Ken, Will community based organizations that offer tutoring/mentoring be able to register their students to participate in the on-line learning?
Dan Bassill Tutor/Mentor Connection Chicago www.tutormentorconnection.org on 1/6/05 6:42 AM, Ken Callaghan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Geeta > > Maybe I can help a little by introducing you to a new initiative now being > trialled in Northern Ireland > > Chalkbytes is an interactive learning facility being developed in Northern > Ireland, designed to provide educational opportunities through our > interactive website. We have received £100 000 funding to develop the > website and trial the project. > > On this website schools who register can allow their pupils to explore > various interactive learning zones. At the minute one zone has been > developed and two more are now being constructed by our web design company > in New Zealand. > > Ten schools have now been identified to trial the website. Three are in > Northern Ireland, three in the Republic of Ireland, three in South Africa > and one in India. > > However the aim of Chalkbytes is not to give children new lesson plans or > curriculum content, although that is part of what will be going on. The > aim is to introduce children in one part of the world to their > counterparts in other countries. Children will be able to share cultural > and personal experiences, and exchange visits will be organized. We are > already planning such an exchange in September when children from South > Africa will be coming to Northern Ireland. > > The website is not open to the public as yet, and as I am not on my own > computer I can't remember the URL. However, if you are interested in > viewing the trial page I will be happy to send this to you later. > > Please feel free to contact me if you require more information. > > Sincerely > > Ken Callaghan > > Digital Communities Project Manager > c/o Belfast Education & Library Board > 40 Academy Street > Belfast BT1 2 > > Tel 028 9056 4263 (Direct line) > Mobile 078 66 55 77 83 > > > > ########################################### > > This message has been scanned by F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft > Exchange. > For more information, connect to http://www.F-Secure.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
