[seul-edu] [Fwd: winners Global Junior Challenge]

[Doug Loss <dloss@suscom.net>]

We submitted SEUL/edu for this competition for no particular reason.  It's nice
to see the winners, though.

owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote:

> From: "itinera_Katamail" <itinera@katamail.com>
> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:@cran.mit.edu;>
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> GLOBAL JUNIOR CHALLENGE
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>  Press Release
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> Rome December 4, 2000
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> THE BEST YOUNG DIGITAL PROJECTS AWARDED IN ROME BY GLOBAL JUNIOR =
> CHALLENGE
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> Internet wins in multicultural dialogue, in the development of new =
> teaching methodologies and in education for under-privileged youth
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> 9 winning projects from Spain, Chile, Morocca, Germany (2), USA (2), =
> Norway and India. 2 special mentions by the jury for projects from =
> Sweden and Italy. 2 special awards from the President of the Republic to =
> Italian school projects.
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> Statement by Mariella Gramaglia, Vice-director General of the =
> Municipality of Rome. "I wish to close this first edition of Global =
> Junior Challenge by noting several important results. First, the great =
> international value of this initiative which has seen the participation =
> of thousands of young people from all over the world, of excellent =
> technological quality, inspired by the themes of peace, anti-racism and =
> respect for the environment. For the enormous contribution of solidarity =
> and desire for dialogue that these young people have offered, and for =
> the enormous potential that a competition like Global Junior Challenge =
> can have in the promotion of the use of new technologies by the weaker =
> sectors of our society, we commit ourselves to this event being =
> established in Rome, the city that was witness to its birth.
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> It is with a shade of unconcealed nationalism that I mark the excellent =
> performance of our country who, up until a few years ago, was trailing =
> the rest of Europe in computer literacy, with the presentation of no =
> less than 270 entries out of a total 588 projects, 15 of which came in =
> as finalists".
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> The first edition of Global Junior Challenge has come to an end - the =
> international competition sponsored by the Municipality of Rome to award =
> the best projects using Internet and other new technologies in the =
> education and training of young people - with the indication of 9 =
> winners, in addition to 3 special mentions which, according to the =
> international jury, represent the most significant experiences going on =
> currently at an international level in this field. The world of Internet =
> as seen by students and teachers, whose primary interest is directed a =
> exploiting the network's capacity to connect thousands of users. These =
> are projects focus on dialogue and multicultural co-operation: the =
> Norwegian Kidlink, which has involved to date 175,000 young people all =
> over the world, the USA's Junior Journal, an on-line, self-managed =
> periodical that involves thousands of young people from ages 10 to 18.  =
> Another main theme is that of the development of new teaching =
> methodologies, pursued by the Spanish project Babynet, which instructs =
> parents via Internet on how to better their capacity to, in turn, =
> instruct their kids, or the German project Lernform Deutsch, which =
> teaches the German language on-line to foreign students. Emerging, and =
> probably destined to become of primary importance, is the big theme of =
> the exploitation of the interactive possibilities of Internet in the =
> education of under-privileged young people. It is here that creativity =
> soars with programmes dedicated to instruction of the blind in Chile, =
> professional training of poor women in India, virtual classes for =
> hospitalised children in Rovigo.
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> The value of Global Junior Challenge, however, goes well beyond the =
> declaration of the winners. For Italy, with 270 entries in the =
> competition, the GJC constitutes the first monitoring initiative in the =
> process of computer literacy within the educational system, from which =
> the surprise of a school extremely dynamic and committed on this front. =
> At the international level, the GJC offers a rich, and hitherto unknown, =
> panorama on digital training and gathers such a large number of =
> experiences as to constitute the first data bank of its kind. The GJC =
> is, therefore, a high-profile initiative destined to have positive =
> repercussions on the construction of the computerised society.
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> Details on the Winning Projects
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> Category - Up to 10 years old
> Babynet (Spain)www.babynet.org : Avant-garde project on pre-school =
> instruction, a trtue example of the information society. Designed by the =
> Alevin Centre of the city of Valenci, Babynet involves teachers, parents =
> and children in order to encourage the adaptation of the littlest ones =
> and their families to the radical change of habits that comes with the =
> passage from home to school. This is the first European experience =
> which, via Internet, offers live images of the daily activities in a =
> school and resolves specific educational problems.=20
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> Category - Up to 15 years old: inserting site
> Learning in 3D sond for the non-sighted (Chile) www.c5.cl/blind : This =
> project designed by the University of Chile makes non-sighted kids fully =
> able to navigate and learn via interactive software based on a 3D sound =
> interface. According to the jury this project introduces a new concept =
> in learning through the  construction of cognitive sound maps that =
> represent the virtual space navigated.
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> Category - Up to 18 years old
> Junior Journal (USA) http//journal.jrssummit.net : On-line periodical =
> published by the MIT Media Lab, completely created and realised by kids =
> ages 10 to 18 from all over the world. The project, according to the =
> jury, contributes to producing a change in use of the technology as it =
> remains under the complete control of the teenagers.
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> Kidlink (Norway) www.kidlink.org : In the avant-garde in the =
> multicultural dialogue, Kidlink encourages young people from all over =
> the world to meet each other on line, focusing on co-operative learning =
> and discussion among thousands of users, and not only kids but teachers =
> as well. Kidlink operates with 500 volunteers living in 34 countries and =
> speaking 15 languages.
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> Yomag Net (Germany) www.yomag.net : On-line magazine for young European =
> consumers, supplying useful information on daily life, examining =
> products and services and making them aware of the social and political =
> consequences of consumer habits.=20
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> Category - up to 29 years old
> I*Earn (Morocco) wwwiearn.org / projects.html :In the avant-garde in =
> multicultural co-operation, I*Earn (International Education and Resource =
> Network) involves the schools of 88 countries, who participate in 29 =
> languages, giving young people the chance to participate in projects =
> that contribute to the health and well-being of the planet and its =
> inhabitants. It is in the winners' circle because it represents a =
> marvellous example of how technology can be used to make a positive =
> impact on the life if students.=20
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> The WebQuest Page (USA) http//edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/ : Project =
> dedicated to building lessons via the Web, with an extremely interesting =
>  approach based on an innovative pedagogical model. The students are =
> asked, for example, to make an art exhibition selecting paintings based =
> on a theme, or to design a travel brochure or some other useful =
> activity. The site, realised at San Diego University, draws 1,800 users =
> a day.
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> Lernform Deutsch (Germany) www.uni-bonn.de/lernform/index.html : =
> Avant-garde Intercultural site in the teaching of German to foreign =
> students. The project was created by a teacher and was chosen by the =
> jury as an excellent example of what a person with a strong idea can get =
> out of Internet.
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> Category - Work
> Project Site(India) www.vaanch.org : The project uses Internet in the =
> training of poor women living in poverty in New Delhi. About 50 users =
> participate monthly, using the interactive didactic modules in the =
> acquisition of the professional areas of  office automation and desk-top =
> publishing.
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> Special Mention by the Jury for
> I eat, therefore I am (Sweden) www.eat-online.net : Co-operative =
> multicultural project on food and nutrition that helps young people to =
> explore and get to know the cultural aspects of the various countries =
> involved.
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> Scuola Fuori (Italy) www.comune.rovigo.it/citt=E0/bimbi/prev/scuola.html =
> : The project has installed an elementary school at the Pediatric =
> Hospital of the City of Rovigo through the application of advanced =
> tele-didactics. Special mention goes for the successful efforts in the =
> inclusion of under-privileged social categories and in carrying the =
> school outside of its traditional  boundaries.
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> Mentor Girls (USA) www.mentorgirls.org :Rural programme that links women =
> in the industrial world with girls in the community and school, on the =
> local, national and international levels. Special mention goes expressly =
> to the project's creator, Leah Dawn, for successfully overcoming many =
> personal and public challenges in the development of this project.
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> Special prize of the President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi:
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> Delirii di fine millennio (Caserta, Italy) www.quipo.it/delirii : The =
> project is testimony to the initiative, spirit of sacrifice and great =
> enthusiasm of some teachers in exploring the educational opportunities =
> offered by new technologies. Designed at the Istituto Tecnico =
> Commerciale Cesare Pavese, the site is a dynamic construction of our =
> passage into the third millennium, through historical, social and =
> cultural events as told by kids of diverse classes and schools.
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> Le avventure di Piera, la lattina che non voleva  finire nella =
> pattumiera (Spoleto, Italy) www.medialinghieri.it : Environmental =
> education project on the problem of garbage and recycling, directed at =
> elementary school children using the history of the tin can. The =
> initiative of the Scuola Mnedia Alighieri of Spoleto is cited as an =
> example of how the innovative work of teachers and students makes a =
> difference in the emerging world of education.=20
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