I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #61
From iearn@us.iearn.org Sun Sep 26 21:25:04 1999
Date: 08Sep 1999 11:21:33
From: iearn@us.iearn.org
Reply-To: International Education and Resource Network iearn@igc.apc.org
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Subject: I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #61
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I*EARN CALENDAR: Most Northern and Southern Hemisphere
schools are in session.
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1999-2000 I*EARN PROJECT DESCRIPTION BOOK. Now available via
PDF file on the WWW. Your I*EARN Coordinator has the URL/www
address for this PDF file. It is also on the iearn.teachers
and iearn.youth conferences under the topic "1999-2000
Project Description Booklet." Teachers and students are
encouraged to download and print their own copies. Anyone not
able to download and print a copy should contact their Country
Coordinator or a member of the International Secretariat to
arrange for the PDF file to be sent via e-mail or for a printed
copy to be sent to the school.
ATTENTION PROJECT FACILITATORS: CONFERENCE CLEAN-UP. Most
I*EARN newsgroups will be "cleaned" over the next two weeks,
with old messages deleted in order to get ready for new project
work. Facilitators, if there are messages you would like to
keep, please download and save copies this week.
NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR I*EARN INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT.
iearn-international@iearn.org.au.
E-MAIL ADDRESS CHANGES FOR AUSTRALIAN TEACHERS. Pegasus
internet provider will cease to exist on September 30. If you
are writing to anyone with an address anything@peg.com.au
please write to that person before September 30 to find out
their new address. Anyone proposing new projects should write
to Judy Barr at judybarr@iearn.org.au. Or, you can still
write to Adriana Vilela at adrianav@iearn.org.
CONGRATULATIONS TO JO TATE IN AUSTRALIA: Awarded Technology
Teacher of the Year in Victoria! araratcc@netconnect.com.au.
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100 YEARS-10 DECADES-1 CENTURY. Students look for the ten
most significant events that have happened in their community,
and/or the 10 most outstanding people during the 20th.
century. Contact Felix Ruben Cardozo innor@impsat1.com.ar -
fcardozo@telar.org, Federico Javier Cardozo
fedejcardozo@hotmail.com or Rosy Aguila rosya@cpsarg.com in
Argentina. The project will take place in telar.milenium
(English) iearn.latina (Spanish).
EARTHQUAKE RELIEF. I*EARN-Turkey invites you to send a
message of hope to the people of Turkey. Send stories, poems,
letters and prayers to the following email address:
cemalardil@hotmail.com. Volunteers will print and distribute
the messages at relief centers in Turkey.
"FOLK SONGS PROJECT" Everyone is invited to record an audio
cassette with folk songs from their region/country and send it
together with a little description and the notes. Contact Zina
Costiner in the USA at zinacostiner@worldnet.att.net or see
iearn.music.
"IF..(POWER OF IMAGINATION PROJECT" Write an essay on the basis
of a question that challenges the imagination. Paintings,
drawings, photos (scanned or not) are also welcome. Contact
Zina Costiner in the USA at zinacostiner@worldnet.att.net or
see iearn.options.
LEARNING CIRCLES BEGINNING SEPT 27: Learning Circles are
highly interactive, project-based partnerships among a small
number of schools located throughout the world. Each session is
14 weeks. To join a Learning Circle, you must be a member of
I*EARN and complete a Learning Circle placement form two weeks
before the beginning of the session (by Sep.13). For more
information see: http://www.iearn.org/circles. If you do not
have web access, contact Margaret Riel in the USA
mriel@uci.edu and she will send you a placement form.
LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT: Students research the local history of
their town or area and post it to iearn.kidscan. See
users.netconnect.com.au/~skippy/history. Contact Margaret
Shearn in Australia mshearn@netconnect.com.au. Continuing
until June 1, 2000.
"PROVERBS & SAYINGS PROJECT" Students and teachers are invited
to collect proverbs and sayings from their region/country and
send them translated in English with a short explanation of
the meaning and situation when they are used. A short true or
imaginary story connected to each proverb can be attached.
Drawings and pictures are also welcome. Conference:
iearn.culture. Contact Zina Costiner in the USA at
zinacostiner@worldnet.att.net.
"SOLSTICE HOLIDAYS" This project is going to be an extension of
the "Winter Holidays" project from school year 1998-1999. Share
customs, songs, pictures, photos and recipes relating to your
Solstice Holidays (Christmas, New Year's Eve, Hanukah, Ramadan,
Kwanzaa and others). Conference: iearn.culture.Contact Zina
Costiner in the USA at zinacostiner@worldnet.att.net.
"TALKING TIMBUKTU: Global Childrens Music Project" The GCMP
hopes to be able to be able to share our I*EARN family's music
and culture by representing EVERY country with a simple
childrens song at our next conference in China (and a CD). It
can be a very simple project; or elaborated for a full years
work. To be a participant please send your full name, snail
mail address, phone/fax, email and school/organization to:
Carolyn J. Fulton fulton_c@otto.cmr.fsu.edu or Zina Costiner
in the USA at zinacostiner@worldnet.att.net Conference: iearn.music.
"THE EARTH: OUR HOME PROJECT" Previously involving schools
from Latin America and Europe, we want to involve English-
Speaking countries who would like to share this experience with
bilingual schools and young people which use
English as their second language. Contact Rafael Alvarez M.,
Mexico. alvarez_rafael@geocities.com.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/3635/tierra3/eng/app.html.
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GRANTS FOR I*EARN ACTIVITIES IN EUROPE AND ASIA. Many thanks to
the Open Society Institute in New York that made these grants
possible. See this topic in iearn.teachers for more
information, or write to Yuri Romanenkov, I*EARN coordinator
for Central & Eastern Europe yuri@expert.osf.lt.
PHOTOS FROM I*EARN ART CAMP IN HUNGARY.
http://www.bajabela.sulinet.hu/tubi/iearn/artcamp/artcamp2.htm.
STUDENTS IN UGANDA SEEKING FEEDBACK. Share your reactions to
their ThinkQuest webpage. http://dev99.advanced.org/25775/
Send comments to Ronald Kanyerezi
ronaldkc@spedag-uganda.com.
REQUEST FOR ICT STORIES. Deadline-November 1, 1999. 4 winners
will be selected to present their story at the Global Knowledge
Conference in Malaysia in March 2000. An initiative by infoDev
and IICD, the ICT Stories project is a database of ICT
practices. See www.iicd.org/stories. Contact Maria Verheij
at IICD verheij@iicd.org or Pamela Street at infoDev
pstreet@worldbank.org.
HELP WITH ARTICLE ON MULTILINGUAL COLLABORATION FOR "ELECTRONIC
SCHOOL" MAGAZINE. What language pitfalls have occurred during
your interactions with international colleagues? Do you use
on-line translation software such as babelfish to aid in
communication (http://babelfish.altavista.com)? How does your
school participate in global projects? What barriers have
occurred? What wonderful experiences have resulted? Send
responses to Joseph Slowinski joeslow@ncrel.org.
CREATING PREFERRED FUTURES: AN ONLINE COURSE IN FUTURES
THINKING. A facilitated online course in which students learn
how to identify and analyze the trends affecting their future.
http://www.planet-tech.com/preferred_future. Contact Seth
Itzkan sitzkan@planet-tech.com.
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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.
ENVIRONMENTAL CAMP IN SLOVAKIA: Oct 27-Nov 1 1999. To be held
in Tatry mountains national park. Expecting 80 participants
from 12 countries of the world. Environmental and multicultural
activities facilitated by American Peace Corps Volunteers,
Teachers, Slovak environmental organizations volunteers. Come
to visit small Colorado mountains in centre of the Europe.
www.iearn.sk/98/camp. Contact Joko, IEARN coordinator,
Slovakia joko@iearn.sk.
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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