News Flashes #83
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I*EARN Global School Calendar: Most Southern and Northern
Hemisphere schools are in session this month.
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MEETING IN CAIRO, EGYPT November 10-14, 2000: iEARN-US will be
hosting a meeting for teachers from Egypt, India, Jordan,
Lebanon, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, with support from the U.S.
Department of State/American Embassy in Cairo. There is space
for a limited number of extra participants to attend the
meeting. If you are interested please send a note to Radha
Blackman, USA rblackman@us.iearn.org. We particularly
encourage people from the Mediterranean region to take
advantage of this opportunity. The meeting is being organized
in cooperation with the ThinkQuest conference in Cairo,
November 12-14. See http://www.iearn.org/cairo2000.html for
more information.
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For a full listing of I*EARN projects, see iearn.ideas.
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THE "BEARING WITNESS" PROJECT is a new sub-project that has
been formed within the Holocaust/genocide Project iearn.hgp.
The goal is to have young people share their stories of
genocide, war, ethnic cleansing, racism, and bigotry with
other students across the globe in an effort to reflect on
values and ethical choices in our daily lives. Everyone is
welcome to join in the discussions! Forum: iearn.hgp.
BICYCLE IN OUR LIFE. Bicycles play a very important role in our
life, addressing economical, ecological and health aspects.
Join students in researching the history of this unique
transportation in their countries, and the role of bicycles in
present day society. Contact Pavle Tvaliashvili, Georgia
p@posta.ge.
SEEKING CATHOLIC SCHOOL COLLABORATIONS. Catholic Schools in
San Jose, California, USA are interested in creating a project
with Catholic Schools around the world. Any ideas for
projects? Contact Laurel Lipsick, USA laurel@ctnba.org.
THE I*EARN FIGHT AGAINST CHILD LABOUR PROJECT welcomes new
participants. With teachers and students from Pakistan,
Senegal, USA, Ghana, Zimbabwe and other countries about to
begin collaborations, a busy and stimulating time in this
4-year-old project is about to begin. Past work of the project
can be seen on iearn.projects or at
http://www.iearn.org.au/clp For more information contact Bob
Carter, Australia bob@iearn.org.au.
FOOD FOR EVERYONE PROJECT SEEKS FACILITATOR. The pilot year of
the CD-ROM curriculum project "Food For Everyone: A Teaching
Resource on World Hunger and Agriculture," has concluded and
project participants in Beijing have enthusiastically chosen to
continue the project this year. Developed by the Council for
International Agricultural Education and Bread for the World
Institute, the CD-ROM includes: teacher notes, printable lesson
plans and publications, country briefs, glossary, video,
appendix and references. The curriculum is appropriate for
agriculture and social science classes. We seek a project
facilitator to help coordinate the project, which will work
with the World Food Day this fall. If interested, please
contact David Potter, USA dpotter@iearn.org.
LEARNING CIRCLE REGISTRATION FORMS DUE SEPT 11. Learning
Circles are highly interactive, project-based partnerships
among a small number of schools located throughout the world.
The next Learning Circle session begins on Sept. 25 and ends
Jan 7 (14 weeks). For more information about learning circles
see: http://www.iearn.org/circles. You will find a placement
form to complete by Sept. 11. If you do not have web access,
send me a note and I will send you placement form through
email. Margaret Riel, USA mriel@uci.edu
A LEWIN CREATIVE WRITING ANTHOLOGY. Contributions to the 2000
edition of the global anthology of student writing, Lewin, have
now been finalized. Lewin 2000 will be published and
distributed by October. Lewin 2001 will be coordinated jointly
by Farah Kamal in Pakistan, Bob Carter and Virginia King in
Australia. If you wish to contribute to the 2001 edition,
please email lewin@iearn.org.au or post contributions onto
the iearn.lewin conference/forum.
NATIONAL DRINKS AND TRADITIONS. Students find and send
information about national drinks, drink production, its
origin and traditions in country or region. Contact Gela
Azikuri, Georgia gelazi@yahoo.com and Pavle Tvaliashvili,
Georgia p@posta.ge.
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/ | Check it out! Resources, Contests, Web Sites, Postings
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PRESENTATION PREPARED BY EDWIN J. JUDD FOR I*EARN CONFERENCE
Read text of a presentation by Edwin J. Judd, UNICEF Area
Representative for China and Mongolia, prepared for the I*EARN
International Conference in Beijing, China on behalf of Carol
Bellamy, UNICEF Executive Director see
http://www.iearn.org/judd.html.
I*EARN-JAPAN'S REPORT ON I*EARN CONFERENCE IN BEIJING.
http://www.dd.iij4u.or.jp/~kazuko/beijing.html. For persons
who don't have Japanese language fonts, the site has many
photos to view as well.
PHOTOS FROM FIRST MONGOLIAN SCHOOL INTERNET CONFERENCE. July
19-22, 2000. I*EARN played a key role in the conference in
Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, which was sponsored by the Mongolian
Ministry of Education and the Mongolian Open Society (Soros)
Foundation. See http://www.iearn.org/mongolia.
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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.