America
section and the titles: "The folks who bring you your cup of Joe," "You
can teach an old dog new tricks" and "Making a difference"
NEW WWW SITE FROM ROMANIA: "Wisdom Celebration" Learning Circle Project
at:
http://lcjdap.soroscj.ro/projects/iearn/learning_circles/Wisdom%20Celebration.
Join Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators
CONNECTIONS ON EARTH: This project gives students and teachers around the
world a chance to celebrate theirlocal environment, flora, fauna, cultures
and peoples, and to share their findings in a Virtual Museum on the World
Wide Web. The symbolic symbolic and structural metaphor for this project
will be the four Native American elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. The
project will take place on iearn.environ. See iearn.ideas for more
information.
BEAUTY OF THE BEASTS: Join the celebration of nature through the eyes of
elementary students from around the world. "Beauty of the Beasts" is a
global project inviting children to capture the grandeur and magnificence
of animals indigenous to their areas through original artwork and poetry.
The students' work will be compiled into a worldwide exhibit, and
displayed at numerous locations including the American Museum of Natural
History, NYC, in the spring of 1999, and in San Juan, Puerto Rico, summer,
1999. Please post responses or questions on iearn.teachers,
iearn.globlart.
THE EARTH : OUR HOME / LA TIERRA : NUESTRA CASA: Focusing on issues
regarding environment and ecology such as water and air pollution, solid
waste management, recycling, etc. Our research activities will lead usto
take action into the betterment of our communities.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/3635/tierra2/tierra.html.
DEMOCRACY AT SCHOOL:The second part of this project is commencing. Send
your opinions, different points of views about democracy, photos and
pictures by mail : Lizdeikos gymnasium, Lizdeikos - 3, 5120
Radviliskis,Lithuania.
NATIONAL HERO PROJECT: This is a project for everyone who has got any
hero. There is only one rule - the hero has to be from your country!
Starting: 1 April 99.
THE LEGENDS OF YOUR CITY PROJECT: Draw a picture of, or write a legend of
your city ( or both). Languages: Polish and English.
HEALTH PROJECT PROPOSAL: Teachers in Uganda have posted this new project
on iearn.teachers.
Coming Soon! Upcoming Events and Projects!
1999 SIG/TEL ONLINE LEARNING AWARDS: Recognizing 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.
2nd INTERNATIONAL "FROM OPEN SCHOOL TO OPEN SOCIETY" CONFERENCE: March
25-27, 1999; State Public Historical Library, Moscow, Russia. Teachers
will discuss the today and future of different international (including
I*EARN) educational Internet projects and initiatives. Contacts:
http://school-sector.relarn.ru islp@online.ru.
NATIONAL 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.
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.
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