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[seul-edu] [Fwd: Global Junior Challenge]
As I recall, we submitted SEUL/edu and maybe some other of our projects to this
contest. At least, that's the only reason I can think of for this message to be
directed at our mailing list.
owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote:
> From: "itinera_Katamail" <itinera@katamail.com>
> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:@cran.mit.edu;>
> Subject: Global Junior Challenge
> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 15:56:46 +0200
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> GLOBAL JUNIOR CHALLENGE or "Digital Youth"
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> Press Release =
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> Rome, 16 October 2000
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> By the time the entry deadline came the GLOBAL JUNIOR CHALLENGE had =
> received a RECORD NUMBER OF PROJECTS: IN FACT 49 COUNTRIES HAVE ENTERED =
> 586 PROJECTS USING THE INTERNET FOR YOUTH TRAINING PURPOSES. ITALY HEADS =
> THE LIST WITH 270 PROJECTS THAT ADD UP TO A UNIQUE, LIVING MAP OF THE =
> NATION'S INFORMATION SOCIETY.=20
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> Grand designs for intercultural dialogue, new ideas for education, the =
> environment and the workplace: that's the picture painted of the world's =
> digital youth by the contest promoted by the municipality of Rome that =
> has become the world's first digital databank.
>
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> Having attracted a mountain of projects from all over the world, the =
> Global Junior Challenge closed its doors at 9 a.m. on October 2. Now all =
> that remains is the judging of the worldwide contest promoted by the =
> City of Rome as part of its Presidency of the European Telecities =
> Network, a contest that will be offering prizes to the best youth =
> training projects using the Internet and the new information =
> technologies.=20
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> Choosing the winners will be no easy task, because there are 586 =
> projects to judge, coming from 49 different countries among them. Italy =
> is in the lead with 270 entries , folllowed by the Usa with 63, Israel =
> with 29 and Germany with 26. But all the European nations have =
> contributed, including Estonia, Lithuania and the Balkan countries. The =
> contest also attracted a lot of interest from Latin America, including =
> an amazing 14 projects from Colombia of all places. The organisers were =
> also intrigued to receive so many entries from countries that are not =
> usually thought of as digitally minded such as Bangladesh, Cameroon, =
> Kenya, Jamaica, Malaysia, the Maldives and Swaziland.=20
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> The magnitude of this Global response to Rome's Global Challenge has =
> transformed the contest into the world's first databank of best =
> practices in the field of digital training, that offers a comprehensive =
> overview of how much is being done and what new trends are emerging. It =
> is equally significant that over half the projects (256 entries) came =
> from schools of every kind and grade, the remainder being contributed by =
> Universities, leading research centres, corporations, museums, cultural =
> associations, foundations and individuals. All these contestants have =
> entered projects large and small, all using the Internet mainly for the =
> purposes of cultural exchange and educating the young in the history and =
> geography of distant lands, in the importance of the environment and in =
> the problems of multicultural society. Some of these projects draw =
> together a large number of countries and thousands of young people from =
> all over the planet engaging them in a genuine intercultural dialogue. =
> Others use the internet as a multimedia tool, deploying a whole host of =
> innovative technologies like web cam, video conferencing, chat, rooms =
> and so on. A large number of other projects involved innovative teaching =
> systems using advanced, interactive technologies both to introduce young =
> people to the world of work and also to create new jobs.=20
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> However just as it produced the most entries (270 projects) Italy also =
> contributed the biggest surprises of the contest painting an exciting =
> portrait of the nation as an information society whose palpitating heart =
> lies at the centre of the country which contributed 152 projects with =
> powerful off-shoots in both the north (72 projects) and the south =
> including the islands (33 projects). Italy was also involved in a =
> further 13 inter-regional and international projects. Here too, over =
> half the projects came from the nation's education system, elementary =
> schools as well as Universities, thereby disproving the myth of =
> passivity and reluctance to change among the nation's educational =
> institutions. What the Global Challenge has revealed is a highlly =
> dynamic education system that is fully alert to the teaching potential =
> of the new technologies, albeit in a less than systematic fashion. In =
> the absence of any coordinated effort, the uptake of IT resources =
> depends entirely on the individual school's organisational capacity and =
> enthusiasm. Successes are almost always the fruit of cooperation between =
> pupils and teachers and here we find a very high level of creativity =
> that covers everything from on-line newspapers to CDs and didactic =
> hypertexts and thousands of websites, often highly original and =
> frequently the work of the students themselves. Many of their projects =
> are also concerned with education and training and include special =
> projects for the young disabled.
>
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> Now all that remains is for the international jury to select a =
> short-list of 50 projects that will form the subject of a major =
> exhibition to be held in the Fiera di Roma Exhibition Centre on December =
> 4-5. From that short -list the jury will then select the contest winners =
> who will receive their awards at an official ceremony in the Campidoglio =
> on December 4. Further information is available on the internet: =
> http:/wwwc.gjc.comune.roma.it=20
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