I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #54
I*EARN IN ACTION #54: May 4,1999
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I*EARN Calendar: Most Northern and Southern Hemisphere schools are in
session.
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"
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.
I*EARN News Flashes!
I*EARN ASSEMBLY ANNOUNCES INTERIM SECRETARIAT FOR 1999: The members are
Talis Bercis, I*EARN Latvia; Toni Casserras, I*EARN Spain; Victor
Minachin, I*EARN Russia; Virginia King, I*EARN Australia; Yuri Romanenkov,
I*EARN Central/Eastern Europe Coordinator. Thank you and our best wishes
for successful work!
I*EARN ASSEMBLY UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES STATEMENT ON BALKANS: It can be found
on iearn.teachers, Subject: I*EARN Statement on Balkans. I*EARN members
are invited to distribute the statements in the spirit of seeking peace in
south-east Europe.
SEEKING WEBSITES OF I*EARN SCHOOLS: Nikolai Goranov in Bulgaria is working
on an I*EARN page for his school web site, and would like to list the web
sites of other schools involved with I*EARN. Please send URLs to
nickg@nat.bg.
FIRST PEOPLES PROJECT SELECTED AS FINALIST IN BANGEMANN INTERNATIONAL
CHALLENGE AWARD COMPETITION!: The winner will be announced and honored by
his Majesty the King of Sweden during June in Stockholm. See
www.challenge.stockholm.se.
WELCOME TO NEW I*EARN TEACHERS IN CHILE: Meet and welcome them in
iearn.teachers or iearn.latina!
"AN END TO INTOLERANCE" MAGAZINE NOW TAKING ORDERS: The June 1999 issue of
An End to Intolerance, the magazine of the Holocaust/genocide Project is
now taking subscription orders. Each magazine costs $4.00. Send your
orders to: coldspring@iearn.org with your mailing address.
Check it out! Resources, Web Sites and Postings
(including resources that are not part of I*EARN)
NEW SHODO AND KOORI ART EXCHANGE PROJECT:
http://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/users/web/shodo/index.htm.
I*EARN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/04/cyber/education/21education.html.
FIRST PEOPLES PROJECT COVERED IN CONVERGE MAGAZINE: "Indigenous
Connections through I*EARN"
http://www.convergemag.com/Publications/CNVGApr99/smartschools/smartschools.shtm.
I*EARN IN ONLINE JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES: Read an
interview with Adriana Vilela, Argentina and Ed Gragert, USA at
http://www.haven.net/edge/glimpse.htm.
Join Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators
CHILD LABOUR PROJECT: We are preparing a publication for the International
Labour Organisation Conference on the draft Immediate Abolition of the
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention. Conference begins June 1. I*EARN
members are invited to submit writing, drawings, cartoons, etc. See
iearn.projects under the topic ENG/CHILD LABOUR: PROJECT NEWS or contact
Bob Carter in Australia bob@iearn.org.au.
I*EARN PRIMARY SCHOOLS ACTIVE ON iearn.kidscan: Projects include Special
Places, Me and My Pet, Rimas, Adivinanzas, The Earth: Our Home, Local
History, Children's Folk Games!
"INSIDE VIEW": Join secondary school students in discussions on topics
such as Is God Real?, Child Abuse, War, What is Peace?, Weekends, Teen
Pregnancy, What's Happening in NYC Schools, The Death Penalty, and Gender
Discrimination. See iearn.inside.
POPULAR SONGS PROJECT: Share and read favorite folk songs from around the
world in iearn.culture.
PUSHKIN PROJECT: Russia will soon celebrate the 200th anniversary of the
birthday of Russian poet, A.S.Pushkin. Participants of project "Languages"
ask you to answer the following questions: 1. Is Pushkin's poetry known
and whether it is famous in your country? 2. Who is the greatest national
poet in your country? Vasily Bychkov in Russia nsks1290@glasnet.ru.
SUPERHERO CARTOON ART PROJECT: (within 'Painting The Planet) Students
create their own super hero that does good for the environment and/ or
society. All ages invited. Outcome: a book for distribution and WWW
virtual gallery. See
http://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/users/web/hero/index.htm or contact Mark
Sherriff in Australia sherriff.mark.s@edumail.vic.gov.au.
TEDDY BEAR PROJECT SEEKING PARTICIPANTS: Classes exchange a teddy bear or
other soft toy which writes home a diary via email to allow students to
learn about another culture in a meaningful way. To partipicate, send the
following info to Muriel Wells in Australia mwells@ne.com.au: Teacher's
Name, Grade Level, School Name, Street, City, Country, Post code, and
Email address. http://www.ne.com.au/~mwells/teddybear.htm.
Coming Soon! Previously Announced Upcoming Events and Projects!
(including resources that are not part of I*EARN)
VIIth INTERNATIONAL PHILOSOPHY OLYMPIAD FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: Will
take place on 7th to 10th May in Budapest, Hungary. There will be
participants from Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Italy, US
and other countries. Ivan Kolev in Bulgaria ikolev@osf.bg
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. I*EARN participant sessions
include "The Impact of Global Telecommunications on Teaching and Learning"
and "Using the Internet to Teach about the Holocaust." 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
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text only format.
Spanish translations are also available on: iearn.latina
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