News Flashes - #71
From iearn@us.iearn.org Wed Apr 5 13:47:26 2000
Date: 22 Feb 2000 14:30:20
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 #71
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I*EARN Global School Calendar: Most Northern and Southern
Hemisphere schools are in session. Schools in China are out
until March.
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I*EARN NEWSLETTER, INTERACTION NOW IN SPANISH. Download it in
.pdf format from http://www.iearn.org.au/interaction . Thank
you, Bob, Virginia and MŪnica!
WELCOME NEW I*EARN TEACHERS IN LEBANON. Teachers in Lebanon
will be involved in I*EARN workshops from February 21st until
March 3rd. Send greetings to iearn.teachers, Subj: Please
welcome new I*EARN teachers from Lebanon.
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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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ASPECTS OF LOVE. Love is a topic which will never be out of
date. The most interesting opinions, essays, poems, stories,
pictures, etc. will be put onto a web-site , and maybe even
published in a book. Languages: English and German. See
iearn.culture or contact Petya Mihajlova and Nelly
Georgieva in Bulgaria firstls@revolta.com.
http://sites.schools-bg.net/varn-1langschool/default-en.htm.
EVERYDAY SUPERSTITIONS PROJECT. It may seem that an the end of
the 20th century science can solve almost all the problems of
our life. We use modern technical achievements every day. Then
why do we still need these "unscientific" superstitions? How do
they help us? Where do they come from and how do they influence
our activities? Do we have some "common" superstitions all over
the world? Contact Zsuzsa Tubakos in Hungary to learn more
tubi@bajabela.sulinet.hu.
HUMANITARIAN EFFORT 2000. An on-going fund-raising effort to
assist indigenous communities in meeting their educational,
social & economic needs. In 2000 efforts will focus on
providing much needed funds and supplies to the Karen children
in four schools in Umphang District, Thailand. One goal will be
to provide scholarship funds to enable Karen youngsters to stay
in school. For more info, contact Charly Bullock in the
USA at charly@arriba.nm.org. Conference: iearn.fp. WWW:
http://www.iearn.org.au/fp/human/.
IN LIFE THERE IS ALWAYS PLACE FOR FUN AND HUMOUR. A project for
writing jokes, funny stories, describing amusing situations
which happened with you or your friends, drawing pictures
illustrating these stories aiming at making life more
interesting, vivid and funny, helping to improve the mood,
to overcome difficult or stressing situation with the help of
laughter and humour. Contact Natalie Gingina in the Ukraine
root@schl7.sebastopol.ua.
ODYSSEY 2000 WEBSITE. Follow the journey of I*EARN First
Grade Teacher Jane McLane as she bicycles around the world.
http://www.psd267.wednet.edu/~kfranz/MsMcLane/msmclane.htm.
The website is being updated with email messages that Jane is
sending from a pocket computer as she travels. Since Jan 1,
2000 she has journeyed to Baja, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama and
is now in Chile. Her inspiring messages provide reading for
classroom lessons on geography, math, environment (including
weather, climate, flora, fauna), culture, community, caring and
the courage of meeting challenges.
THE BULLYING PROJECT. http://www.bullying.org is a project
for kids by kids. The students that helped develop the project
wanted to use the power of the Internet to let their peers know
that young people dealing with the issues of bullying and
teasing "Are NOT alone. Youth can contribute their personal
reflections, poems, music, drawings, photographs, and even
films. Contact William Belsey in Canada
bill@iearn-canada.org.
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/ | Check it out! Resources, Contests, Web Sites, Postings
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WHAT IS THE VALUE OF CULTURAL DIALOGUE? We believe in cultural
dialogue and practice it, but how do we communicate its value
so that other teachers--and administrators, parents, and
scholars--can see how deeply and powerfully it fits into our
curriculum? Join a discussion in iearn.teachers Subj: Value
of Cultural Dialogue or contact Mark Wagler in the USA
mwagler@facstaff.wisc.edu.
YOUR COUNTRY IN MY EYES PROJECT.
http://www.bajabela.sulinet.hu/tubi/iearn/iearn.htm. If you
have your own pages and cannot find the link to them on our
pages please send an e-mail! Zsuzsa Tubakos, Hungary,
tubi@bajabela.sulinet.hu.
LOCAL CUSTOMS PROJECT OF "Duiliu Zamfirescu" School Foc^Ęani,
Romania http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/6504/customs/.
CALLING YOUNG SCIENTISTS to join SOSEF 2000 - the SEED Online
Science and Engineering Fair - a unique online event in which
students explore ideas, design and carry out experiments, and
solve problems in science and engineering.
http://www.slb.com/seed/lab/sosef.d/index.htm. Contact
contactseed@slb.com to learn more.
MULTIMEDIA MANIA CONTEST. Sponsored by The International
Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and HyperSIG, ISTE's
Multimedia Special Interest Group. Teachers will receive free
software just for registering! Registration deadline: March
3. Projects must be submitted by April 3.
http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/mmania.how.html.
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COMING | Upcoming Events!
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EUROPEAN I*EARN ART CAMP 2000. Dates not finalized, but most
possible is June 24, 25th to June 30th. This year's focus: folk
art activities and experience folk pottery, felting, etc. See
http://www.bajabela.sulinet.hu/tubi/iearn/artcamp/artcamp2.htm.
For more information, contact Zsuzsa Tubakos in Hungary,
tubi@bajabela.sulinet.hu.
FIRST I*EARN LATINA MEETING/PRIMER ENCUENTRO DE I*EARN LATINA.
http://www.telar.org/enclat.htm "The Information and
Communication Networks in the Education for a New
Century"/"Las Redes de InformaciŪn y ComunicaciŪn en la
EducaciŪn de un Nuevo Siglo" Mar del Plata - Argentina -
April, 18-20, 2000 We invite you to participate in the First
I*EARN Latina meeting, whose main purpose is to discuss issues
related to the pedagogical implementation of the Information
and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the classroom and
other educational contexts. Language of the conference:
Spanish. See more in iearn.latina or at www.telar.org
Contact Daniel Zappal· danielz@telar.org cc:
latina@telar.org.
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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 provides opportunities 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,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.
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FOR REFERENCE!
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* Spanish translations are also available on: iearn.latina.
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http://www.igc.apc.org/iearn/newsflash.html.
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