News Flashes - #74
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I*EARN Global School Calendar: Most Northern and Southern
Hemisphere schools are in session. A number of schools will be
on holiday from mid to late April.
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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/
Register online at
http://www.iearn.org/registration.htm
PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!
ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND!
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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 Informaci¤n y Comunicaci¤n en la Educaci¤n de un Nuevo
Siglo" Mar del Plata - Argentina - April, 18-20, 2000
Language of the conference: Spanish. See more in
iearn.latina or at http://www.telar.org Contact Daniel
Zappal danielz@telar.org cc: latina@telar.org.
CONTRIBUTE TO I*EARN'S NEWSLETTER "INTERACTION." Send news of
I*EARN activities in your country or in your school, or
personal experiences in I*EARN which you think should be
shared. Articles should be no more than 400 words. You can
also send images (preferably as jpeg). Send contributions via
email or as a Word attachment to Bob Carter in Australia
bob@iearn.org.au no later than the end of April. (The last
issue can be seen at http://www.iearn.org.au/interaction/).
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For a full listing of I*EARN projects, see iearn.ideas.
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CU-SeeMe WITH SCHOOL IN IRELAND. Would anyone like to try to
meet teachers and students at "Inver National School" in
Ireland? We are in GMT time-zone. You can see a record of our
previous efforts at http://www.iol.ie/~bmullets. Contact Máirín
Glenn inverns@iol.ie.
THE I*EARN HUMANITARIAN EFFORT. Continuing in its 4th year of
raising school funds for Karen tribal children in the highlands
of Thailand. Funds raised in previous years have been used to
purchase an electrical generator for the school, pay for the
teacher's salary, finance construction improvements for the
children's dormitory, and provide needed school supplies for
the children. This year's funds are being raised to help pay
school expenses so that the children from extremely poor
families can stay in school. Without these funds, these young
children in the Umphang District will leave school and go to
work in the fields. Less than $200 (US) will pay all expenses
for a full year of schooling for one child. If you wish to help
in this effort, please contact Charly Bullock at A:shiwi
Elementary School in the USA charly@arriba.nm.org. Our fund
raising deadline is April 14, 2000 (New Year's Day for the
Karen Tribe). See http://www.iearn.org.au/fp/ to learn
more about the I*EARN First Peoples' Project.
LAB'S ALIVE. Exciting work in areas related to Science and the
Environment. A Scientist in Residence is joining to answer
questions from I*EARN schools (starting late May 2000).
Environmental Survival Units are being developed in Australia
and Uganda. Why not start one of your own! Limited grants are
available to help schools set up the unit. See
http://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/users/web/labsalive/index.htm
or contact Jo Tate in Australia jot@araratcc.vic.edu.au.
Conference: iearn.ventures.
LEWIN CREATIVE WRITING ANTHOLOGY. Read and respond to
creative writing submitted from students from Belarus,
Australia, Colombia, Pakistan, Russia, Romania, Lebanon, and
more! And, share your work with them! See iearn.lewin.
LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT. Many students from Europe are
participating and sending fascinating stories of the history of
their towns. The project is open to any students aged 9 to 18
and will continue indefinitely at this stage. We would love to
hear from you. For further details contact Margaret Shearn in
Australia mshearn@netconnect.com.au or see
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~skippy/history. Conference:
iearn.kidscan.
NEW TEACHERS FROM PAKISTAN. Teachers recently attended a workshop
in the Aga Khan School- Garden in Karachi. The teachers have posted
their messages in iearn.teachers under
"Windows to Asia and Oceania." They invite your greetings
and suggestions of how to get involved in I*EARN. Thanks
to Farah S. Kamal smssec@aol.net.pk in Pakistan!
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/ | Check it out! Resources, Contests, Web Sites, Postings
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ORDER COPIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL FOODS PROJECT RECIPE BOOK!
The 1999 Recipe Book was finally published at the beginning of
2000. Participating schools should all now have received copies
for all contributors. There are some copies of the Recipe Book
1999 still available for sale for US$15.00 each, plus postage.
Contact Margaret Scott in Australia
scott.margaret.m1@edumail.vic.gov.au.
CAHOOTS LAUNCHES LIVE WEB WIDE COMMUNICATION NETWORK. Allows
users to talk to all other fellow visitors as well as website
personnel, conversing live by either speaking to them or typing
text messages. They can ask and answer questions, share
information and work together, direct and in person. Cahoots
users can make voice calls to colleagues and friends worldwide,
with no long-distance charges; send instant messages; and post
notes to each other in Website Info Centers. See
http://www.cahoots.com.
SIG/Tel ONLINE LEARNING AWARDS-2000. Are you and your students
involved in an original, online learning project? 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 (grades 13-16). Entries must be
submitted via electronic mail before the submission deadline:
May 1, 2000. For more information, please contact the contest
coordinator, Gideon Goldstein in Israel at gideon@ort.org.il.
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COMING | Upcoming Events!
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I*EARN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ECOLOGICAL CONFERENCE. May 4-7
2000. To be held in Poland. Expecting 40 participants from 6
countries. Come to visit us in Hel. Contact Andrzej Litwin
alitwin@ids.gda.pl or Renata Witucka rwitucka@ids.gda.pl.
CEE (Central/Eastern Europe) YOUTH SUMMIT. Cluj Napoca,
Romania, between 24-28 of May 2000. Three students, a teacher
and the coordinator from each CEE countries are invited to
participate as well as from the countries that have recently
entered our I*EARN family: Serbia, Bosnia, Hercegovina,
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey and Greece. Please confirm
your participation the soonest possible to Nelly Platon in
Romania nelly@lcjdap.soroscj.ro.
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.
I*EARN 7TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS' CONFERENCE I*EARN
4TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SUMMIT: See beginning of
newsflash for more information.
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FOR REFERENCE!
* Past Newsflashes are saved in the Newsgroup: iearn.news.
* Spanish translations are also available on: iearn.latina.
* WWW Newsflashes at:
http://www.igc.apc.org/iearn/newsflash.html.
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