I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #56
I*EARN IN ACTION #56: June 8,1999
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I*EARN Calendar: Many Northern Hemisphere schools begin their summer
vacations this month.
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.
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.
I*EARN News Flashes!
LITHUNIAN I*EARN CONFERENCE: More than 150 particpants were at the
national conference held on May 27th in Kaunas entitled "I Like to Take
Part in I*EARN Activity but How Can I Involve Others in It?"
Congratulations on a successful meeting!
PLANETARY NOTIONS '99 STUDENTS RECEIVE LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM US
VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE! See iearn.environ for more information about the
Planetary Notions magazine and full text of the letter.
SURVEY ON IMPACT OF I*EARN PROJECTS. 2 US doctoral students are assessing
student perceptions of I*EARN projects to determine if these exchanges
will prepare them to develop 21st
century workforce skills. To help, point your students to their survey at
http://hale.pepperdine.edu/~wjbacer/survey or request the email version
(send a blank message to: bacer-survey@us.iearn.org for English or
bacer-surveyespanol@us.iearn.org for Spanish).
TELE-CONFERENCE WITH MONGOLIAN YOUTH! June 11-12, 1999. An opportunity for
youth around the world to talk with Mongolian youth who are participating
in projects to make changes in social and political life. The
tele-conference would take place during the Mongolian Information and
Communication Technology Summit http://www.un-mongolia.mn/ict. If
interested, contact Undrah undrah@soros.org.mn, I*EARN Coordinator in
Mongolia.
Check it out! Resources, Web Sites and Postings
(including resources that are not part of I*EARN)
I*EARN CHILDREN'S FOLK GAMES PROJECT IN CATALAN AND SPANISH.
Translations done by Rafael Badia i Berga in Spain. Jocs infantils
tradicionals - Traditional Childrens' Games http://www.xtec.es/~rbadia/.
NEW I*EARN-CANADA LINK: SchoolNet Canada has included a new link to I*EARN
Canada in their website, reports Bill Belsey, I*EARN-Canada Coordinator.
http://www.schoolnet.ca/home/e/index.html.
NEW I*EARN-UKRAINE WEBSITE: Joint site of I*EARN in Ukraine and Kharkov
(Ukraine) School 55: http://jut.da.ru.
SCIENCE ACROSS EUROPE: Wanted! Secondary Language and Science teachers
with your students for international evaluation of the Science Across
Europe programme http://www.bp.com/saw. For more information, contact
Karen Shoebottom by the end of June, at Science Across Europe,
sae@bp.com.
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THE WELL CONNECTED EDUCATOR?: The new website,
TechLEARNING http://www.techlearning.com - is bigger and better than
ever! Visit, and don't forget to write. Gwen gwen@gsn.org.
Join Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators
COLOUR COMMUNICATION: As a class/group, students will seek information on
the use of colours in their communities in expressing sentiments, relaying
information and uses in identification. For more information, contact
Nuruddin Boateng,Ghana bnuruddin@owass.worldgh.net.
http://colourproject.webjump.com/.
DANCES OF THE WORLD: Would you like to compete in a workshop at the I*EARN
conference in which you would tell about your country's cultural dances,
and maybe dance too? Contact Valerie Oehlers in Suriname.
DRUGS/SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISCUSSIONS ON iearn.recovery: Join with existing
participants from Ghana, USA, Estonia, Thailand, and Bulgaria.
FAMILY CULTURE - SPANNING GENERATIONS: "We are what we were." Conducted
within framework of International Year of Elderly People - 1999 and
International Year of the Culture of Peace - 2000. Goal: Sensitize young
people to family values and help build a family culture of peace. Dates:
May '99- Jan. 2000: Contact: SAGE, English Language School of Rousse in
Bulgaria jns@ru.acad.bg or nenova@yahoo.com.
INSIDE VIEW: Visit iearn.inside and join discussions on topics including
Gambling, Love, Police Brutality, Teen Pregnancy, Parents' Rights, and
more.
SUPER HERO CARTOON ART PROJECT: Participation is sought in the production
of a book and www virtual gallery of student/school comic and cartoon
work. For more information see:
http://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/users/web/hero/index.htm or contact Mark
Sherriff in Australia .
PENPALS!: Students from Japan, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, and elsewhere are
looking for new penpals on iearn.youth.
K*AID PROJECT FOR KOSOVAR REFUGEE YOUTH: Join student and teacher
discussions on the Balkan conflict--with active participation from persons
directly affected in the region. See related topics in iearn.violence
and iearn.youth. In addition, I*EARN students in Albania have launched
the "K*AID Project" to provide relief and activities, including arts
projects, to Kosovar refugees. See link to K*AID Project at
http://www.iearn.org/projects/violence.html.
Coming Soon! Previously Announced Upcoming Events and Projects! (including
resources that are not part of I*EARN)
ART/DRAMA CAMP IN SLOVAKIA: Students of Gymnazium SNV will be hosting the
ST.ART Art and Drama Camp from June 21-24, with participants from
Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Hungary. For more information, contact Joko
at joko@iearn.sk,smolka@gymsnv.sk.
NECC'99: National Educational Computing Conference. June 22-24 in Atlantic
City, New Jersey, USA. I*EARN participant sessions include "The Impact of
Global Telecommunications on Teaching and Learning." 541.349.7571; fax
541.302.3781 necc99@ccmail.uoregon.edu
http://www.neccsite.org/.
CEE I*EARN YOUTH ART CAMP IN BAJA, HUNGARY: June 26-30. Deadline for
applications is on June 8th. Visit camp's webpage:
http://www.bajabela.sulinet.hu/tubi/iearn/artcamp/artcamp.htm or
contact: Zsuzsanna Tubakos tubi@bajabela.sulinet.hu.
INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS OF ALKMAAR: From July 9-11
in Alkmaar, the Netherlands. For more info, contact
frankschmid@hotmail.com or imuna@bart.nl or see
http://www.bart.nl/~imuna.
1999 SIXTH ANNUAL I*EARN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: July 11-17. See above
for details.
SYDNEY 2000: October 2000 in Sydney, Australia. For more information email
David Carter at bairnssec@peg.apc.org.
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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