Relatively cheap market research for MIT Inc.?? >Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 12:51:27 -0800 (PST) >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk >From: "David A. Sonnenfeld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGY and SOCIETY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Junior Summit (fwd) >Mime-Version: 1.0 >X-To: Environment Technology and Society <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >thought some of you (or your children) may have an interest in this online >contest/conference on youth, communities & technology. ds > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >from http://www.jrsummit.net/ > > * * * > > J U N I O R S U M M I T 1 9 9 8 > > CONTEST GUIDELINES > > > >WHO MAY ENTER > >You may enter if you are: > >* between the ages of 10 and 16 at the time of the conference (October, >1998) > >* willing to devote the time to participate in the Junior Summit >on-line conference from March through August 1998 (about one hour each >day) > >* able to describe -- in words, music, pictures, or photos -- the way >things are for children today, and the way things should change to make >life better for children. > >You may submit an entry alone or you may work in teams or as an entire >class, but each member must be 10 to 16 years old in October, 1998. You do >not need to have experience using computers or other technology to enter, >but you must be willing to learn. > >WHAT YOU NEED TO SUBMIT > > You may submit either: > > an essay up to 5 pages long in your native language, > or a photographic essay of anywhere from 1 to 10 photos, > or a video that is shorter than 15 minutes long, > or a piece of music that is shorter than 15 minutes long, > or one or two drawings or paintings. > > If we have left out a category (perhaps a web site, computer >program, or short story), tell us what the category is and submit >your work to us. Or submit a combination. > > Whatever you choose to submit, it should answer one of the >following questions: > > 1. How are computers used by and for children today? Why isn't this >enough? How should computers be used to make life better for children? >Or how should they be made differently to make life better for children? >Choose one particular problem and give us your ideas about how to solve >it. > > 2. What are the problems faced by the children in your community? >How could connecting children from around the world help solve those >problems? Choose one particular problem and give us your ideas about how >to solve it. > > This is not a school project -- you can do whatever you like, with >your friends. You can ask adults to read what you've written or created, >but what you send us must be the work of children. This is because we >are interested in your ideas! > > All entries must be accompanied by the entry form at the end of >this page. Please print it out, complete it, and send it in with your >submission. > >WHAT YOU WILL WIN > > 1000 boys and girls of different ages will be selected, from >countries around the world. Those children who do not already have >access to computers and internet connections will be given the >equipment, which will be installed in their schools or local community >centers. All winners will also receive other advanced technologies. > >WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY FEBRUARY 28, 1998 > > Winners will participate in a 6-month online forum in many >different languages where they will: > > share ideas through words, pictures, and music > contribute freely to discussions and debates about how > to solve some of the world's problems > plan how to lead projects in their own communities to > help children > plan the Junior Summit in Cambridge, Massachusetts. > > These 1000 participants will choose the delegates to represent them >at the 6-day Junior Summit at MIT, October 6-11, 1998. These delegates >will be flown to the Summit in the United States, all expenses paid. The >Summit will consist of learning experiences and workshops where >delegates will continue the work they did during the on-line forum, and >produce final presentations and proposals. On the final day of the >Summit, delegates will present their ideas and proposals to world >leaders in industry, government and education. > >ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 31, 1998. > > Entries may be e-mailed to [EMAIL PROTECTED], sent by fax to >(617) 253-6215, or mailed by post to: > Junior Summit Contest > MIT Media Laboratory > Room E15-430 > 77 Massachusetts Avenue > Cambridge, MA 02139 > USA > >QUESTIONS? > > For further information, telephone 617-253-3017, or send us an >e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
