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Topics of the day:
1. MISC> Internet Reaches Iranian Villages
2. K12> WEB: Take the Bully by the Horns--Free Curriculum
3. PROJ> PROJECTS: Warriors II - An Interdisciplinary Collaborative Project
4. MISC> European Tourism University Partnership
5. MISC> International Colleges of Islamic Science, London
6. MISC> Internet Islamic University & School
7. MISC> Australian National University. Art History and Film Studies
8. CHANGE::: COMPUTER: NEWS: [netsites] Your Daily Mac [Apple and MacIntosh
Oriented News]
9. MISC> English Distance Learning CD released
10. Last: posting for Wednesday, July 10, 2002
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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:31:45 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> Internet Reaches Iranian Villages
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:19:57 +0400 (MSD)
From: nikst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Internet Reaches Iranian Villages
SHAHKOOH, Iran, July 5, 2002
At first glance, this could be any sleepy Iranian hamlet. Women weave carpets
on
traditional looms. Tea brews over open fires. Donkeys outnumber cars.
But listen closely: That clacking is fingers on keyboards and that crackling is
modems connecting to the Internet.
Welcome to the mountain village that lacks an elementary school, possesses just
one central outhouse — but has gone global.
No other Iranian village has progressed as far as Shahkooh, 240 miles northeast
of Tehran, in tapping the Internet's potential to widen its horizons.
Villagers credit a native son. Ali Akbar Jalali, who left to study in the
provincial capital and went on to earn an electrical engineering degree in the
United States, raised the idea during a 1999 visit.
The first computer was purchased with money raised by villagers. A government
grant paid for a second and several more came courtesy of a charity formed by
Iranians in London.
Villagers who know something about computers volunteer as teachers in the
computer center set up in Shahkooh's mosque. Classes are free. The village even
has its own Farsi-language Web site, Shahkooh.com. The goal is to teach
computer
skills to anyone interested among its 6,000 residents — from chador-clad girls
to sunburned farmers.
The hardware alone makes Shahkooh unique among villages.
Even in cities, a minority of Iranians are wired. Only 2 million out of Iran's
70 million people — about 3 percent — have Internet access.
Yet Iran could now be ripe for a high-tech surge a generation after the
conservative clerics behind the 1979 Islamic Revolution tried — and failed — to
insulate the nation from modern influences.
Nearly half Iran's population is under age 25 and it's eager to get online.
After the 1997 the election of reformist President Mohammad Khatami, Internet
cafes have sprouted in Iranian cities and Internet providers offer unrestricted
access — even to adult and anti-government sites.
That may be due to the relative scarcity of Internet access among clerics in
Qom, the country's religious center.
In fact, Iran's clerics have pushed for restrictions on access. Last year, the
Supreme Cultural Revolution Council, a conservative-dominated body, ordered all
private Internet access companies under state control.
The order was never implemented but parliament, according to lawmaker Kazem
Jalali, is considering legislation that would require Internet providers to
block access to adult sites and others.
Hard-liners are also becoming increasingly concerned about Iranians' access to
information, fearing it is stirring pro-reform sentiment.
In Shahkooh, the Web is not controversial.
It is seen as an essential tool to promote knowledge and prepare for jobs in a
country choking from unemployment, which some analysts place at more than 30
percent.
Since Shahkooh.com was launched, more than two dozen villagers have become
entrepreneurs, moving to the provincial capital of Gorgan to sell computer
spare
parts and offer computer services.
The dot-com businessmen also perform Internet searches and sell the information
they glean. And Shahkooh.com promotes local handicrafts such as carpets.
"Our talented youth were largely ignored for a long time. We lived without any
government facilities and services," said Gholamreza Khaje, an organizer of
computer classes. "Finally, a few of our educated people decided to make our
voice heard both locally and internationally and promote our talents."
It's far easier to reach this village 6,600 feet above sea level by e-mail than
road. Shahkooh is off a bumpy, dirt track that is usually blocked in winter by
snow or impassable muck.
In summer, Shahkooh residents cultivate their farmland and tend their sheep and
goats in pastures around the village.
In the fall, residents pack up their belongings — including about a dozen
computers — ahead of the intolerably cold and snowy winter. They spend the
winter 32 miles away in Qarnabad. Their year-round Web server is in Gorgan.
Each year, at least 400 villagers learn computer basics in Shahkooh or
Qarnabad.
Besides giving Shahkooh's people e-mail and Web access, the Internet also
offers
familiarity with English, which is almost unknown in Iran outside the country's
main cities. Villagers most like study- or job-related Web sites as well as
those offering health and sports content.
Some traditions do remain intact, however, including separate computer classes
for the sexes. Zahra Malek, a 25-year-old graduate student, dresses in a
head-to-toe black chador when she teaches computer classes to girls.
Her father, Ali Akbar, is a 60-year-old illiterate farmer who is learning to
read so he can Net surf, already knows how to download a file.
Ali Akbar Malek and credits Jalali, the electrical engineer who started it all
and was in the United States during a reporter's visit to Shahkooh and
unreachable — due likely to an incorrect e-mail address provided by his
relatives.
"Dr. Jalali has told us that people who don't know how to operate computers are
gradually being considered illiterates," said the farmer, Ali Akbar Malek. "I
want to be Internet literate before I die."
AP
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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:43:04 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> WEB: Take the Bully by the Horns--Free Curriculum
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:25:24 -0700
From: Classroom Connect -- Connected Teacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WEB: Take the Bully by the Horns--Free Curriculum
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hey teachers!
New Moon has free learning activities available on our website just for
teachers, mentors, parents, and homeschoolers out there.
This month's learning activities are based on an article about what to do about
bullying at school.
We've got activities and resources for three age ranges: K-4, grades 5-8, and
grades 9-12.
We're proud to offer this great resource at:
www.newmoon.org/what_we_do/curriculum/July_Aug02/index.htm
Or just click on the magazine cover, and then click on related curricula.
Julie Hoffer
Assistant Managing Editor
New Moon Publishing
P.O. Box 3620
Duluth, MN 55803
www.newmoon.org
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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:43:42 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PROJ> PROJECTS: Warriors II - An Interdisciplinary Collaborative
Project
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:22:57 -0700
From: Classroom Connect -- Connected Teacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PROJECTS: Warriors II - An Interdisciplinary Collaborative
Project
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Start the next school year with an interdisciplinary technology project that
will challenge your student's technology skills - from Sept 2002 to December
2002. Warriors II follows-up the very successful Warriors Project run last
year, with 20 schools. Register early to have a chance to compete with the
best. The teacher resource package from Warriors I is available for viewing
(to
get an idea of what your students are in for -
http://www.edquest.ca/Warriors/warriorsindex.html ). 20 schools will again be
chosen this year, so don't miss out.
Register at http://www.edquest.ca/Warriors/warriorsindex.html
Project Leader Dave
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Edquest Middle School Resources
http://edquest.ca
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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:44:19 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> European Tourism University Partnership
Subject: European Tourism University Partnership
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:30:37 +0400 (MSD)
From: nikst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.etup.org/
European Tourism University Partnership (ETUP) - a group of universities and
higher education institutions who are among their countries leading providers
of
tourism education at both undergraduate and postgraduate level
'At present there are more than 20 members from 12 European countries from
Scandanavia to the Mediterranean.'
The partnership has been formed to draw together and further develop links
between the members which in some cases have been in operation since 1985. As a
formal network it has been established since 1997.
Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:46:39 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> International Colleges of Islamic Science, London
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:40:25 +0400 (MSD)
From: nikst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.islamiccolleges.com/
International Colleges of Islamic Science - offers distance learning at
undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Also in Arabic
Introduction
The International Colleges of Islamic Science (ICIS) was established in 1989 as
an educational charitable organization, the aim of which is to uplift the
standard of Islamic teachings and provide affordable high quality courses to
people all over the world.
Although our educational resources are based on the divine teachings of Islam
through the holy Qur'an, the prophet Mohammad and his infallible progeny, we do
not believe in imposing predetermined set of ideas. Our policy is to listen and
analyze all points of view and ideologies in order to reach the best conclusion
in line with teachings of the holy Qur'an.
The first college of ICIS was established in London and other branches are
scheduled to be operational in the following countries: Syria, Bahrain,
Denmark,
Kenya, UAE, USA.
Central office address
289 Cricklewood Broadway,
London NW2 6NN
Tel: +44 20 8450 8383
Fax: +44 20 8452 3366
Aims & Objectives
To provide an opportunity for a greater number of students to reach Islamic
knowledge at an academic level.
To provide highest quality of teaching using latest techniques and teaching
methods.
To reduce the tuition fees to its minimum.
To utilize students' extra free time and at the same time award them a
certificate enabling them to pursue their higher studies.
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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:48:18 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> Internet Islamic University & School
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:47:19 +0400 (MSD)
From: nikst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.studyislam.com/sitefiles/index.htm
Internet Islamic University & School - online teaching and learning. Accepts
interested students of all faiths
The dimensions of education have changed enormously from the days of the
Maktab,
the Madrasah, and the Jami'ah, and with them the dynamics. Today education is
on
the verge of another revolution, no less significant than the invention of
paper
and the printing press. The fast-evolving and ever-advancing Internet
technology
is promising to change the face and the pace of learning, as could never have
been imagined before. The Muslim response to this challenge has been the
founding of the Internet Islamic University (IIU) - an institution that strives
to serve the needs of the Muslim youth in tomorrow's world.
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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:15:08 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> Australian National University. Art History and Film Studies
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:57:01 +0400 (MSD)
From: nikst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://arts.anu.edu.au/arthistory/frame.htm
Art History and Film Studies represent two of the most flourishing programs of
study at the ANU.
Many of our graduates have been appointed to senior curatorial and academic
posts, both in Australia and abroad and our staff and graduates have published
numerous books and articles in areas as varied as Australian art, Asian art,
European art, curatorial practice, art history and the Web, and music and
cinema.
Art History was first introduced to the ANU in the form of the Fine Art Program
in 1977; a decade later it expanded into the Department of Art History and
later
grew to incorporate the Film Studies Program. More recently both Art History
and
Film Studies have become incorporated into the School of Humanities.
Our location in Canberra provides a unique access to national art institutions
such as the National Gallery of Australia,the National Library of Australia,
the
National Museum of Australia, the Australian War Memorial, ScreenSound
Australia
(the former National Film and Sound Archive), the Parliamentary Art Collection
and many others. In conjunction with many of these we run a widely acclaimed
internship program, where students undertake a year-long internship as part of
their formal studies which counts towards their degree. Many of the
undergraduate tutorial classes are held at these institutions and experts from
these institutions frequently contribute guest lectures and participate in our
research seminars.
Courses in Art History and Film Studies reflect the diversity of our discipline
and the recent dynamic changes in methodology, approaches and technologies.
Apart from painting, sculpture and film, specialist courses are available in
the
history of printmaking, photography, World Wide Web strategies, architecture
and
the applied arts. Although chronologically our courses cover developments in
art, seen within an historic and social context, from Australian Aboriginal art
and classical Greek and Roman antiquity through to the present day, not all
courses are available concurrently and prospective students are advised to
check
this website for availability or to contact Art History and Film Studies.
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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:46:24 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CHANGE::: COMPUTER: NEWS: [netsites] Your Daily Mac [Apple and
MacIntosh Oriented News]
From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Netsites Discussion Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CHANGE::: COMPUTER: NEWS: [netsites] Your Daily Mac [Apple and
MacIntosh Oriented News]
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:34:55 -0700
This resource was shared on the Netsites Discussion Group late last year.
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Your Daily Mac
http://www.yourdailymac.com/
"Here you will find all kinds of news views and rumors about the
Macintosh platform." Join their mailing list.
Archive of 2002 entire news collection is available
Forums
http://www.forumco.com/phasedreality/default.asp
Anything Apple
Hacked Mac
Mac Rumors
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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:16:43 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> English Distance Learning CD released
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:40:26 -0400
From: "Tina Koenig - Xpress Press(tm)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AmEnglish.com(r) Releases Updated TOEIC(r) Pronunciation in American English
CD-ROM with Localization
Pleasanton, Ca. -- July 10, 2002 -- /Xpress Press/ -- AmEnglish.com(r)
announced
today that it has released the latest version of its pronunciation training
program on CD-ROM, TOEIC(r) Pronunciation in American English. The new version
has been localized in ten languages (Chinese-Simplified, Chinese-Traditional,
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Portuguese-Brazilian,
and
Spanish) and will support increased use internationally. The current market
focus for this latest version is in Brazil, China and Japan.
This interactive multi-media program improves pronunciation skills for
non-native speakers of English at the intermediate level and above. It can be
used by individual customers, in classroom training environments, and can be
adapted for distance learning courses. Since it is interactive, the program
provides learners with both visual and aural simulations. In addition, the
pronunciation and other language exercises portrayed in the program are set in
a
meaningful workplace context, allowing learners to practice and improve their
communication skills in a realistic way. Earlier versions of this product have
been very well received in the educational market in the United States, and are
currently being used in the language labs of universities like MIT
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology), the Naval Postgraduate School in
Monterey, Ca., and Texas A&M University, among others. UCSC (University of
California, Santa Cruz) Extension uses the program as an electronic textbook
for
its distance learning English program. Corporate clients include IBM, Abbott
Laboratories, and PeopleSoft.
TOEIC(r) Pronunciation in American English is co-branded by the Chauncey Group
International(r), a subsidiary of Educational Testing Service(r) (ETS(r)). It
was selected as an official tool for TOEIC(r) (Test of English for
International
Communication). TOEIC(r) is an English language proficiency test marketed
worldwide by the Chauncey Group International(r). The TOEIC(r) test focuses on
English for business, and AmEnglish.com designs language training products with
the same focus.
TOEIC(r) Pronunciation in American English retails for $29.95 and can be
purchased at www.amenglish.com.
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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:23:35 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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