News Flashes #82
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I*EARN Global School Calendar: Many Northern Hemisphere schools
are returning this month. Most Southern Hemisphere schools are
in session.
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HIGHLIGHTING I*EARN PROJECTS. I*EARN-US is in the process of
redesigning its website to include a different "project
feature" on its homepage each month. We want to share the
compelling human stories about things that have happened in
your schools or communities through your involvement in an
I*EARN project. Stories should be between 300-600 words and
should include a photograph too. Though all submitted stories
may not be used on the site, all stories submitted will become
part of an I*EARN stories archive accessible to all I*EARN
teachers and coordinators to be used for newsletters, etc.
Stories and attached photographs can be e-mailed to
projectstories@us.iearn.org.
TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THE SMILE TRAIN CLEFT BUDDY WORKSHOP IN
BEIJING. Unfortunately, someone left with our address booklet
and we have lost all of the names of those interested. Anyone
who attended the Smile Train Cleft Buddy presentation in China,
please email Michele Sinesky in the USA
msinesky@smiletrain.org.
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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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CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IN ARTWORK. (from the materials of
the Convention on the Rights of Children). The idea is to help children
realize the Convention as the key to understanding their legal
status in the society through Arts. Students become
acquainted with the Convention, discuss it, create artwork,
posters, comments or essays on the articles and exchange them.
Contact helen.rek@online.nsk.su. (Olga Novak, Elena
Rekichinskaja, Marina Kosinova) in Russia. Forum:
iearn.globalart.
LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT. Students are invited to participate in
this project which will continue until July 2001. There are
several schools from Europe participating but very few from
other countries. The project is very simple. Students research
the history of their area or town and send their contributions
to iearn.kidscan. Partners can be arranged for private
correspondence. Contact Margaret Shearn in Australia
mshearn@netconnect.com.au to register. All articles are
published on the website at
http://www.skiptonps.vie.edu.au/history.
NEW MILLENNIUM CARD-GLOBAL ART PROJECT. Our youth have a
wonderful chance to wish best things for the future
generations, to share and express their ideas about our planet
in the future and to think about the problems of the
surrounding world. (artworks, postcards, essays: "My vision of
the 3d Millennium", or a title for the 21st century). Contact:
marina@che.nsk.su, helen.rek@online.nsk.su (Olga Novak, Elena
Rekichinskaja, Marina Kosinova) in Russia. Forum:
iearn.globalart.
TEDDY BEAR PARTICIPANTS NEEDED. There lots of teachers waiting
for partners in the Teddy Bear project. Please register at
http://www.iearn.org.au/tbear or
send the following information to Muriel Wells in Australia
wells.muriel.a@edumail.vic.gov.au. Teacher's name,
Grade level, School Name, Street, City, State, Country, Post
Code, Email address.
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/ | Check it out! Resources, Contests, Web Sites, Postings
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MY SOUND OF MUSIC 2000 PROJECT:
http://www.geocities.com/petrudumitru/mysound/.
Thanks to Petru Dumitru petru.dumitru@eun.org.
PHOTOS FROM I*EARN CONFERENCE IN BEIJING.
The Giant Mosaic Project done at the conference is now
available at
http://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/users/web/mosaic/index.htm.
I*EARN SCHOOL IN AUSTRALIA WINS WEBSITE AWARD. Congratulations
to Skipton Priamry School for winning an Australia wide website
competition run by Edulink and the Australian Scholarship
Group. See http://www.skiptonps.vic.edu.au.
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COMING | Upcoming Events!
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INTERNATIONAL YOUTH PARLIAMENT 2000 (IYP2000). Sydney,
Australia, October 19th to 28th, 2000.
http://www.caa.org.au/parliament.
8th ANNUAL I*EARN CONFERENCE: "AFRICA CONNECTS: EDUCATION IN
THE INTERNET AGE"- July 9-14 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa at
the University of Cape Town. Organized by the Western Cape
Schools Network, SchoolNet SA, and I*EARN. Contact
info@wcsn.wcape.school.za or
http://www.wcape.school.za/iearn/.
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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.iearn.org/newsflash.html.
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TO SUBMIT AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE NEWSFLASH:
Send your announcement (2-3 lines) to newsflash@us.iearn.org.
It should tell of project activity and point to one of the
I*EARN conferences.