The verdict is in - the GVC34 team which includes the Neveh Channah HS team has been awarded first prize in the 2004 GVC World Competition. See announcement below. Reuven Werber Ed Tech Coordinator Neveh Channah HS - Gush Etzion, Israel www.nevnet.etzion.k12.il Virtual Reference Desk Information Specialist Instructor - Herzog Teacher's College - Yeshivat Har Etzion ----- Original Message ----- From: "Global Virtual Classroom" <gvc@xxxxxxxx> To: <reuw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:19 PM Subject: GVC Contest Winners > This message is forwarded through Nicenet's > Internet Classroom Assistant > ------------------------------------------- > FROM: Global Virtual Classroom Here's the news you've been waiting for... > > Primary Schools - Grades 1-7 > > Grand Prize - 32 The Science Wow Factory > Byron Community School Byron Bay, New South Wales Australia > The American School of Valencia Valencia Spain > Bayou View Elementary Gulfport, MS USA > > 2nd Place - 5 Come Over to Our Place > St. Elizabeth Catholic School Ottawa, Canada > Owairoa Primary School Auckland New Zealand > Topa Topa Elementary School Ojai, CA USA > > 3rd Place - 12 Human Needs > Yarra Valley Grammar School Ringwood Australia > Zhi Kai Elementary School Tainan City Taiwan > Island Village Montessori School Sarasota, FL USA > > > Secondary Schools - Grades 8-12 > > Grand Prize - 34 Progression Through Time: The Digital Age of Technology > Emmanuel Christian School Dollard-des-Ormeaux Canada > Neveh Channah Torah High School for Girls Etzion Bloc Israel > Waterford Mott High School Waterford, Michigan USA > > 2nd Place - 28 Stones and Bones - A Journey to Mysterious Places > Colegio America Callao Peru > Colיgio Vasco da Gama Belas Portugal > Renaissance Magnet Middle School Flagstaff, Arizona USA > > 3rd Place - 17 Children for the Endangered World > Middle School "L.Coletti" Treviso Italy > Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola Rio Piedras Puerto Rico > Lyceum NSTU Novosibirsk Russia > > There are also several teams in both age groups that were noted for "Special Merit" in academic content or creative presentation. These, along with links to all winners, can be found at... http://www.gsbi.org/gvc/GVC03/contest/2sites03s.html > > By the way, I'd like to take advantage of this note to share a bit of personal recognition for one of the winners, which I think the rest of you, having just gone through the experience would appreciate as well. As you know, the "working language" of the program was English. One of the things that got past me during the team assignment process is that we ended up with one team that had no native English-speaking school. I was going to offer an apology to the GVC-17 schools from Italy, Puerto Rico, and Russia, regarding this, but it's easier to apologize when it is accompanied by congratulations for overcoming such a hurdle in stellar "award-winning" fashion. > > The GVC website has been updated with this information. > > Congratulations to you all. > > Not only the winners, but every team should be proud of what they accomplished in this program. In a student feedback comment, Anna from Uzbekistan said, "It was amazing how we could work together realizing that we had never met each other or knew anything about each other before!" > > I couldn't say it better myself. Watching your teams come together and seeing the great sites you put together made me proud to be associated with the program. Again, congratulations to you all, and we look forward to seeing you back again in the Global Virtual Classroom. > > southern hemisphere scheduleNEV) as well as sharing with you (individually by team) the judges' comments on your sites. 4) A couple of the teams submitted sites with broken links which remained broken even after I highlighted them prior to judging. Let me know if you would like to fix them, and I'll provide you with a new password to do so. > > It's been fun. Let's do this again. > > -- Frank Patrick > > WWWכתובת הרשימה וארכיון ההודעות ב :היא //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=neveh-l :אפשר לצאת מהרשימה על ידי כתיבת הודעה ל neveh-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx עם :המלה הבאה בשורת הנושא unsubscribe