I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #60
From iearn@us.iearn.org Sun Sep 26 21:24:51 1999
Date: 18 Aug 1999 15:03:09
From: iearn@us.iearn.org
Reply-To: International Education and Resource Network iearn@igc.apc.org
To: Recipients of conference iearn.news@conf.igc.apc.org
Newsgroups: iearn.news
Subject: I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #60
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I*EARN CALENDAR: Many Northern Hemisphere schools are returning
this month. Most Southern Hemisphere schools are in session.
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"EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY!" First hand reports from I*EARN-Turkey
Coordinator Cemal Ardil under this Subject in iearn.teachers.
For ways to help the earthquake relief efforts, see
http://www.redcross.org/
http://www.interaction.org/turkey/index.html
http://wwwnotes.reliefweb.int/
http://www.nerede.com/relief/.
I*EARN GUEST ACCOUNTS: In recent years, a number of schools
around the world have used I*EARN "guest" accounts to
participate in project conferences. These accounts (iearn1,
iearn2...iearn8) have been closed. I*EARN now can create its
own accounts to access conferences. If you need an
account/password to access on-line conferences, let us know:
support@us.iearn.org.
I*EARN SCHOOL DIRECTORY: I*EARN is updating its printed
1999-2000 School Directory. If you would like to change
information about your school or add a new school that has
recently joined I*EARN, let us know immediately by writing to
iearn@us.iearn.org. If you would like to see if your
information is accurate in the I*EARN People Place Database
(from which the Directory is compiled), check out:
http://www.iearn.org/databases.html. You will need to enter
the I*EARN ID & password, which as you know, are: iearn/nraei.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO AUSTRALIAN I*EARN MEMBERS: Changes have
been made to the I*EARN newsgroup service in Australia. To
continue participating in I*EARN, contact
iearnoz@iearn.org.au for details about obtaining a new
account. http://www.iearn.org.au/.
NEW I*EARN ASIA DISTRIBUTION LIST iearn.asiasoc: At the
I*EARN International Conference in Puerto Rico last month,
Coordinators from Asian countries expressed an interest in
creating Asian unity and information sharing. Currently, people
in the following countries are subscribed: China, Kyrgyzstan,
Kazakhstan, Japan, Korea, Cambodia, Thailand, India, Pakistan,
USA, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia.
NEW SPANISH LANGUAGE CONFERENCES: 10 new project conferences
have been created in I*EARN for Spanish-speaking participants.
See http://www.igc.apc.org/iearn/conferencias.html for
description/links to the newsgroups, or go directly to
news.igc.apc.org and Subscribe to all the newsgroups which
begin with "telar". For additional info for working in Spanish
see http://www.igc.apc.org/iearn/proyectos.html. For help,
contact Adriana Vilela adrianav@us.iearn.org.
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"CONNECTING MATH TO OUR LIVES" Project:
http://psrtec.clmer.csulb.edu/gln/math.html Join us in
October this year!
NEW WEBSITES FOR THE FIRST PEOPLES' PROJECT:
First Peoples' Project: http://www.iearn.org.au/fp
Humanitarian Effort: http://www.iearn.org.au/fp/human
The Indigenous Global Art Exchange:
http://www.iearn.org.au/fp/art.
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY MODEL FOR INTEGRATING COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY:
http://set.lanl.gov/programs/cif/.
AMERICAN AUTHOR SEEKING TEACHER SUBMISSIONS: for an educational
series in progress, including preschool, special education,
K-12, preschool, etc. The series will include submissions from
all over the world. Deadline for submissions-December 15,
1999. See http://www.beinabook.com or contact Kathy J.
Kobliski Media106@aol.com.
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ACT NOW: BIAS/HATE CRIME: Recently, a racist in California, USA
killed a Filipino-American US Postal worker and injured five
people in a shooting spree at a Jewish Community Center. CNN
has been reporting on Internet "hate groups" as much as
possible. How can hate be stopped? What can we each do? Share
your voice on this topic in the Holocaust/Genocide Project
iearn.hgp.
"CHILDREN'S FOLK GAMES" Project will continue next school year!
Sharing games, customs, counting out rhymes, tongue twisters,
artworks or photographs. See iearn.kidscan or contact Petru
Dumitru petrud@estcomp.ro in Romania.
CITY ART VIDEO: Students are invited to record a videoclip with
shots showing the beauty and uniqueness of their city, together
with some information of the history, legends and interesting
facts about the city. Contact Jovica Dimovski in Macedonia
jobaru@hotmail.com.
DO WE HAVE A SPARE PLANET? The project will include an
environmental calendar, discussion about everyday environmental
problems and on the topic: What am I doing to preserve the
planet?, as well as art contributions. Contact Mimoza
Anastovska-Jankulovska in Macedonia at jankmj@nic.mpt.com.mk.
FOOD FOR EVERYONE: Looking for 10 I*EARN schools to discuss
hunger and agriculture issues and "test-drive" a new CD-ROM
based curriculum called "Food For Everyone: A Teaching Resource
on World Hunger and Agriculture," developed by the Council and
Bread for the World Institute. The 3-week curriculum is
appropriate for agriculture and social science classes.
Contact David Potter in the USA at dpotter@iearn.org or see
iearn.npoverty.
"MY SOUND OF MUSIC" We invite you to write short essays about
the favourite composer or styles in music- baroque, romantic,
and modern, your favourite contemporary music group or singer,
or about national or folk music. The main goal is to organize
all submissions chronologically in order to create a short
history of Music. Contact Petru Dumitru in Romania
petrud@estcomp.ro or see iearn.culture.
TEDDY BEARS PROJECT: Partners needed for 100 Australian and New
Zealand teachers waiting for partners for the Teddy Bear
project. If you would like to participate in a simple but
highly successful project please register on the web site
http://ww.ne.com.au/~mwells/teddybear.htm or send Muriel
Wells mwells@ne.com.au the following details: Teacher's Name,
Year/Grade level, School Name, Street, City, State (please
write in full), Country, Post code and Email Address.
YOUTH VOLUNTEERISM AND SERVICE: This project encourages youth
from all around the world to define "youth volunteerism and
service" in their own cultural and social context, and to share
what they are doing personally as volunteers, raising issues of
youth empowerment, youth development, and current political,
social, cultural and economic context of such service.
Contact Jove Jankulovski in Macedonia jovej@freemail.org.mk.
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COMING | Upcoming Events!
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"LOCAL BIRDS" Seminar September 10-13, 1999; Sofia, Bulgaria.
Seminar will include lectures on birds in Bulgaria;
presentation on birds in other countries, based on I*EARN
participants' materials; excursions to places with the purpose
of observing interesting phenomena in bird's life; video
materials presenting other places in Bulgaria famous for rare
species of birds. Contact Sylvia Kantcheva in Bulgaria
ksylvia@bgcict.acad.bg.
7th ANNUAL I*EARN CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN BEIJING, CHINA. July
10-16, 2000. See http://www.igc.apc.org/iearn/china2000.htm
for updates, or contact Subude subude@cenpok.net or Lun-Yi
Tsai lytsai@hotmail.com in China.
SEVENTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION (WCCE 2001):
IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing)
event organised by the Danish Data Association and coorganised
by UNI-C to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2001. See
http://www.ifip.or.at/ for info on IFIP or
http://www.wcce2001.dk for further info about the conference.
Or contact Christine Gundstrup wcce2001@sek.ddf.dk.
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