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I*EARN(the International Education and Resource Network) is a global community of students and teachers committed to using telecommunications to make a meaningful difference in the world as part of the educational process.
The heart of I*EARN is for students and teachers to collaborate on projects. Teachers work together to support one another. Everyone is devoted to
helping each other.
Overview of I*EARN in Taiwan
The AJET Project(Advanced Joint English Teaching)
Spanning Three Centuries Taiwan Cyber Fair 2000 Pathfinder Kids Care for Kids
AJET in Taiwanhttp://ajet.nsysu.edu.tw
The AJET project in Taiwan has tried very hard at the various empirical levels of language teaching to promote the incorporation of the Internet into the curriculum. We aim ourselves at creating a cyber environment for learners here in Taiwan. It is meant to─Use the hardware/system─Create software─Reveal "liveware"-- what is required as a "whole person"
On-line Campus for AJET
Cyber University(Chinese)
http://cu.nsysu.edu.tw Visual Campus(English)
http://vc.nsysu.edu.tw
AJET2000 Activities(1)
Little AJET training program
--for student leaders AJET Professional Workshops
-- for teachers
Web-based teaching and IT skills
AJET Workshops
--for students
Mutli-media and translation
AJET2000 Activities(2)
Personal Homepage Contest
Stage I, II and III. International Contests
Cyber Fair and AT&T Virtual Classroom
On-line Discussion on Visual Campus Forum Discussion
AJET2000 Activities(3)
Web-based course with U.S. General Video Conference with Japan Voice Mail with Japan AJET Poetry Course on Cyber
University AJET Poetry Reading Contest
Curriculum for AJET(1)
Structured knowledge (based on textbooks) Internet services e-mail, BBS, Forums, WWW, Video conference & Media Master
Practice in Language Learning E.g. Web-based courses CU course
Curriculum for AJET(2)
Unstructured knowledge (based on mission-based model) Internet services e-mail, BBS, Forums, WWW,
Focus on cooperative learning and problem-solving
E.g. On-line Discussion International Conference Research Projects and Contests
Curriculum for AJET(3)
Developing “liveware”
(based on I*EARN Activities) Internet services
e-mail, conference
Inspire caring thoughts for the world E.g. Earthquakes around the world
Environment issues
Children’s folk games
Spanning Three Centuries
Spanning Three Centuries(1)
People who are more than 100 years old on 1 January 2000 will have been born in the 1800's. Therefore their lives will have spanned three centuries.
In this project youth across the world will be encouraged to locate people in this category and document their story.
Spanning Three Centuries(2)
Purposes--To encourage an appreciation of the events of
history across the world as seen by ordinary people.
--To attempt to learn from the experience of others, pass the lessons to all who will read and hope to avoid the errors of the past.
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Spanning Three Centuries(4)
Time Line Tasks
February,2000 --Receive training in the TC course in NSYSU cyber university.
--Collect the text story of each person, utilizing technological device to record sound, photos and video clips as well as copies of significant mementos.
--The final collection of worldwide impressions of history in digital form to be available to scholars
March-April ,2000
May,2000
June-July,2000
Taiwan Cyber Fair 2000(1)
The International Schools Cyber Fair demonstrates how schools can share the knowledge and skills of their teachers and
students on a world-wide basis.
Taiwan Cyber Fair 2000(2)
Participating schools conduct a research project through cooperation, mutual discovery and content creation and which involves community resources.
They publish the results of their project on the Internet's World Wide Web.
Taiwan Cyber Fair 2000(2)
We demonstrate that A Chinese mirror site can substantially promote the publicity in Taiwan community.
Before we created its Chinese version mirror site, the Taiwan Schools CyberFair, only 13 Taiwan's entries participated in the 1999 International Schools CyberFair competition. Due to the creation of the Taiwan Schools CyberFair in December 1999, the Taiwan's entries have grown to 72 this year.A tremendous growth.
Purposes--To provide a distributed collaborative
learning environment that could enliven and enrich the learning process and outcome.
--To fertilize the appreciation and
understanding of the difference in culture
around the world.
From 20 February to 10 June in 2000
Timeline Tasks(1)Phrase 1
(week 1 to 6)
Making acquaintance to each others and building basic abilities on accessing Internet.
(2)Phrase 2
(week 7-15)
Conducting collaborative learning activities.
(3)Phrase 3
(week 16)
Evaluation
Participants
United States---* Percy Julian Junior High School, Illinois
http://www.op97.k12.il.us/schools/julian
Taiwan---* Da Wan Junior High School, Tainan County
http://www.dwhs.tnc.edu.tw/
* Shi Gang Junior High School, Tainan County
http://sgjh.tnc.edu.tw
* St. Paul's High School, Kaohsiung City
http://www.mcsh.kh.edu.tw
* Ching Cheng High School, Chang Hwa County
www.cchs.chc.edu.tw
E-mail connection
Web pages creation
Project-based learning
Chat and forum discussion
Peer Evaluation
Kids Care for Kids(1)
http://140.115.150.246/cyberexchange/kidscareforkids//emenu.htm
On December 21st, the biggest earthquake of the century hit the central Taiwan. The Chi Chi Earthquake,named after the Epic Center, Chi Chi Town, measured 7.3 on the Richter Scale.So far the earthquake has caused 2296 deaths,8729 injuries and 37 missing.
Kids Care for Kids(2)
News and Stories Doctor’s Words Witness Photo Gallery Care Words Discussing Room E-cards
