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Student Classroom Connections - Wisconsin Resources --Cisco Educational Archives (CEARCH) The CEARCH site includes a comprehensive listing of elementary, secondary, and international schools on the Internet. It also provides extensive educational links and resources for teachers, students, and administrators. This site offers a list of more than 3,000 classrooms around the world. The built-in search tools can be used to browse participating classrooms by country, first language used, grade level, and more. Individuals can submit classroom profile or browse links to other on-line resources. Global TeachNet A program of the National Peace Corps Association, Global TeachNet provides grants to K—12 teachers to disseminate and adapt successful classroom programs, produces global education materials, hosts workshops and conferences, and provides information about teacher-developed programs. Membership benefits include a bimonthly newsletter, a quarterly magazine, and listserv announcements. i*EARN, or the International Education and Resource Network, has attracted creative teachers from across the world who are interested in engaging elementary, middle school, and high school students in collaborative global projects. i*EARN enables young people to collaborate with children and youth from other countries in producing books of original poetry and stories, collections of national folklore and children’s artwork, and reports of social or natural scientific data collected simultaneously in different parts of the world. Many of the projects are designed to make a meaningful contribution to the health and welfare of the planet and its people. Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections (IECC) IECC is reliable, respected, free service that helps teachers and classes link with partners in other countries and cultures for E-mail classroom penpal and project exchanges. Since its creation in 1992, IECC has distributed more than 28,000 requests for E-mail partnerships. At this publication, more than 7,650 teachers in 82 countries were participating in the program. Educators can use the service for K—12 classroom connec-tions; higher education partner school connections; intergenerational volunteer experiences for persons aged 50.; discussion forums; and teacher and student surveys, projects, and questionnaires. or JASON Foundation for Education, Jason Project JASON Project—Wisconsin, UWM JASON, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 6000, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53203; (414) 227-3365; email: caroline@uwm.edu The site compiles content background, K—8 student activities, and investigations concerning global expeditions, featuring student participation and collaboration with a prestigious and impressive list of scientists, universities, and scientific organizations around the world. Journey North is a science curriculum that allows students to track paths of several species of animals and birds that migrate between countries. A nonprofit grassroots organization, Kidlink is aimed at getting as many youth as possible involved in a global dialogue. It is based on the idea that getting kids around the world to talk to each other will allow them a direct experience with friends having the common experience of childhood but often in very different circumstances. Operation Day’s Work This national organization, modeled after a successful Norwegian youth program, is run by students. Each year, students from Operation Day’s Work schools across the country pick one way that they plan to work together to help people their own age in a developing country. The students choose a country or theme–Haiti in 1999 and El Salvadoran teens in 2000. Peace Corps World Wise Schools World Wise Schools, sponsored by the Peace Corps, offers a wealth of information and resources related to increasing international and cultural understanding among students. This site features lesson plans, curricula, video resources, and information about opportunities for students to correspond with current and past Peace Corps Volunteers in more than 80 countries. Project ICONS (International Communication and Negotiation Simulations) Teacher’s Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet This collaboration of Internet-active teachers, the U.S. Department of Education, and i*EARN-USA promotes classroom connectivity across borders. It features a wonderful array of sample projects, how to get started, and places to find active interconnects. TRANSNET TRANSNET is a curriculum-based classroom connection to schools in England, emphasizing projects with technology, language arts, environmental education, and social studies. The 21st Century Schoolhouse is a project that has united six high schools from the United States, Brazil, Israel, Australia, South Africa, and Japan in an effort to encourage students to address environmental and social challenges facing future generations. This site allows students and teachers to contact project participants and urges the creation of similar international dialogues between schools. UNICEF offers the Voices of Youth Project to teachers and students as an online resource for learning about the contemporary challenges facing children worldwide. This site is excellent for teachers and students who would like to learn and share with students from around the world.
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