 |
|
 
 
|
 |
iEARN in Action! October 30, 2000
WEEKLY BULGARIAN
PAPER FEATURES I*EARN CONFERENCE IN BEIJING.
In October the weekly newspaper for teachers in Bulgaria (The Az Buki
Newspaper, 11-17 October 2000) published an article about the I*EARN
conference in Beijing entitled "The Seventh I*EARN Conference Was
in Beijing". The article was written by Vela Spassova, a participant
in the Youth Summit and the Seventh Annual Conference in Beijing.
 I*EARN
IS A PARTNER IN THE PLANET PROJECT STUDENT UNDERGROUND.
It is part of an overall project aimed at being the largest collaborative
online event in history. It offers students and classrooms a chance
to learn about other countries, other cultures and other people while
participating in an unprecedented global poll of the human race. From
November 15 - 18, 2000, millions of people from around the world will
be able to share and then instantly compare their thought, beliefs,
opinions, fears, similarities and differences at the beginning of
the new millennium. http://students.planetproject.com
4TH TELEMATIC
TELAR/I*EARN CAMP IN ARGENTINA
From November 2-4, more than 400 students and treachers from various
provinces in Argentina, will be meeting in Carlos Paz, Province of
Cordoba. Teachers and students will be presenting workshops, sharing
and planning future work together. http://www.telar.org/campa2000.htm
FIRST-EVER
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK IN THE US IS NOV. 13-17.
"U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley has set the week of
Nov. 13 as a special time for students to recognize the value of gaining
a broad understanding of the cultures, languages and governments of
other nations. As part of this effort, iEARN has been asked to compile
a "Teachers' Guide to International Collaboration On the Internet."
The Guide will be available on their website at during International
Education Week.http://www.ed.gov/technology.
GROUP PHOTO
FROM I*EARN CONFERENCE IN BEIJING NOW UP ON WEB! http://www.iearn.org/beijing.gif
WORKSHOP
HELD TO INTRODUCE I*EARN TO SCHOOLS IN SRI LANKA. The workshop
was held at The Royal College Auditorium on October 20th with 10 new
schools. Congratulations to Lakshmi Attygalle and the participants
for a successful workshop!
Join
Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators
For a full listing
of iEARN projects, see iEARN.ideas.
A BOOK of FRIENDSHIP
- FIND A FRIEND THROUGH THE WEB. Students
ages 10-19 and teachers are invited to register at the site: http://teachweb.wify.com/friendship.You
will receive a personal web page and can change its design via the
easy to use web tools on the site. Your web page will be available
to all other participants for search. Contact persons: Anna Angelova,
Petia Ruseva in Bulgaria.
GEORGIAN STUDENTS
WANT TO HAVE FRIENDS FROM I*EARN WORLD!!!
"We think, that I*EARN is best way for friendship in world....Our
students want to have pen pals from I*EARN world." If you can, please,
tell your students about this letter. Our school projects are: 1.National
drinks and relation traditions 2.Bicycle in our life. Contact them
or see their letter with this Subject Line posted iearn.teachers
by Mrs. Thea Lobzhanidze and Mr. Pavle Tvaliashvili.
KINDRED LOGO
NEEDED.
We need a logo to use with our Kindred Project . Please
help us! For details see http://www.iearn.org.au/kindred/.
SMILE TRAIN
CLEFT BUDDY PROJECT.
The Smile Train Cleft Buddy Project is seeking classes or clubs
to participate in a pen-pal exchange program. All ages from all countries
are welcome. The purpose of the project is to teach students tolerance
and understanding for people who may look different, focusing mainly
on facial deformities such as cleft lip. Classes exchange a "cleft
buddy" with the pen-pal class, exchange projects and letters and any
research. See or http://www.smiletrain.org/cleftbuddy/
and contact Tammy Wang for more information.
Check
it out! Resources, Web Sites and Postings (including resources that
are not part of iEARN)
HELP A RESEARCH
TEAM EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF ONLINE TOOLS AND RESOURCES.
If you are a classroom teacher whose students use any kind of online
resources or tools, and if you would be willing to contribute about
45 minutes of your time, thoughts, and experience by completing a
Web-based questionnaire about what you learn as your students participate
in online projects, please contact Judi Harris jbharris@emissary.ots.utexas.edu
from the University of Texas, Austin in the USA.
CLASS LESSON
RESOURCES.
Nina Koptyug, Russia, is the winner of the National Best Lesson Contest
"100 Friends." Her "Local History" lesson was written while working
on The Local History project coordinated by Margaret Shearn, Australia.
Some of Nina's lessons can be seen in the Virtual Classroom done by
Pepa Nacheva, Bulgaria. For lessons and contest information, e-mail
Nina Koptyug,
Russia.
MIGRATING BIRDS
KNOW NO BOUNDARIES.
An educational project for following migrating birds.
http://www.birds.org.il.
HELP TRANSLATE
"Let's All Work Together." Native students (various tribes), in the
US are making a webpage that will have the unity message "Let's all
work together!" (or similar one "We have to live together in peace!")
translated into many languages. They now have 336 of the world's 6700
languages and need help finding more. Contact Mark H Lewis de Alcala
de Foxall, the NO BOUNDARIES project
. 'Ara'ya:ikm / Thank you.
Coming
Soon! Upcoming Events and Projects!
 BALKANS
IN MY EYES - NOV 1-5, 2000 IN OMISALJ, CROATIA. Contact Danko
Auferber. About 80 students and teachers from Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia
& Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia,
USA will collaborate on better understanding similarities and differences
that exist. Join us ! We hope you will read our Balkan Voices Declaration.
http://www.iearn.org/balkans/index.html
CIVICS MEETING
IN CAIRO, EGYPT.
New I*EARN educators from Egypt, India, Lebanon, Jordan, Sri Lanka,
Pakistan, Senegal, Kenya, Bulgaria, Ghana and Iran will be meeting
November 10-13, 2000. Most of the participants will be Middle and
Secondary School English teachers, participating in the CIVICS (Community
Voices, Collaborative Solutions) project sponsored by iEARN-US and
the U.S. Department of State. Please send welcome messages to them
under the topic "Re: CIVICS Meeting in Cairo, Egypt" on iearn.teachers.
8th
annual iEARN 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 iEARN. Contact info@wcsn.wcape.school.za
or http://www.wcape.school.za/iearn/.
For
Reference
1. WHAT: Your
announcement (2-3 lines)
2. WHERE: Send
to newsflash@us.iEARN.org.
Subj:
"news flash"
3. WHEN: By the
10th or 25th of the month.
back to top
|
|
|