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From: John Kurilec <jmk@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: TeleOlympics04
To: gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 21:24:06 -0500 (EST)

                     ORGANIZATION FOR COMMUNITY NETWORKS
                        THE ACADEMY 2004 TELEOLYMPICS
                           April 19 to May 5, 2004

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"The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part,
the important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The
essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. To spread
these precepts is to build up a stronger and more valiant and, above all,
more scrupulous and more generous humanity." - - De Coubertin, founder of
the modern Olympic Games

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The Organization For Community Networks (OFCN) will be hosting The
Academy's 2004 TeleOlympics from April 19 to May 5, 2004. It is open to
school-age children worldwide (ages 6-18) with the ability to send and
receive electronic mail over the Internet. The TeleOlympics04 is a project
where students go out into their schoolyards on the same day and "compete"
in events involving running, jumping, and throwing. Results are then sent
electronically to The Academy. This year we are pleased to announce that
along with events for handicaped students in wheelchairs we have added
events for students requiring crutches or walkers. Special rules have been
established for wheelchair students.

Information regarding each school will be exchanged using a listserv called
acad-olympics. This listserv will be available as of February 1, 2004. In
addition each message will be posted to OFCN's The Academy TeleOlympics04
Discussion webpage.

Details are included below.

DETAILS ON THE TELEOLYMPICS

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Group Classifications:

    * Class A = ages 16-18
    * Class B = ages 14-15
    * Class C = ages 12-13
    * Class D = ages 10-11
    * Class E = ages 8-9
    * Class F = ages 6-7

List of Events:

    * 50 m run
    * tennis ball throw
    * long jump (choose either standing or running for your school)
    * 200 m run (limited to crutch/walker TeleOlympians)
    * 400 m run (for all ages)
    * 800 m run (for Class A, B, C, D and E)
    * 1600 m run (for Class A, B, C and D)

Educational Activities:

   1. Opening and Closing Activities - E-mail exchange. On the Opening Day,
      each participating school should send a letter to all of the other
      participating schools, wishing them good luck via the listserv. On the
      Closing Day, letters of congratulation should be sent to all other
      participating schools. These letters can include additional
      information and questions as desired, and potentially lead to
      establishing permanent keypal relationships with these other schools.

   2. In the time prior to the TeleOlympics, schools are encouraged to post
      reports on the progress of training of their athletes, weather
      conditions, or other information of interest. Possibilities include
      stories of the Ancient Olympics, word searches in any language with
      the subject being the Olympics, or interviews and stories of athletes
      from their community who have participated in the Olympics. Individual
      athletes are also invited to share their training programs and
      results.

   3. Participating schools may also begin to contact each other and
      exchange private e-mail as the registrations are posted. Regular
      updates of who is involved will be mailed to those participants who
      have only e-mail contact with Academy One. The listserv is another way
      to keep in touch but keep in mind that the amount of traffic could get
      quite large.

   4. If you send pictures of your athletes during the competition they will
      be posted to the website. You can mail your pictures to:
      Organization For Community Networks
      P.O. Box 32175
      Euclid, Ohio 44132-0175
      Or
      You can scan in your pictures and send them electronically to
      special@xxxxxxxx as an attachment to an email message.
      Or
      You can also ftp them to the anonymous ftp site. Logon to "ofcn.org"
      as annonymous using your email address as the password. Change
      directories by typing "cd /pub/incoming". Please make sure to transfer
      the mode to binary.
      Pictures should be scanned at 72dpi. Their approximate size should be
      200 pixels high by 150 pixels wide.

   5. The top three winners in each of the events and in each of the boys
      and girls age classifications can have their names, school
      identifications, national flags and a short biographical sketch
      posted. Teachers will be responsible for supplying the biographical
      sketches of all winners. As an educational activity, all students
      might prepare their biography in case they are winners. Students can
      also exchange their biography with students in other countries.

ADDITIONAL CURRICULUM INTEGRATION IDEAS:

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For those teachers who might wish to integrate several areas of the
curriculum into the TeleOlympics theme, the following are a few suggested
activities:

English

    * Students could write about their own athletic endeavors or hopes.
    * Students could write a story... "If I were an Olympic athlete..." and
      send to special@xxxxxxxxx The story will be posted to a special area
      for Student Authors.
    * Students could interview a former Olympian or a current athlete in
      training.
    * Any student attending a major athletic competition could act as an
      OFCN Student News Reporter and submit their interview to
      special@xxxxxxxx and the interview will be posted to a special area
      for Student Interviews on the OFCN's Academy website.

Math

    * Students could practice using metric measurements.
    * Students could practice converting between English and Metric systems.
    * Students could compute the mean, median and mode scores for the entire
      class in a given event.
    * Students could make a comparison of scores for each 100 meters of the
      400 meter run if known.
    * Students could conduct a comparison of pre-test and post-test scores
      in the TeleOlympian Training Program.
    * Students could compute the Training Heart Rate Range.
    * Students could analyze the pre-test and post-test scores of students
      from various schools and countries.
    * Students could practice graphing scores.

Social Studies

    * Students could learn about the communities of other schools in foreign
      countries. Some of this information is available from reading the
      registration forms. Students could write to several schools to gain
      additional information.
    * Students could interview their parents and grandparents regarding
      their athletic endeavors. Students can comparisons between today's
      equipment, rules, training methods and reasons for competition and
      those of former times.

History

    * Students could research and write about history of the ancient
      Olympics.
    * Students could research and write about the modern Olympics.
    * Students could research and write about famous Olympians from their
      town or country.

Health

    * Students could submit recipes which will be placed in a recipe
      exchange area.
    * The students could measure and evaluate the suggested long-term
      training program during participation.
    * The students could analyze the pre-test and post-test scores of
      students from theirschool or other schools.

Science

    * The students could study the anatomy and physiology of physical
      fitness.

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-- 
John M. Kurilec
Organization For Community Networks (OFCN)
WWW: http://ofcn.org
P.O. Box 32175    Euclid, Ohio 44132
Voice: 216-731-9801  Fax: 216-731-9802

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