Remote Instrumentation & Data Visualizations Working Group

[Jennifer MacDougall <>]

k20 Innovators,

Here's a note from Ray Meyers re: international edcuation week
activities. Note that iEARN is involved!! Too bad there is
nothing specifically about how Internet2 is impacting the
international community. We'll have to change that for
next year!

We are planning something with Australia for next week if
anyone is interested in joining. Target is 10th grade social
studies students.

Best,
Jennifer

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Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Please see message below regarding Secretary Paige's International
videoconference on Monday.  Hope all is well with everyone.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or need
any additional information.

Ray

Ray Myers, Ed.D.
Office of Educational Technology
U.S. Department of Education

202-205-4509
http://www.ed.gov/technology
http://exchanges.state.gov/iew/

-----Original Message-----
From: Global Nomads Group 
[mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 11:36 AM
To: 

Subject: event notice


U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION ROD PAIGE CONVERSES WITH COUNTERPARTS IN
THREE OTHER COUNTRIES FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK

Education Representatives in South Africa, Egypt, Mexico and the United
States Discuss the Role of Technology in International Education.


Washington, D.C. (November 12th) - Kicking off International Education
week (November 17th - 21st), the US Department of Education, in
collaboration with iEARN (http://www.iearn.org) the Global Nomads Group
(http://www.gng.org), and the Friendship Through Education consortium
(http://www.FriendshipThroughEducation.org), is connecting students and
education ministry representatives from Egypt, Mexico, South Africa and
the United States in a videoconference conversation on Monday, November
17th from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST.  The conversation will focus on the
importance of learning about other countries and other cultures, and the
positive role technology can play in international education.

Meeting via worldwide videoconference on Monday, November 17,
representatives from education ministries and teenagers in Cairo,
Pretoria, Mexico City and Washington DC will share insight into how they
have used technology to learn more about their international peers.

This virtual meeting will be webcast live in its entirety at:
http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=3818&s=1&k=D6BECAC188A3CE5C10EC55E5F57B8237
<http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=3818&s=1&k=D6BECAC188A3CE5C10EC55E5F57B8237>

Speaking from Cardozo High School in Washington, DC., US Secretary of
Education Rod Paige will exchange views with high school students there,
stressing the need to learn about other cultures to ensure a prosperous
and peaceful future for everyone. The videoconference will then move to
Mexico where a representative from the Mexican Education Ministry will
interact with local high school students from Mexico City. A similar
format will be repeated in South Africa and Egypt. After the dialogue
between the students and ministers has been completed, an open question
and answer period directly between the students will close the
videoconference.

This event was made possible with the support of Polycom, Inc.
(http://www.polycom.com) and On24 (http://www.on24.com).

About International Education Week

Between November 17th and the 21st, the US Department of Education and
the US State Department are celebrating International Education Week to
celebrate to promote international education and exchange.  In today's
increasingly complex world, it is extremely important among neighbors to
open dialogue, and explore means by which we can share what is unique
and what is common between our nations.

iEARN (http://www.iearn.org) is a non-profit global network that enables
young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in
collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a
difference in the world.

Global Nomads Group (http://www.gng.org) is a non-profit organization
dedicated to heightening children's understanding and appreciation for
the world and its people. Using a combination of live broadcasting and
videoconferencing, GNG brings youth together face-to-face to meet across
cultural and national boundaries to discuss world issues that affect and
unite them.

The Friendship Through Education
(http://www.friendshipthrougheducation.org) Consortium, launched by the
US Department of Education in 2001, is committed to creating
opportunities that facilitate online and offline interactions between
the youth of the world, inside and outside of classrooms, in order to
build a culture of peace in which the dignity and rights of all human
beings are respected.

For more information, please contact:

Jonathan Giesen, Global Nomads Group, 212-529-0377 

Ed Gragert, iEARN-USA,  212-870-2693 

Susan Aspey, US Department of Education, 202-401-1576 


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