I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #52
I*EARN IN ACTION #52, March 24, 1999
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I*EARN CALENDAR: Most Northern and Southern Hemisphere
schools are in session except Japan, whose school year ends
mid-March, with a new year beginning the second week of April.
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, Puerto Rico
efigueroa@orillas.upr.clu.edu or Kristin Brown, USA krbrown@iearn.org.
Information about the conference is also being posted on the newsgroup
iearn.upr99 and at http://orillas-web.upr.clu.edu/iearn/upr99i.html.
There will be a late registration fee of US $50 after May 1. Deadline for
workshop proposals: May 1.
ATTENTION I*EARN AUSTRALIAN TERACHERS (who are accessing the I*EARN
conferences through Pegasus): It has been difficult for us to locate all
of you with Pegasus accounts. There is a new APC node in Australia (c2o)
to which the conferences will be moving within two months. The Pegasus
conferences will be closed some time after that. If you have questions or
would like to be contacted when these changes are taking place contact Bob
Carter iearnoz@peg.apc.org. There will be significant changes occurring
in the operation of I*EARN
Australia and membership arrangements. We see a very bright future for
I*EARN Australia during 1999.
I*EARN SCHOOL WINS INTERNATIONAL CHILDNET ISSUES AWARD: Congratulations to
Bairnsdale Secondary College in Australia for recognition of its work on
developing the Fight Against Child Labour & Exploitation and The First
Peoples' Projects.
http://www.childnet-int.org/awards/1999/winners/full.html.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE I*EARN LITHUANIAN CENTRE which was registered as an
NGO on 23 February and Daina Valanciene, the new coordinator.
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.
Check it out! Resources, Web Sites and Postings
(including resources that are not part of I*EARN)
I*EARN ARGENTINA ANNOUNCES WEBSITE: http://wwww.telar.org We have also
inaugurated a news server (conf.telar.org), with the generous and
invaluable support of our friends in Catalunya. Please, come and visit
us!!
WEBSITE OF I*EARN LEARNING CIRCLE PROJECT "WISDOM CELEBRATION": Students
from 4th grade, School 10 Focsani, Romania, invite you to visit their web
site at:
http://lcjdap.soroscj.ro/projects/iearn/learning_circles/Wisdom%20Celebration/.
NEW SUPERHEROES GLOBAL ART PROJECT WEBSITE:
http://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/users/web/hero/index.htm.
THE "INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL FOR LEADERSHIP IN LEARNING": Seeking
to publish articles related to the theme 'Educational Leadership into the
New Millennium,' including "Integrating Technology into Teaching and
Learning" See http://www.ucalgary.ca/~iejll or contact Editor, Charles
Webber, IEJLL@ucalgary.ca.
THINKQUEST APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 31,1999. Entries may be
submitted any time beginning May 1, 1999 until August 15, 1999. ThinkQuest
is an annual contest that challenges students, ages 12 to 19, to use the
Internet as a collaborative, interactive teaching and learning tool.
http://www.thinkquest.org/tq/app99.html.
CLAYPOLES-SHARE THE JOURNEY: Centred around a couple who are living in
Antarctica for 12 months and the experiences and adventures they will
have. http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/claypoles.
YOUTH AND TOURISM SURVEY: for the Secretariat of the UN Commission for
Sustainable Development (CSD). Seeking young people to investigate the
nature of sustainable tourism and its impact on the local economy and in
their communities. Deadline for receipt of completed tourism surveys is
April 5th, 1999. For a survey, contact Stephen Salett, USA dsd@un.org.
IRAQI CHILDREN: Kouthar Al-Rawi, age 11 and her sister Marwa, age 10 are
calling on young people worldwide to help them send 1 million postcards
(with messages and/or drawings) to President Clinton requesting the end of
the US sanctions on the Iraqi people. Send to: Kouthar and Marwa Al-Rawi,
One-Million Postcards to the President Campaign, P.O. Box 1141, San Pedro,
CA 90733-1141 USA. iraqikids@aol.com or see
http://members.aol.com/hamzaha/iraqichildren/index.htm.
Join Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators
COLABORATE IN FRENCH-LANGUAGE PROJECTS WITH I*EARN STUDENTS IN SENEGAL:
Among their topic interests: Drugs in Senegal; Poverty in Senegal; Hunger
in the world; Human oppression and violence; Women and Religion. For
French language projects, see iearn.francais.
"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. Join schools from Argentina, Paraguay,
Peru, USA, Russia, Mexico and Spain in research activites that will lead
to action toward the betterment of our communities. Ages:6-15.
Spanish/English. Contact Rafael Alvarez Martinez in Mexico or see topic in
iearn.kidscan.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/3635/tierra2/tierra.html.
FREE TIME GAMES: Do you know this situation? - You're somewhere with your
friends, e.g. you're travelling in a bus or a train, and you have nothing
to do, because it's a very long way. The best medicine for all this is to
start to play any game - it brings you joy, and the time passes more
quickly. We want to create the database of all games you know. Contact
Joko Vrabel in Slovakia http://www.iearn.sk/98/games/.
INTERNATINAL TEACHER'S DAY: What is it? Is it celebrated in your school?
How? Are flowers the most beautiful present for a teacher? What beautiful
words spread light and warm the teacher? Join us in learning more about
this wonderful tradition. Proposed ending date: Oct 5. Contact Natalija
Kociene and Lina Ivanauskiene in Lithuania.
LANGUAGE PROJECT: Thanks to Joko Vrabel, I*EARN coordinator in Slovakia
and Petra Orgovanyova, Srobarova High School, Slovakia for their splendid
article about the Slovak language. All interested in communicating about
their native language are welcome to participate. We will celebrate the
200th anniversary of Pushfins's birthday soon, and invite you to send us
messages about his art's influence on your life. Contact Vasily Bychkov,
Russia.
THE LEGENDS OF YOUR CITY. Write a legend of your city or make a picture
(or both of them). Languages: Polish and English. Age: 7-17. April 1-June
1 '99. For more info, contact Andrzej Lasota in Poland.
NATIONAL HERO PROJECT: This is a project for everyone who has a hero.
There is only one rule - the hero has to be from your country! Your
National hero can be a singer, painter or someone from your country's
history or legend. Outcomes: a project, poem, song, video or even web
side. Starting: 1 April 99. For more info contact Adam Dabrowski & Michael
Karpus, Poland.
SANT JORDI PROJECT: A project with 5 activities: literary composition, ST
Jordi Legend, virtual library (you can propose a book which you have
read), enigma (you can solve questions), and the last, a travel to the
medieval world. March 1- April 30.
http://www.seccat.com/xarsec/projectes/stjordi or contact Josep Torrents
and Montse Rodon in Spain.
STOVE PROJECT: I*EARN participants in Guatemala propose a project to bring
stoves to families in their communities. "You can do small fundraisers to
sponsor a stove for as many families as you want. The cost for a simple
two burner stove is $75.00. We have access to a digital camera so we can
send all those who participate a photo of a family with a new stove." See
"New Action Project Idea!" in iearn.teachers or contact Renato and
Karina in Guatemala c/o The Godchild Project.
PLANET FRIENDSHIP:Looking for a treasure? There is a lonely treasure
island called iearn.planet newsgroup. Check its treasure under 'a
question' article (2.3.99). You may benefit from its treasures, but you
can leave a treasure there as well. Welcome ! Contact Branko Marcetic in
Slovenia.
Coming Soon! Previously Announced Upcoming Events and Projects!
(including resources that are not part of I*EARN)
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) educationaI 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.
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. We 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.
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.
SYDNEY 2000: October 2000 in Sydney, Australia. For more information email
David Carter at bairnssec@peg.apc.org.
1999 SIXTH ANNUAL I*EARN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: July 11-17, 1999
See above for details.
For Reference
All previous news flashes are saved in the newsgroup: iearn.news in a
text only format. Spanish translations are also available on:
iearn.latina
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