I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #68
From kubonova@osf.cz Tue Feb 15 22:28:04 2000
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:40:08 +0100
From: Ilona Kubonova kubonova@osf.cz
Reply-To: iearn-l@list.ecn.cz
To: konference iearn-l@list.ecn.cz
Subject: I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #68
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I*EARN MATERIALS NOW AVAILABLE IN ARABIC. --thanks to the
hard work of Mourad Benali in Morocco. These materials are
available at:
http://www.iearn.org/newsflashes/arabicnews.html. They
include: The I*EARN Project Description Booklet, Laws of Life
Teachers Guide, Recent News Flashes.
NEW I*EARN PARTICIPANTS IN NEPAL. Students and teachers in
Nepal have enthusiastically joined I*EARN project work.
Because telecommunications costs are so expensive in Nepal,
participants can only work through e-mail. If you are
interested in working with schools in Nepal, contact
nepal@us.iearn.org and we will send you e-mail addresses, or
use the I*EARN People Place Database on the WWW to identify the
new Nepal participants http://www.iearn.org/databases.html.
I*EARN ALUMNI NETWORK. Are you interested in helping to create
an alumni network, where students who have participated with
I*EARN will have a place (WEB site) to continue their
participation after they graduate from high school? Perhaps a
place where alumni can continue communicating with a global
network of young people, find out about interesting
opportunities, network, give advice on colleges, work
opportunities, etc. Please send ideas and suggestions to
Karina Copen in the USA kcopen@us.iearn.org or post to
iearn.youth, Subj: New idea for I*EARN youth.
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o o | Join us! I*EARN Projects
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For a full listing of I*EARN projects, see iearn.ideas.
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"FROM MONTSERRAT TO MOUNT EVEREST." A cooperative telematic
project to bring participants closer to a real mountaineer's
expedition that will try to climb Mount Everest in spring 2000.
Starting date: January 1, 2000 Ends: June 2000 Participation
is open to all ages from 3 years old. Activities are available
at http://www.lacenet.org. For questions send an e-mail to:
everest@lacenet.org.
I*EARN SCHOOL IN LEBANON SEEKS PARTNERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROJECT. Our 7th and 8th graders are proposing to concentrate
on anti-hunting, planting trees, recycling cleaning or
anti-industrial pollution campaign. Students will have to
research the topic, collect data, analyze it and present it on
the schools bulletin boards. Contact Eliane Metni in Lebanon at
melo@cyberia.net.lb or see this topic in iearn.environ
under Subject: Seeking partners and experts for a project.
VIDEOCONFERENCING PROJECT. The Jubilee School in Jordan is
launching a video conferencing project to bring students from
all around the world together. During the conferencing students
will discuss previously announced topics with their
counterparts in schools around the world. The system available
can link up to three lines at the same time. If interested
please write to Ms. Nadia Hamdi in Jordan jubilee@go.com.jo.
"VOTE" PROJECT! (VOice for the Earth). Participants express
their opinions on *The most impressive event or person of the
20th century * What they desire looking towards the 21st
century * Introduction of their countries. Discussions will
take the form of a World Wide Web chain relay, which will start
from Japan and end in Australia, by way of Asia, Europe,
Africa, North America, South America, and Oceania. All
messages will appeal to G8 Summit held in Okinawa next July,
2000 and the output of the VOTE will be summarized in a book
and delivered to every participating school after the project.
Please enter immediately from the web site:
http://www.wnn.or.jp/wnn-s/vote/index.html.
"WE'RE OK AFTER Y2K" Join students in The Contemporary Global
Newsmagazine iearn.tc and Inside View iearn.inside to
discuss New Year's experiences related to the Y2K issue. As
one student writes, "Well, the New Year has come and we're all
Y2OK."
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/ | Check it out! Resources, Contests, Web Sites, Postings
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I*EARN SITED IN ELECTRONIC SCHOOL ARTICLE, "Breaking the
Language Barrier. How technology can enhance multilingual
communication."
http://www.electronic-school.com/2000/01/0100f3.html.
THE I*EARN TEDDY BEAR PROJECT WEBSITE HAS CHANGED:
http://www.iearn.org.au/tbear.
MESSAGES OF SUPPORT TO TAIWAINESE STUDENTS. As most parts of
the world are celebrating Christmas and the millennium, many
Taiwanese kids who have survived in 7.3 magnitude earthquake on
September 21st are looking forward to receiving encouraging
words from kids around the world. To help, we created
http://www.kidscareforkids.org/engevents.htm. Since in
Chinese tradition people celebrate lunar new year until
February 20th, your kids may send their caring words anytime
before March. Thank you. Director, Kids Care For Kids Program
Yue-Chane Hsing.
IS YOUR SCHOOL IN A VOLCANIC REGION? Camerdown College in
Victoria Australia is looking for other I*EARN member schools
across the world to join a collaborative project "Life on the
Fiery Edge" about life near volcanoes ( either active or
extinct). To join or find out more, please visit our web site
and e-mail: macleod.sigrid.m@edumail.vic.gov.au
http://www.camperdowncoll.vic.edu.au/global/volcanoes.
ODYSSEY 2000 BICYCLE ADVENTURE. Jane McLane, a 1st grade
I*EARN teacher in Washington, USA started a year long bicycle
tour around the world on January 1, 2000. She will be sending
e-mail accounts of her ride to Kristi Rennebohm Franz, another
1st/2nd grade teacher in Washington who, along with her
students, will create a Web site of the e-mail accounts. They
invite you to virtually join them! See
http://www.Odyssey2000.com.
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COMING | Upcoming Events!
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KIDS WHO KNOW AND DO 2000, the 8th Annual Conference on
Project-Based Learning, March 31 - April 1, 2000, San
Francisco, CA, USA, is the pre-eminent national conference on
Project-Based Learning (PBL) and School-to-Career. For
information or a printed registration brochure, contact Sanna
Randolph, Autodesk Foundation, at 415-507-6232 or
sanna.randolph@autodesk.com. For an HTML or PDF version of the
program, visit http://www.autodesk.com/foundation.
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I*EARN 7TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS' CONFERENCE
I*EARN 4TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SUMMIT
"Sharing and Understanding:
Tele-Education in the 21st Century"
July 10-16, 2000, Beijing, China
http://www.iearn.online.edu.cn/
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The seventh I*EARN conference will be formatted to provide
continuous opportunity for participants to interact with
educators from all over the world. You are invited to bring
your own ideas and expertise, to exchange thoughts with, and to
contribute to building new global pathways into the future.
More details available at
http://www.iearn.online.edu.cn/. Register online at
http://www.iearn.org/registration.htm.
WORKSHOP PRESENTERS: If you already know what workshops you
want to give during the conference, write a letter to the
following addresses. Include the topic, the brief summary of
your presentation and what kind of equipment you need during
your presentation etc. Please be sure to send your letter to
both of the following email addresses: zy@mail.online.edu.cn
and iearn@email.eng.cnu.edu.cn. If you need to send snail
mail (air mail), please send it to: Subude, I*EARN- China Zhong
Guan Chun Post Office Box 106# Haidian District, Beijing,
100080, China.
FOR THOSE TRAVELLING TO THE CONFERENCE FROM EUROPE. Europe -
Beijing - Europe airlift issue: A few people are working on a
group (cheaper) rate for travelling together from a single
site in Europe. Frankfurt (Germany) appears to be the most
convenient. If you are interested, contact Branko Marcetic
branko.marcetic@guest.arnes.si. You may also check the
Europe-Beijing Airlift topic on iearn.teachers or in this
I*EARN newsflash.
TRAINS TO BEIJING. There are two international train lines to
Beijing. One is from Moscow on Tuesday and arrives in Beijing
on the following Monday. The round way trip costs about US$390.
The other is from Ulaanbaator, Mongolia on Thursday and the
round way trip cost about US $140. See iearn.teachers Subj:
Train to China?
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FOR REFERENCE!
* Past Newsflashes are saved in the Newsgroup: iearn.news.
* Spanish translations are also available on: iearn.latina.
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