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iEARN in Action! January 23, 2001
 NEW
WEBSITE FOR 8th ANNUAL I*EARN CONFERENCE! . See http://ac.wcape.school.za/
Upcoming Events! section below for more detail.
ARABIC TRANSLATION
OF 2000-2001 PROJECT DESCRIPTION BOOK AVAILABLE. Thank you to the
team of Mourad Benali in Morocco, Ahmad Farra in Gaza, and Kamal Marroush,
Eliane Metni, and Rolla Sabbagh in Lebanon! http://www.iearn.org/projectbook00.01arabic.pdf
CONTRIBUTE ARTICLES
AND PICTURES TO I*EARN NEWSLETTER. Seeking submissions to the 2001
issue of the "Interaction" newsletter. See last year's issue at http://www.iearn.org.au/interaction/.
Send news and/or images of I*EARN activities in your country or school
to Aaron at :interaction@us.iearn.org
by May 1, 2001. If you are planning to submit, please let him know
soon so that he can begin coordinating submissions.
TELAR-I*EARN ARGENTINA
LAUNCHES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. The TELAR-I*EARN Argentina
Center together with the National Ministry of Education are launching
a Professional Development Program for 1000 teachers in the province
of Jujuy. The training will take place along the year 2001 and you
will be able to contact the new teachers through the Telar and I*EARN
conferences. http://www.telar.org/
I*EARN BEGINNER'S
WORKSHOP IN PAKISTAN. Congratulations to organizers of the recent
workshop in Pakistan organized by the Office of Public Affairs The
Consulate General of United States-Karachi. Meet many of the new participants
through recent messages on iearn.teachers.
RUSSIAN DISCUSSION
LIST. See full information about iearn.russian at under "School Server
Mailing Lists"http://www.nit.spb.ru/eng.
Information in Russian is also available at http://www.nit.spb.ru.
Join
Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators
For a full listing
of iEARN projects, see iEARN.ideas.
 SEEKING
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR LEWIN 2001. Lewin is an anthology of student writing.
It can be poetry or prose on any topic and in any language. Contributions
are now being called for Lewin 2001. They can be posted to the forum
iearn.lewin.
LOCAL BIRDS PROJECT.
Join students in Pakistan, the USA and around the world in discussing
birds of various local habitats. Students in Miami wrote recently
that they are watching back yard birds at school and at their homes.
Due to recent construction, many of the birds and animals seem to
have vacated the garden perhaps because of noise, storage of materials,
cars and other human activity disturbing this area. They are interested
in how other schools are encouraging respect and enjoyment of birds
as well as how to encourage native species to return to a location.
See and/or write directly the project facilitators
Shahina Ali Raza and Shahina Perveen in Pakistan.
MEMORIES ABOUT
COMMUNISM LAUNCHES PROJECT WEBSITE http://www.lefo.ro/web-comunism/comunism.html.
All are invited to read and respond to the family interviews being
posted to , as well as to share stories of your own!
Contact Florina Serbu in Romania.
RAINFORESTS OF
THE WORLD PROJECT. A project to raise awareness of the rainforests
around the world; what is happening to them and what can be done to
ensure their future on Planet Earth.Contact Ynez Walker in New Zealand.
Check
it out! Resources, Web Sites and Postings (including resources that
are not part of iEARN)
DIGITAL DIVIDE
NETWORK REQUEST FOR SUBMISSIONS. http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/.
One of DDN's major goals is to provide local organizations and institutions
with a diversity of voices regarding the digital divide. If you are
interested in contributing an article to the Digital Divide Network
(preferably 700-1500 words), please contact Kade Twist kade@benton.org.
VIDEO CLIPS OF
iEARN CLASSROOM PROJECTS. See video vignettes of the iEARN project
work of Kristi Rennebohm Franz and her students at Sunnyside Elementary
including the Pond Water Habitat, Quilt Math, and iEARN Teacher Jane
McLane's Bicycle Trip Around the World. The videos are being used
for Professional Development workshops in the US and include example
of assessments of students literacy work within one iEARN project.
Filming was done for the USA North Central Regional Education Laboratories.
See http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/highlite.htm
with links to "Alignments with Vision Success Story" "Learning Environments
Success Story" and "Sound Base in Research Success Story."
"LAWS OF LIFE"
ANNOUNCES TWO SMALL GRANT COMPETITIONS. -The Laws of Life project
has been an ongoing essay project funded by the US Organization, the
Templeton Foundation since 1999. This year we are seeking proposals
for the creation of regional 'Laws of Life Centers'. These small grants
are open to anyone in the world to apply for ONE TIME seed money (up
to $1500) with which they will establish the capacity to continue
promoting project in the future. To apply please submit one or two
pages describing the institution that will be responsible for the
center, a proposed budget and description of how the funds will be
used, and most importantly, how the center will remain sustainable
and keep the project alive after this year. The criteria for selection
will include: * a demonstrated commitment to the objectives of the
Laws of Life project. * partnerships with other local institutions
who will help support the goals of the project. * additional sources
of funding to keep the center in place after this year (i.e., matching
grants). * a potential for regional outreach. * financial need and
a resourceful budget. Deadline for submission will be March 31. -As
in the past, the LOL project will culminate in the publication of
a multilingual essay compilation book. However, we are also offering
funding to any countries/regions/languages that collect more than
150 essays. For example, if the total amount of essays submitted in
the Spanish language from any number of countries exceeds 150, we
will offer funds to anyone who will coordinate the compilation, printing
and distribution of a small book entirely in Spanish. Similarly, if
there is a certain country or group of countries that would like to
compile their essays into a local publication, we will consider funding
these efforts provided the total amount of essays exceeds 150. The
deadline for proposal requests is June 1. See http://www.iearn.org/projects/lawsoflife.html
and or contact Sarah Lucas for more information.
Coming
Soon! Upcoming Events and Projects!
YOUTH FORUM OF
THE AMERICAS. March 5 - 11, 2001. Quebec City Joining youth between
the ages of 15 and 19 from countries throughout the Americas, who
would like to talk about social issues, equal rights and equal opportunities
for all. Contact: tgmag@tgmag.ca.
WWW: http://www.tgmag.ca
VIMUN - VIENNA
INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS. April 1 - 5 2001. Vienna, Austria.
Contact: vimun@afa.at. http://afa.at
GLOBAL YOUTH
SERVICE DAY. April 21, 2001. An annual global event that Celebrates,
Recognizes, and Mobilizes * the year-round contributions of young
people to build their communities and their world through voluntary
service, and the contributions made by the community (public, private,
and nonprofit sectors) for empowering young people. Contact .http://www.gysd.net
.
YOUTH WEEK-INTERNATIONAL.
May 5-11 2001.:gysd@ysa.org http://www.youthweek.org/
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.http://ac.wcape.school.za/
Youth are encouraged to fill our the survey "Youth Summit Survey -
PLEASE READ" posted to iearn.youth
to share ideas for the 2001 Youth Summit.
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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