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To: "WWWEDU" <wwwedu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Yvonne Marie Andres" <yvonne@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:55:59 -0700
Subject: [WWWEDU] ::> World's Greatest Global Teachers Win $10,000! 2004 GSN 
Online Shared Learning Champions

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For Immediate Release:

World's Greatest Global Teachers Win $10,000!
Global SchoolNet Announces 2004 Online Shared Learning Champions

[San Diego, April 20, 2004] Today's educators are challenged to devise ways
to make learning interesting and relevant for their students, while at the
same time preparing those students for life and work in a rapidly changing
and globally connected world.  Global SchoolNet's Online Shared Learning
Award recognizes educators, worldwide, who have distinguished themselves in
the area of global collaborative learning.  This year there are two top
award winners and five finalist champions.

Joan Goble from Cannelton Elementary School, Cannelton, Indiana, USA, is the
recipient of the Veteran Telecollaborator Award and receives a check for
$4,000. Karrie Dietz from Tashkent International School, Tashkent,
Uzbekistan is the recipient of the Recent Adopter Award and receives $2,000.
Both teachers also win a trip to the National Education Computing Conference
in New Orleans, Louisiana, June 20-23, 2004, where the awards will be
presented. Five finalists from the USA, Canada and Finland, each receive
$450 and a special award plaque.

Online collaboration supports active learners, who construct knowledge,
rather than passively absorb it -- preparing youth to become literate and
responsible global citizens.  "Students are motivated to produce high
quality content, when they know they will be sharing their work with partner
classrooms," said Al Rogers, Global SchoolNet co-founder.  Online
collaborative learning also enables students to follow the expeditions of
real world explorers, help scientists around the globe collect data, and
provide their views and concerns to business and political leaders.

"Trends indicate there is a growing need for people to function effectively
in both learning and work related collaborative environments.  The purpose
of GSN's Online Shared Learning Award program is to not only recognize
exemplary teachers for their achievements, but to also provide a way to
share best practices with others around the world," said Yvonne Marie
Andres, President and co-founder of the Global SchoolNet Foundation.  Under
the stewardship of these champion educators, students around the globe can
interact with one another in meaningful educational, cultural, and
scientific projects - ranging from discussing endangered animals,
discovering little known treasures of Uzbekistan, creating original fairy
tales, exploring world leadership, and learning math by counting "Fruit
Loops" and stacking Oreos.

According to Joan Goble, using the Internet to collaborate has opened up the
world for her and her students. "My classroom is the world and my students
speak the languages of the world." Goble says she felt "almost like I was a
Rip Van Winkle for the first sixteen years" of her teaching career.
Collaborating with Rene de Vries, a partner teacher in the Netherlands,
Goble engages her students in research about wildlife preservation,
historical communities, space exploration, and a creative writing project
called Animal Grams.

Karrie Dietz teaches in Uzbekistan, in an area where basics such as
electricity and running water are not always available. "It is satisfying to
see kids learn and develop a love for learning. My work is guided by
developing meaningful opportunities for learning- and I have discovered
Online Shared Learning projects can do just that," says Dietz. Her original
projects include Caring Hands, Uzbek Instruments, and Game Days: Promoting
Health and Friendships Across Borders.

GSN's annual competition saw twenty-three nominations from eight countries
including candidates from Canada, Brazil, Finland, Israel, Russia, and
Romania. The entire award process is paperless, and managed by GSN's
innovative Web-based system that solicits nominations, obtains candidate
information, collects testimonials, and allows rubric-based judging.

The GSN Online Shared Learning champions in alphabetical order are:
·       Janet Barnstable (Oak Park, Illinois, USA)
·       Joan Goble (Cannelton, Indiana, USA)
·       Karrie Dietz (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
·       Barbara Dieu (Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil)
·       Brenda Dyck (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
·       Mika Vanhanen (Joensuu, Finland)
·       Jennifer Wagner (Corona, California, USA)

You can learn more about the outstanding accomplishments all of the Online
Shared Learning Champions at www.globalschoolnet.org

About Global SchoolNet
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,
headquartered in San Diego, California, is a growing international network
of 70,000+ 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 100 countries.  GSN is dedicated
to partnering 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. Global SchoolNet is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit education
organization.

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