iEARN in Action, May 17, 2001

BILL BELSEY, I*EARN COORDINATOR IN CANADA, NAMED FINALIST IN CANADIAN NEW MEDIA AWARDS! Belsey is one of 5 finalists to be named in the Educator of the Year category of 2001. Winners will be announced on May 28, 2001. http://www.cnma.ca/

HIV/AIDS EDUCATION PROJECT. The Alliance for Global Learning has received a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State to expand and sustain on-line HIV/AIDS education curriculum and collaboration between Africa and the United States. The grant specifically sponsors participation from Nigeria, Zambia, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Ghana and Washington D.C., but like all iEARN projects, all members of iEARN are welcome to join the on-line discussions that will be starting in . There will also be a pre-conference workshop in Cape Town (July 6-8) for the participating HIV/AIDS educators to compile, adapt and produce HIV/AIDS classroom materials, that fit their needs to be distributed on the Internet and on CD-Roms. Seven African educators will also travel to the U.S. for a two-week visit to work with U.S. schools in 2002. Anyone who will be attending the AFRICA CONNECTS/I*EARN CONFERENCE already, and is interested in attending the HIV/AIDS curriculum development workshop should contact Radha Blackman. Space is limited, and there are no scholarships for additional participants, but we would like as many interested people to participate as possible (we won't charge a registration fee, but additional participants would need to be responsible for their own room and board).

Join Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators

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

SPOTLIGHT ON TEENAGE HEALTH. I*EARN Australia and I*EARN Ghana are working together to coordinate a project that allows students to explore local and global issues of concern on teenage health. . We will be using iearn.health as a forum. http://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/users/web/speakout/index.htm . Contact Jo Tate in Australia.

STUDENT POSTERS ON LOCAL TEENAGE HEALTH ISSUES. We invite students to create and send posters for a special display during the Breaking the Silence Session Presentation in Capetown. We would like you to address issues of local concern to student health and well being in your country. Posters will be showcased on the website after the conference. Some small prizes will be made available. http://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/users/web/speakout/postes.html. Contact Jo Tate in Australia.

NEW I*EARN MAGAZINE, Look@. We warmly welcome student correspondents from every corner of the world. Students can write about their IEARN projects, nature, day to day developments of the country, or anything they like to write (cartoons and photos are also welcome). Contact Deepal Suriyaarachchi in Sri Lanka.

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

US TEACHERS CHECK iearn.uscenter FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES! iEARN-US will be sharing news of foundation, govt., and corporate grant opportunities that might be used to support work in online project collaborations.

FOLK TALES AND VALUES WEBSITE UPDATED! See entries from 20 countries; Argentina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Ghana, Hungary, Kirghystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Japan, Macedonia, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine and USA. Tales from all other countries are welcome! (Artwork on right by Maria and Violeta, -Bulgaria )

• See http://www.flameghana.org/ictprojects/folktalevalue/folktales.html.

Coming Soon! Upcoming Events and Projects!

NECC (National Educational Computing Conference). June 25-27, 2001. Chicago, IL. USA. See http://www.neccsite.org/ for more information. Staff from iEARN-US will be in the exhibit hall at Booth 954 and would love to see and meet people there!

AFRICA CONNECTS/I*EARN CONFERENCE - REGISTER NOW! 8th Annual I*EARN Conference- Capetown, South Africa. - 8th July 2001 -14th July 2001. Contact info@ac.wcape.school.za or http://ac.wcape.school.za to register. Or, you can receive a registration form as an automated reply by writing to registration@us.iearn.org . The conference will be hosted by the Western Cape Schools' Network and SchoolNet SA, in conjunction with their annual educational computing conference (July 10-13). 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. Call for Presentations/Workshops: Please register and submit workshop proposals on the conference web site at http://ac.wcape.school.za. Contact prog@ac.wcape.school.za if there are questions about the process for submitting workshop proposals. Selected Presenters will be notified as soon as possible, but no later than June 15.

--------> TOYS FOR AFRICA INITIATIVE. Those attending the conference are asked to bring a toy/toys to be donated to African orphans and hospitalised children, with assistance from the Capetown, Friends of the Children's Hospital group. This initiative is through the I*EARN Breaking the Silence project which deals with issues of student health. http://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/users/web/speakout/toys.htm. Contact Jo Tate in Australia.