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iEARN in Action! November 17, 2000
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, 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!
http://www.gjc.comune.roma.it/uk/conferenza.htm.
We are pleased to announce that 3 I*EARN projects are the finalists
of the Global Junior Challenge competition 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/
Join
Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators
For a full listing
of iEARN projects, see iEARN.ideas.
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 and Penny Bussetto
in South Africa. 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 Contact William
Belsey in Canada. http://www.communitynetworkers.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 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 S“o Paulo to Amman. I*EARN
members may join the project by contacting Bob Carter in Australia.
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.
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 Ò 403002, India. Email: or send directly
to 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.
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 and Kate Whitehouse in Australia
INSIDE
VIEW EDITORS SEEKING NEW TOPICS FOR MAGAZINE. If you have
ideas for new topics, please feel free to post them to
so that we can make Inside View 2001 the best magazine yet!!!!!
Check
it out! Resources, Web Sites and Postings (including resources that
are not part of iEARN)
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.
Coming
Soon! Upcoming Events and Projects!
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.
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