iEARN in Action, February 28, 2001

US-CHINA YOUTH EXCHANGE. Applications are now available online at: http://www.iearn.org/china/exchange. Printed applications will be available by regular mail March 5, 2001.

Join Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators

For a full listing of iEARN projects, see iEARN.ideas.

POLLUTION: A MENACE POSED BY MANKIND. Contribute your valuable data pertaining to your concept, ideas and experiences about the prevailing state of pollution in your locality / state / country. Your valuable input will be of immense use to find suitable solutions to this menace all around the globe. Submit your data to under the Subject: POLLUTION : A MENACE POSED BY MANKIND. Facilitator: Subhodeep Sarker.

SPANISH PROJECT-"PUERTAS A LA PAZ." Este es un proyecto colaboaritivo Internacional, donde las comunidades educativas intercambian, reflexionan y generan actividades y proyectos que contribuyan a modificar la realidad local y global para lograr una cultura fundamentada en la paz. En el a–o 2.000, participaron escuelas de Argentina, Colombia, California, MŽxico, Paraguay y Perœ. En este a–o ya se inscribieron escuelas Colombia, Bolivia y Colombia. M‡s datos pueden ir a la conferencia: y al sitio: http://www.telar.org/paz, la fase de intercambios en lineas se desarrolla en dos turnos. marzo-junio y septiembre-diciembre. Los esperamos!!!!

SPANISH SPEAKERS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN LAWS OF LIFE PROJECT, in its 3rd. edition. In this project, students discuss, discover and express their values in the form of essays, and explain why they chose to live by those principles. You can find the teachers' guide in Spanish at http://www.iearn.org/projects/lawsoflife.html and meet other participants at the conference . For more information, please contact the new coordinator, Crescencio Orrego.

VALUE OF LIFE PROJECT. Started and moderated by a team of young people from India and Bulgaria in the age group 16 - 18 yrs. The Aim of this project is to help people understand the value of money in their life. See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Valueofmoneyinlife. You can also contact Maitreyi Doshi Or Neli Georgiewa. You can send articles, poems, essays to Soujanya Shenoy or you can post them on iearn.culture .

Check it out! Resources, Web Sites and Postings (including resources that are not part of iEARN)

EUROPEAN SCHOOLNET E LEARNING AWARDS 2001. The 2001 European Schoolnet eLearning Awards are designed to show how teachers are successfully using technology to improve teaching and learning in schools across Europe. They reward innovation that increases learning opportunities and can be adopted by others. Very soon further details and a registration form at http://www.eun.org and http://eschola.eun.org. Closing date 11 May 2001.

STOCKHOLM CHALLENGE AWARD. Deadline Extended to April 1! One of the world's largest prizes for society and people oriented projects that show excellent practice of information technology. Fill out an entry form at http://www.challenge.stockholm.se If you have additional questions, write to info@challenge.stockholm.se .

CALL FOR REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS TO NATION1. An essential part of this network is youth writing articles about what interests the most, about the top-news in their countries, expressing their own views in the articles. If you are personally interested in becoming a regular correspondent, please send an e-mail to Terah U. DeJong with the following fields for the database: First name, Last name, Age,Country, City, Interests (relating to issues, hobbies, current affairs,etc.), E-mail address. See http://www.nation1.org to learn more about Nation1.

Coming Soon! Upcoming Events and Projects!

YOUTHCAN ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE. April 30, 2001, New York City, USA. Students facilitate an online network of students using telecommunications technologies to undertake and/or share environmental wrk locally and around the world. See or http://www.nyu.edu/projects/youthcan/2001/announcement.html.

ESCHOLA EVENT. Schools throughout Europe are invied to take part in ÎeSchola ö learning togetherâ ö a week for eLearning in Europe to demonstrate the potential of ICT in the classroom. ÎeScholaâ will take place 7-11 May 2001. See http://eschola.eun.org

AFICA CONNECTS CONFERENCE - REGISTRATION NOW OPEN The Western Cape Schools' Network, SchoolNet SA, and the International Education and Resource Network (I*EARN) are pleased to announce that the registration for the AFRICA CONNECTS Conference is now open. You will find find the online registration form and relevant information on http://ac.wcape.school.za/ Please register using the online registration form. Even though you may have given us some details earlier with regard to getting more information, it is important that you fill in the new online registration form. If it is not possible for you to look at the website and you would like a registration form sent to you, or if you have any other queries, please contact us at info@ac.wcape.school.za. The AFRICA CONNECTS Conference is to be held in Cape Town, South Africa in July 2001, and promises to be the benchmark conference of its type in Africa. We anticipate that 1000 teachers and students will come from throughout the African continent and another 500 will come from around the world. Participation is open to all educators who are share an interest in enhanced learning through on-line project-based learning. AFRICA CONNECTS is sponsored by MWeb and Microsoft SA. PLEASE NOTE: The I*EARN Conference is being held in parallel to and in conjunction with the Africa Connects Conference. The I*EARN Conference starts on Sunday, July 8 with registration and an evening activity, and finishes on Friday, July 13.