I*EARN in Action: Newsflash #709
From iearn@us.iearn.org Tue Feb 15 22:27:41 2000
Date: 07 Feb 2000 09:19:23
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 #70
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I*EARN Global School Calendar: Most Northern and Southern
Hemisphere schools are in session.
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I*EARN LIVE ON SLOVAK STATE TV! Congratulations to students
from Srobarova High School who presented I*EARN in a youth
talkshow of Slovak state TV. In live broadcasting they
presented environmental activities, the Youth CaN program and
Tatry youth camp. Contact Joko Vrabel, I*EARN coordinator,
Slovakia for more information. http://www.iearn.sk.
NEW I*EARN TEACHERS IN JORDAN. Teachers from
two high schools in Amman, Jordan, will be coming online in
I*EARN over the next two weeks as part of the IEARN-CIVICS
project. Please send greetings to iearn.teachers or
iearn.civics, Subj: Please Welcome Teachers from Jordan.
NEW I*EARN TEACHERS IN MOLDOVA. This Saturday, February 12, in
Kishinev (Republik of Moldova), will be the first I*EARN
workshop, organized by Pro Didactica Educational Center. Send
advice for newcomers, or just a brief hello to Lilia Stircea
lstircea@cepd.soros.md or to iearn.teachers, Subj:
teachers workshop in Moldova.
ICT/CURRICULUM WORKSHOP IN UGANDA. February 11-13th at Mt. St.
Mary's College Namagunga in Uganda. Send welcomes messages to
the group to Labongo Badru experts@msmn.ac.ug or to
iearn.teachers, Subject: ICT/Curriculum Workshop at
Mt.St.Mary's College Namagunga -Uganda.
YOUR HELP NEEDED FOR RESEARCH ON IMPACT OF I*EARN PROJECTS. Bob
Hofman, Netherlands, asks your co-operation for researching
projects with proven success and their impact on students and
teachers. WHY has this specific project had an added value to
their/your learning process? 1) Name of the project, 2) Where
can we find information about the project (WWW), 3) Resulting
publication?, 4) Contact person of the project (E-mail), 5)
Your role in the project 6) If you were asked to explain to
'non-ICT teachers' why the project mentioned is absolutely
worthwhile to participate and integrate in learning, what would
you answer? Send responses to Bob Hofman hofman@ict-edu.nl.
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For a full listing of I*EARN projects, see iearn.ideas.
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CHILD LABOR PROJECT-NEW "LETTERS FROM KARACHI." Research and
writing on child labour in Pakistan by students of the Sultan
Mohamed Shah Aga Khan School in Karachi. You can read these
"Letters from Karachi" on iearn.projects or on the Child
Labour Project web site http://www.iearn.org.au/clp. Responses may
be sent to the Karachi students on iearn.projects. To get
involved, contact Bob Carter in Australia bob@iearn.org.au.
INSIDE VIEW MAGAZINE. New topics include, Why do so many
people love chocolate?, How can we help the unfortunate?, Image
of a teenager, How advanced can your computer be? Share you
thoughts in iearn.inside. To be subscribed to
iearn.inside, contact iearn@us.iearn.org.
LEWIN WRITING ANTHOLOGY. Read recently posted works by
students from Russia, Pakistan, and Australia. They are
waiting for your feedback, and your contributions! See
iearn.lewin or write to Bob Carter in Australia
bob@iearn.org.au for details on getting involved.
PROVERBS AND SAYINGS. Never trust a man who speaks good of
everybody, Every dog barks in front of its own door... See
contributions and comparisons being made between students in
Sri Lanka and Bulgaria, and many more participating countries!
iearn.culture. For more info, contact Zina Costiner in the
USA zinacostiner@worldnet.att.net.
ROOTS OF THE WORLD'S CULTURES. Help to collect samples of the
folk art of the world's nations and show how they reflect the
customs and traditions. Participians find or make the most
characteristic thing of their nation and send it or photo with
a short description to be gathered into a project booklet.
Ages 12-18. Contact Kestutis Bakutis k.bakutis@zemrsn.lt and
Ramunas Pikcius livdea@hotmail.com in Lithuania.
http://ntp1.osf.lt/druvis/.
TUNDRA REGION PROJECT. Greetings to all I*EARN Members in the
Tundra Region !!! In Geography we are studying about the
lifestyles of the people in the Tundra Region, (Alaska,
Greenland, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, ...) Please join
us by contacting Prateek in India prateek@zenindia.com.
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I*EARN-KAZAKHSTAN PUBLISHES E-MAIL NEWSPAPER,"TOGETHER".
Samples of two recent issues are at:
http://www.iearn.org/together7.pdf and
http://www.iearn.org/together8.pdf.
NEW WEB PAGE OF CONNECTING MATH PROJECT.
http://equity4.clmer.csulb.edu/netshare/gdeklerk/ConnectingMATHto/index.html
The coordinators can be contacted at:
Connecting Math orillas-math@igc.org.
I*EARN-MONGOLIA PROJECT WEBSITES. Please visit our web sites
and give us your comments. Teddy bear, Street Children, Project
music, Global art: A Sense of Caring, Connecting Math to Our
Lives:
http://www.iearn.edu.mn/english/projects/about_song.htm
http://www.iearn.edu.mn/english/projects/index.htm.
SIG/TEL ONLINE LEARNING AWARDS - 2000. Are you and your
students involved in an original, online learning project? If
so, you may wish to enter the "SIG/Tel Online Learning Awards -
2000." Since 1991, the Special Interest Group for Telelearning
(SIG/Tel), a division of the International Society for
Technology in Education (ISTE), has recognized creative
teachers for their pioneering use of telecommunication networks
to provide innovative learning opportunities for students from
kindergarten through college. Contact SIG/Tel
Online Learning Awards Coordinator, Gideon Goldstein
gideon@ort.org.il for more information. Deadline for
submissions" April 1, 2000.
"THE MILLENNIUM SONG" Part of the Global Song Project, this
song, based on a Prelude of Chopin, has so far been translated
into 15 languages and recorded in 10: English, Catalan,
Spanish, Basque, Galician, Occitan, Norwegian, Zulu, Afrikaans
and German. All translations and recordings can be downloaded
from Global Song website at http://www.globalsong.net and
anyone can do a translation and recording in their own
language, and send it to the project. Starts: December 21,
1999. Ends: January 2001. Contact Michael Greenacre
michael@globalsong.net.
GRANTS TO COVER COSTS OF INTERNET EQUIPMENT AND CONNECTIVITY.
SEED is a Schlumberger educational non profit initiative that
provides educational organizations two-year grants grants to
cover the cost of Internet equipment and access. See
http://www.slb.com/seed/cp.d. As of today, the SEED Connectivity
Grant Program is available in: Azerbaijan (Baku), Egypt (Cairo,
Alexandria and Port Said), Gabon (Port Gentil), India (Bombay,
New-Delhi, Dehradun and Madras), Malaysia (Kemaman), Mexico
(Mexico City), Nigeria (Lagos), Russia (Poikovsky), South
Africa (Cape Town), Thailand (Bangkok), United Arab Emirates
(Abu-Dhabi, Dubai), Venezuela (Caracas), Vietnam (Ho Chi Min).
SEED grantees: - can communicate in English, - are
underpriviledged (the tuition should be free or very low), -
are able to pick up the cost of connectivity maintenance once
the grant terminates, - have an email, a few computers and a
minimum of IT culture. If your educational organization fit the
profile, contact Pascale Berner berner@new-york.sl.slb.com.
ACTIVISM NOMINATIONS FOR "WEBBIE" AWARDS. The Academy of
Digital Arts and Sciences is looking for nominations in the
"Activism" category for its Webbie awards program. The focus
is on sites and projects using the Web and Internet technology
to activate people in a new way or to create a new kind of
activism. The source also is interested in Web versions of
traditional activism, such as organizing. Contact Jeff Wishnie
at jeff@wishnie.org.
NEW E-MAIL SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS IN PERU. http://worldperu.org
now hosts WorLDPeru Mail, a state of the art E-mail service,
offering free E-mail addresses for their teachers and students.
Contact Mario Alfredo Tejada mtejada@chavin.rcp.net.pe for
more information.
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COMING | Upcoming Events!
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"YOUTH: BUILDING KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES" GLOBAL E-CONFERENCE 17
January - 18 February 2000 ** REGISTER NOW **
http://www.globalknowledge.org/discussion.html. Sponsored by
the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
with the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP), The YBKS global
e-conference will explore how youth use information and
communication technologies in the production, dissemination and
use of knowledge in pursuit of sustainable development. For
more information contact Terri Willard twillard@iisd.ca.
THE 14TH EUROPEAN SCHOOLS PROJECT CONFERENCE. To be held in
Haugesund, Norway, April 6 - 9, 2000.
http://www.karmoyped.no/esp2000.
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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/
http://www.iearn.org/registration.htm
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FOURTH ANNUAL YOUTH SUMMIT: I*EARN youth interested in helping
to plan the program and activities of the Fourth Annual Youth
Summit in Beijing, please join in the discussion on
iearn.youth! If you would like to be subscribed to
iearn.youth, write to iearn@us.iearn.org.
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.
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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