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Global SchoolNet - Global Learning Center In This Issue: November-December 2005  •   International Projects and Contests •   GSN Free Holiday Software & Two Bonuses! •   Cool Tool Giveaway!! Tech4Learning WebBlender •   Seeking Re-Building Help for Katrina Casuality •   Cool Tool Giveway!! Impatica for Powerpoint •   Linking Kids Around the World! Visit GSN's Online Store International Projects and Contests *PLEASE RE-POST AS APPROPRIATE Help us get the word out by sharing this announcement with your friends and colleagues => Register Now! (See software giveaway info below) => Projects due March 17, 2006 => Winners announced May 2006 Engage students in performance-based collaborative, project-design competitions which: *Support standards-based coursework *Improve literacy skills *Connect students to their local communities *Increase students’ global perspective *Increase real world, transferable skills *Involve students in the assessment *Teach students 21st century information-age skills (research, project-management, publishing, digital media, audio, video) DOORS to DIPLOMACY -for middle school & high school students worldwide -$2,000 scholarship for each student team member, plus cash awards for their schools -focus on global issues including world leadership, environment, economics, science, culture - sponsored in part by the US State Department http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/doors =.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.= CYBERFAIR 2006 – Inspire & Unite! -for grades 3-12 (ages 8-19) -focus on local community topics including local history, culture, business, leadership -co-sponsored by the World Future Society Prepare for the Future & Connect Communities!! http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/cf =.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.= And, don't forget to check out our Projects Registry, where you can find projects and partners from all over the globe. http://www.globalschoolnet.org/pr   LEARN MORE Cool Tool Giveaway!! Tech4Learning WebBlender Tech4 Learning is giving away 100 full working versions of WebBlender!!! WebBlender allows anyone to create rich web sites with a combination of text, graphics, and sound. Intuitive tools and a friendly interface let you focus on the content, and not your web-authoring tool. Every school that registers for CyberFair or Doors to Diplomacy by January 15, 2006 will be entered in a drawing and 100 schools will be randomly chosen to receive WebBlender software (via download ONLY) Additionally, every school that actually uses WebBlender as part of their completed project will be entered into a drawing to receive a 35-pack site license. This is a $750 value!     LEARN MORE ABOUT WEBBLENDER   Cool Tool Giveway!! Impatica for Powerpoint Impatica for Power Point is the fastest and easiest way to publish media-rich Power Point presentations to your website! Impatica for PowerPoint simply converts the PowerPoint file into a compressed format that is optimized for streaming over the Internet. The file is typically 95% smaller than the PowerPoint HTML files. Impatica is giving away full working versions to EVERY school that registers for CyberFair or Doors to Diplomacy 2006!!!!! The software will be available (via download ONLY) starting January 1, 2006, but will expire April 30, 2006. Important! Once you register for CyberFair or Doors, we will email you the information you need to get your downloaded version.   LEARN MORE ABOUT IMPATICA   GSN Free Holiday Software & Two Bonuses! The GSN Software Store has over 55 free software titles-pay only $5.95 s&p each-great for gift-giving and for yourself. Get a free Dora removable tattoo (shipping included) with every order! Get a free cd storage case (shipping included) when you order four or more titles! Time, Money & Fractions Flash Action™: Phonics Made Easy I Love Math! Scrabble® 2 Kids Spanish My Amazing Human Body And many more!   GO TO GSN SOFTWARE STORE   Seeking Re-Building Help for Katrina Casuality Dear Colleagues, I was able to return to our school campus for the first time last week. My computer lab and robotics lab were both under several feet of water. They are a complete loss. Our school is sharing a campus with another school in New Orleans. But, the word is that we may return in the spring or next fall. About half of our students are back with us. Rebuilding is the focus now. However, little is being said about rebuilding my labs. The robotics lab destruction is particularly painful since my students made it to the regionals at Auburn University last week. All of our tools, equipment and winning designs were destroyed. It is clear we will need 50-60K to rebuild both labs. I truly believe New Orleans will be a better community in the coming years. We will be smaller, but more productive. The French Quarter and downtown are intact. The Convention Center and Superdome are being restored. Life is slowly returning. But, it is not the same place you visited years ago. Whole neighborhoods and sections of the city will be bulldozed. Thank you very much for anything your network of schools can share in helping us rebuild our school. If you could send out an all call, we would really appreciate it! Mark Lasserre Teacher, Holy Cross School New Orleans, LA lasserre@tigerbotz.com   DONATE NOW Linking Kids Around the World! Visit GSN's Online Store Linking Kids Around the World! Visit GSN's Online Store Visit our online store to order shirts, hoodies, jerseys, hats, bags and other cool stuff with our "Linking Kids Around the World" motto. Every item you order, helps to keep our services FREE! Hurry!   VISIT ONLINE STORE   *PERMISSION GRANTED TO RE-POST Global SchoolNet: Linking Kids Around the World to Benefit Humanity Communicate, Collaborate & Celebrate Learning! Global SchoolNet is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, member supported, education organization. Global SchoolNet combines smart teaching ideas with web publishing, video conferencing and other online tools that bridge geographic gaps, allowing young people around the world to learn together. Global SchoolNet is a growing international network of 90,000+ online educators, who engage in online project-based learning activities. Since its inception, Global SchoolNet has reached more than a million students from 45,000 schools across 194 countries. GSN seeks opportunities to partner with schools, universities, communities, businesses and other organizations to co-develop free or low cost programs to help students become literate and responsible global citizens, and to prepare them for the workforce. Email: helper@globalschoolnet.org Tel: (760) 635-0001  Visit us online at www.globalschoolnet.org

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