I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #63
From iearn@us.iearn.org Sun Oct 10 22:10:06 1999
Date: 08 Oct 1999 14:25:17
From: iearn@s.iearn.org
Reply-To: International Education and Resource Network iearn@igc.apc.org
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Newsgroups: iearn.news
Subject: I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #63
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I*EARN CALENDAR: Most Southern and Northern
Hemisphere schools are in session this month.
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SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW BEING CALLED FOR HOSTING THE I*EARN
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE YEAR 2001. The I*EARN Assembly will
consider proposals submitted by October 30th 1999. Details of
the criteria for hosting the I*EARN International Conference
have been posted to iearn.teachers and iearn.latina. If you
would like a copy of the criteria sent to you, please contact
the International Secretariat:
iearn-international@iearn.org.au. Applications should be sent
to the International Secretariat at:
iearn-international@iearn.org.au. Yuri, Victor, Talis, Toni
and Virginia (International Secretariat).
I*EARN POLAND ESTABLISHED AS INDEPENDENT BRANCH OF INTERNET
TEACHER ASSOCIATION. October 9 in Gdynia (Baltic coast city)
will be the first Board meeting, then we will announce who is
who in I*EARN Poland. Greetings from Marek G. Sawicki, I*EARN
Coordinator in Poland sawicki@ids1.ids.pl to all I*EARN
friends.
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o o | Join us! I*EARN Projects
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SEE iearn.ideas FOR A COMPLETE LISTING OF I*EARN PROJECTS.
Project facilitators-if you do not see your project listed in
iearn.ideas, please complete a Project Template (found in
iearn.ideas under "2000/PROJECT IDEA TEMPLATE" and send it to
Adriana Vilela adrianav@iearn.org or Judy Barr
judybarr@iearn.org.au - Project Ideas Co-Facilitators.
CONNECTING MATH TO OUR LIVES PROJECT BEGINS NOW, IN OCTOBER. We
invite you to sign up and send an introductory message about
your class before October 25th. Please see the iearn.math
conference or write to Enid Figueroa, Kristin Brown, or Petru
Dumitru at orillas-math@igc.org. All ages and languages
welcome!
THE CONTEMPORARY NEWS MAGAZINE. Join discussions currently
underway on topics such topics as "Year 2000 - Y2K" and "Fear,"
or add your own discussion topics! See iearn.tc.
CYCLING SIBERIA. Two young Australians, Tim Cope and Chris
Hatherly are cycling from London to Beijing. Along the way,
they are working with schools and students, inspiring them with
tales of adventure. If you would like to follow the journey,
please join the project on iearn.bikeabout. They will be
visiting schools in Russia, Siberia, Mongolia and China. If you
would like them to visit your school, please leave a message on
the conference or write to Judy Barr judybarr@iearn.org.au.
For more details see http://www.adventurenet.co.nz/ or
http://www.lisp.com.au/~lbba/index.html.
INSIDE VIEW MAGAZINE. Join discussion underway about Soul
Mates, Pregnancy, the Death Penalty, Is God Real, or feel
free to add new topics of your own! See iearn.inside.
KINDRED 2000 INVITATION TO JOIN THE PROJECT. Join us in
researching the lives of your students' ancestors. We would
like them to tell the story of the twentieth century decade by
decade, writing stories about events in the lives of children
or teenagers in each period of ten years between 1900 and 2000,
and comparing life in many different countries during the whole
century. Encourage students to write stories of significant
events - funny, sad, celebrations, historical connections,
memorable occasions, and also share artwork and photos. See
iearn.family, or contact Judy Barr in Australia
judybarr@iearn.org.au.
LEWIN 2000. Lewin is an anthology of student writing. We invite
you to send contributions for the 2000 edition to iearn.lewin
or email to lewin@iearn.org.au. Contributions will be
posted to http://www.iearn.org.au/lewin. For more information
contact the student editors: Gaia Osborne and Felicity Micallef
in Australia at lewin@iearn.org.au.
MUSIC PROJECTS. See iearn.music to participate in any of the
three Music Projects currently underway in I*EARN: TALKING
TIMBUKTU: Global Children's Music Project, Folk Songs, or My
Sound of Music.
STOP VIOLENCE PROJECT. See iearn.violence for a curriculum
containing over 20 conflict resolution activities on topics
ranging including Coping with Anger, Peer Pressure, Win-Win
Negotiation, and the Violence of Discrimination, as well as
student discussions currently focusing on the Death Penalty and
School Violence.
YOUTH VOLUNTEERISM AND SERVICE DISCUSSIONS IN iearn.civics!
Among the themes being discussed: definitions of youth
volunteerism and service in various cultural and social
contexts, reflections on personal experiences in community
service, surveys about youth service, questionnaires exploring
experiences in this field, and more! Other ideas are welcome, also.
To be subscribed to iearn.civics, contact Jove Jankulovski in
Macedonia jovej@freemail.org.mk.
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MORE PHOTOS OF CEE (Central/Eastern Europe) I*EARN Youth Art Camp.
http://www.bajabela.sulinet.hu/tubi/iearn/artcamp/artcamp2.htm.
ARABIC TRANSLATIONS OF I*EARN IN ACTION NEWSFLASH.
http://www.iearn.org/newsflashes/arabicnews.html. Thanks to
Mourad Benali bmourad@espacenet.net.ma, I*EARN Coordinator in
Moracco.
CHANGES IN I*EARN AUSTRALIA WEBSITES/PROJECT COORDINATORS.
--International Foods Project: http://www.iearn.org.au/food
New coordinator: Judy Barr judybarr@iearn.org.au
--Child Labour Project: http://www.iearn.org.au/clp
--Lewin Anthology: http://www.iearn.org.au/lewin New coordinator:
Bob Carter bob@iearn.org.au and Virginia King
virginia@iearn.org.au.
And a reminder that the following projects have recently moved
to new sites:
--Kindred: http://www.iearn.org.au/kindred
--First Peoples' Project: http://www.iearn.org.au/fp
--Indigenous Global Art Exchange: http://www.iearn.org.au/fp/art
--Humanitarian Effort: http://www.iearn.org.au/fp/human
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE PROJECT WEBSITE.
http://www.lefo.ro/e99/lefo.htm
REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEER EDUCATORS WORLDWIDE TO TEST BETA VERSION
OF CHAT SOFTWARE. It is necessary to speak English, and have a
Windows PC, net connection, microphone and speakers. The
software enables online chat (both typed and spoken) and has
the added ability to display users to one another as they
browse the same web site (with no intervention by the
webmaster required). See http://www.lautman.com/beta.
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COMING | Upcoming Events!
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CONFERENCE PROPOSAL DEADLINE OCTOBER 15. Presenter proposals
for the Eighth Annual Conference on Project-Based Learning (to
be held in San Francisco, CA, USA March 31-April 1, 2000) are
due October 15, 1999. To submit a presentation proposal, see
http://www.autodesk.com/foundation/pblconf/conf2000/callprop.htm.
For more information, contact Sanna Randolph in the USA
sanna.randolph@autodesk.com.
SECOND I*EARN BALKAN CONFERENCE: To be held in Macedonia,
October 17-21, 1999. Theme: Present and Future Cooperation in
Balkans. Please post messages of encouragement and support to
iearn.teachers under topic "Second I*EARN Balkan Conference"
or to Jove Jankulovski in Macedonia jovej@freemail.org.mk.
Educators and students from Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Bosnia
and Hercegovina, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Albania,
Macedonia and Lithuania will
participate.http://www.gnbt.sec.edu.mk/iearn/Balkan/default.htm.
7th ANNUAL I*EARN CONFERENCE, JULY 10-16, BEIJING, CHINA.
I*EARN-China is currently looking for a theme for the
conference that reflects the spirit of the new millenium.
Please send suggestions! To help with preparations for the
Conference in Beijing, join in discussions in iearn.conf2000.
If you need to be "subscribed" by e-mail to the conference,
contact Subude subude@cenpok.net, I*EARN-China Coordinator.
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