News Flashes #87
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I*EARN Global School Calendar: Most Southern and Northern
Hemisphere schools are in session this month.
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iEARN-USA IS LAUNCHING A NEWLY DESIGNED WEBSITE! In the
next few days, you will find a new look and feel on the
iEARN-USA website http://www.iearn.org, which will hopefully
prove to be easier to navigate. In addition to a new design,
the site includes a new online forum system which has been
designed to be faster and easier to use than the current
system. Once it has launched, the project forums will be
accessible at http://foro.iearn.org. You will continue to
use the same Account Name and Password that you are currently
using to access the system. If you have already registered a
User Name to enter the forums, that User Name will stay the
same. If you have any trouble getting into the new forum
system, or have trouble using it, please contact us at
support@us.iearn.org.
CONGRATULATIONS TO I*EARN FINALISTS IN THE GLOBAL JUNIOR
CHALLENGE! We are pleased to announce that 3 I*EARN projects
are the finalists of the Global Junior Challenge competition
http://www.gjc.comune.roma.it/uk/conferenza.htm in Rome,
Italy, where more than 600 projects from all over the world
participated. Descriptions of Learning Circles, the Holocaust
Genocide Project and I*EARN have been sent by Margaret Riel
(USA), Honey Kern USA) and Mourand Benali (Morocco). Alenka
Makuc from I*EARN Slovenia will present I*EARN at the
exhibition and will attend the final ceremony on December 4th
on behalf of all our three teachers, to which we express
congratulations!
iEARN-USA CREATES TEACHER'S GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATION ON THE INTERNET FOR US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Thank you to the I*EARN team that put the guide together, and
to all the I*EARN project facilitators and participants whose
projects appear as resources and models throughout the guide.
http://ed.gov/Technology/guide/international/.
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For a full listing of I*EARN projects, see iearn.ideas.
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AFRICA THE EARLY FIRES. We are waiting for teachers and
students who want to contribute learning material for
students on African History. We would like to include material
from all over the world. Contact Project co-ordinators Beaven
Mukonori in Zimbabwe bmukonori@avu.org and Penny Bussetto in
South Africa penny@wcsn.wcape.school.za. Forum:
iearn.africa.
THE COMMUNITY NET-WORKERS. Your school is wired, NOW WHAT?...
Make a difference, that's what! Students will create Web sites
with and for local non-profit community groups in order to
help bridge the digital divide in honour of 2001, the United
Nations' International Year of Volunteers. Project Begin &
End Dates: December 05, 2000 to December 31, 2001
http://www.communitynetworkers.org Contact William Belsey in
Canada bill@iearn-canada.org.
FIGHT AGAINST CHILD LABOUR PROJECT. Young people and
their teachers across the globe are currently exchanging their
research and putting their ideas forward through prose and
poetry. You can see what they are saying on iearn.projects
and the project web site http://www.iearn.org.au/clp. Recent
work can be seen via the links: Mucheke High School, Masvingo,
Zimbabwe/ Child labour in Pakistan/ from Sao Paulo to Amman.
I*EARN members may join the project by contacting Bob Carter in
Australia bob@iearn.org.au.
NATIONAL HERITAGE AND THE GREAT ARTISTS OF MY COUNTRY HAVE NEW
WEBSITES! http://heritage2001.tripod.com and
http://www.artists.hit.bg By joining these projects you
contribute to the great idea of persevering your country's
heritage for the coming generations and help millions of
people learn about your country. Contact Victory Kalchev for
the National Heritage or Boryana Kostadinova for Great Artists,
both in Bulgaria. firstls@revolta.com.
POLLUTION: A MENACE POSED BY MANKIND. Students from different
parts of the world are invited to participate in this pollution
awareness programme. The main objective of the project is to
compile the data pertaining to various problems of pollution
all around the globe and make an awareness amongst the world
community. Submit your valuable data to Subhodeep Sarker,
Grade-X, The Rosary High School, Miramar, Goa n 403002, India.
Email: subhodeep1_in@yahoo.com or send directly to
iearn.environ under Subject: 2001/Pollution:A Menace Posed By
Mankind. http://www.geocities.com/subhodeep1_in/.
IEARN GROUP FROM GUATEMALA FINISHES FIRST YEAR AND SEEKS
ADDITIONAL PARTNERS! Contact Hudeth Azucena Salazar Tortola
AzucenaS@guate.godchildproject.org.
THROUGH YOUTHFUL EYES. Students will take photographs of twelve
selected topics to be published on a web site and a calendar
for 2002. Students may take photos and submit them via the
internet as attachments. These will be shown on a web site
throughout 2001 and at the end of the year 12 will be selected
to be published on a calendar for 2002. Topics include
Children, Photo taken before 1950, War/soldiers, Landscapes,
Still life, Animals, People/portraits, Travel, Action, Water,
Night time, Families. Contact Abbey Willcox
katiev_w@yahoo.com.au and Kate Whitehouse
abs_106@hotmail.com in Australia
INSIDE VIEW EDITORS SEEKING NEW TOPICS FOR MAGAZINE. If you
have ideas for new topics, please feel free to post them to
iearn.inside so that we can make Inside View 2001 the best
magazine yet!!!!!
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/ | Check it out! Resources, Contests, Web Sites, Postings
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FELLOWSHIP FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS. The Wright Center for Science
Education at Tufts University annually awards full-year
fellowships that provide support for study and professional
advancement to teachers grades 6-12. Wright Fellowships are
awarded to teachers, based anywhere in the world, whose
significant innovations in their school's science curriculum
have improved their students' understanding of science.
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/fellowships/fellopp.html.
or contact Leora Weinstein wright_center@emerald.tufts.edu.
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COMING | Upcoming Events!
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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.
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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 forums.
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I*EARN (the International Education and Resource Network) is a
non-profit that empowers teachers and students (K-12) to work
together with others around the corner or in different parts
of the world at very low cost through a global
telecommunications network. I*EARN is currently active in over
90 countries. http://www.iearn.org
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