________|_|_________________________|_|________ | | | \ I*EARN IN ACTION #84 | | \/\ | | \ ** News Flashes ** | | \/\ | | \ | | \ September 22, 2000 | |_______________________________________________| | | | | | | | | _| |__ _| |__ / |_| /| / |_| /| |~~~~~|/` |~~~~~|/` `~~~~~` `~~~~~` --------------------------------------------------------------- I*EARN Global School Calendar: Most Southern and Northern Hemisphere schools are in session this month. --------------------------------------------------------------- \ | I*EARN News Flashes!! \/\ | -----\---------------------------------------------------------
WELCOME TO THE ASOCIACION CAMINO A LA PAZ IN EL SALVADOR! The
participants in Asociacion Camino a la Paz (CAPAZ) in El
Salvador in Central America are now part of the global I*EARN
community. They will be working on the Civics Project.
Welcome to Luis Alonso Sibrian Cisneros and the others at
CAPAZ! <capaz@mail.vianet.com.sv>.
BULLYING PROJECT FEATURED IN ONLINE ARTICLE. "Alberta
Teacher's Site Targets Bullying."
<http://www.canadacomputes.com/v3/story/1,1017,3478,00.html>.
WORKSHOP IN UZBEKISTAN. An introductory I*EARN seminar was
conducted in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on September 16-17 by Oleg
Volkovich (IATP-Uzbekistan) and Nina Dementievskaya,
(I*EARN-Ukraine). This seminar, funded by IREX, involved more
than 30 educators from Tashkent.
U.S. EXCHANGE HOSTS NEEDED. I*EARN-US is selecting teachers
and schools in the U.S. to host Secondary/Middle school English
teachers from Egypt, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan and Sri
Lanka, for approximately two weeks, November 15-30. If you are
interested in learning more about this exceptional opportunity
to enrich your school, please write to:
<rblackman@us.iearn.org>.
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For a full listing of I*EARN projects, see <iearn.ideas>.
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FOLK TALE PROJECT. I*EARN team of Classical School #3 from
Novosibirsk, Russia would like to invite all I*EARN community
to visit THE web site of THE FOLK TALE Project
<http://www.nsc.ru/folk> (beginning September 15, 2000). You
will have a chance to go on travels and look in our Beijing
presentation and sing the song "Meeting in Beijing" with us.
MEMORIES ABOUT COMMUNISM. Students interview and research
experiences with others living in ex-communist countries. A
little over ten years ago, in 1989, Romanian people reversed
the communist power. Many students today do not understand the
realities of the past. We live in very dynamic times and the
reality from today quickly becomes history! We wish to
enlarge this project and we believe that the Romanian
experience is not unique. So, we think it could be interesting
to share similar experiences with people who live in other
ex-communist countries! Contact Florina Serbu, Romania
<florina@lefo.ro>.
MYTHS. What are the Myths in your school, family and your
Country as a whole? How are these Myths in your culture
relevant in our contemporary world? Do they promote or retard
the progress of your students in the locality? Have these
Myths given you any kind of perspective on life? Contact
Pastor Eric Sakyi Ofori, Ghana <eofori@chemu.worldgh.net>.
NATIONAL DRINKS AND RELATED TRADITIONS. Students research
national drinks, drink production, culture of drinking, its
origin and traditions in countries or regions of the world, as
well as social implications of abuse of alcoholic drinks.
Contact Pavle Tvaliashvili <p@posta.ge>, Gela Azikuri
<gelazi@yahoo.com>, Georgia.
REPAIRING FRIENDSHIPS. How do people in different countries
make peace with their friends after a conflict. You are
invited to write about a friendly relationship which was
precious to you until it was broken by a quarrel. Please
write a story about what caused the quarrel, your feelings
about the broken relationship and the steps you took to repair
the friendship. Contact Natasha Cherednichenko, Ukraine
<julia@host.kr.ua>.
SCHOOLS NEAR AIRPORTS. Concerned about the impact of aircraft
noise on learning and instruction? Concerned about the air,
soil and water impacts of your local airport? Contact Dr. Frans
Verhagen, New York City, <gaia1@rcn.com> with your ideas of
starting a worldwide aviation and airports project.
SHOULD I SURRENDER TO THE WORLD OF ADDICTIONS? The project has
come to an end and they are now in the process of gathering
the data for a booklet. If you were a participant in this
project, please send your materials to Bazhe Dimitrievski,
Macedonia <bdkox@freemail.org.mk>.
SUMMER OF THE PASSING MILLENNIUM. What was your Summer 2000
on the edge of the millennium like? Share your holidays, your
dreams and adventures, through stories, memories and other
information on the theme, including drawings, photographs,
poems, and comics! Contact Tetyana Sporynina, Ukraine
<chgym@users.univers.cv.ua>.
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NEW IEARN BULGARIA WWW SITE:
<http://sites.schools-bg.net/nav-eng.htm>
CHILDRENS' FOLK GAMES 2000 WEBSITE.
<http://digilander.iol.it/cfgames2000/> "Play, so that you
can become serious." (Aristotle) Thank you very much for your
hard work to submit these wonderful treasures: games, rhymes
and customs as well. Any comment or suggestion is very welcome!
MONGOLIAN TEDDY BEAR PROJECT.
<http://www.iearn.edu.mn/projects/teddy_bear/index.htm>.
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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.