A KIDLINK DIARY - JUNE 1999
Odd de Presno
A KIDLINK DIARY
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*Quick and short about some of what goes on within the Kidlink community*
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June 7, 1999
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EDITORIAL
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I know of no person capable of following everything going on within the
Kidlink community. After all, there are now some 75 public mailing lists in
15 language areas in addition to the things going on in our real-time
interactions network. There's simply too much going on.
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This diary does not pretend to cover it all. It very quickly list some of
what goes on within Kidlink, and occasionally provide links and pointers
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Enjoy!
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Odd de Presno=20
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KIDLINK'S ANNUAL MEETING
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The annual meeting of the Kidlink Society just started.
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The Kidlink Society is Kidlink's owner (see
http://www.kidlink.org/english/general/facts.html). Membership is open to
all interested persons, regardless of age, but is <not> <required> to enjoy
Kidlink's <free> services!
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Its members support the continuity of Kidlink through their membership dues
(around $25 per year), and participate in important decisions regarding the
organization's future, like election of members to _the Board_. A new Board
member representing the Pacific region will be
elected at this year's meeting.
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The meeting is a one hundred percent online event. Discussions and votes
take place on a private mailing list for members only. The meeting involves
people living geographically very far apart, and will typically take months
to complete. For example, the 1998 meeting took four
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If you want to become a member to support Kidlink and participate in the
meeting, all you need to do is send us your credit card number as explained
at _http://www.kidlink.org/english/general/dues.html_.
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Your support will be much appreciated!=20
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KIDLINK'S BIRTHDAY PARTY!
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Kidlink's 9th birthday was celebrated on May 8 through 10. A total of 2,782
students from 32 sites in 13 countries participated: Argentina, Brazil,
Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Sweden, USA,
Uruguay. The net shivered under the load of intense
conversations about boy friends, music, foods, weather, seasons, languages,
Yugoslavia, Littleton, Colorado, armadillos, boots, homework, and more.
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Coordinator Joyce Burtch says: "*There were less problems than in *previous
years as teachers seemed to be monitoring their students more *closely.
And, as usual, Robbert Uittenbroek from The Netherlands was on *hand to
deal with problems that did arise in his charming, non-offensive
*manner.*"
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Students at at Nya Loevgaardesskolan in Sweden stayed over-night at school.
Assisted by teacher Stellan Kinberg, his students created an exiting recap
of the night. Enjoy their night at
http://www.netg.se/~lovgarde/projects/overnight/index.html. A report from
Lynne Sueoka's class in Hawaii is at
http://kalama.doe.hawaii.edu/hern97/AES/kidlinkirc/
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Oh boy! What a bigtime party!
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Everybody are now looking forward to the new millenium along with KIDLINK's
10th Annual Celebration!=20
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NEW PARTICIPANTS
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Gibraltar! That small mountainous peninsula at the south tip of Spain. The
home of Anna Gabriella Cosquieri, a six year old girl, and student at St.
Joseph First School. This is her answer to Kidlink's four questions:=20
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< Who am I ?
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My teachers name is Mrs. Tirado I am in Year 2. I like doing PE. and
dancing ballet. I am doing a ballet show and I am a fairycake.=20
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< What Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up?
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When I grow up I want to be teacher or an annimator.=20
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< How Do I Want The World To Be Better When I Grow Up?
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I would like everybody to be good friends and that there will be no
fighting between us.=20
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< What Can I Do Now To Make This Happen?
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I have to love my brother, mother, father,friends and family very much.I
also have to read a lot and study very hard.=20
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PROGRAMS
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The <<Latin American> >cycle of the <Who-Am-I?> program has started. For a
list of participating teachers and schools, see
http://www.kidlink.org/portuguese/waila/participantes.htm and
_http://www.kidlink.org/spanish/wai/profes.html_. At startup, there were
475 preregistered students in the Portuguese language area, and 260
students in the Spanish language area. Today, there are many more...
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To see what the students are doing in the Who-Am-I? program, click at
_http://www.kidlink.org/kie/waila/students.html_.
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John Ost (_j...@mv.mv.com_) is trying to get a millennium project off the
ground in KIDPROJ. He plans to build a millennium site and have kids
reflect about past and future over the next year. Let him know if you hear
of others in the far corners of Kidlink considering similar projects. His
thought is to actually carry the project through the end of 2000...
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<El Proyecto C=E9lula> is now starting up in the Spanish language area. If
you have students proficient in Spanish, write Hugo Paredes Ferrer (Prof.
Matem=E1tica - Fisica), Colegio Espiritu Santo, in Lima, Peru at
_espiri...@infotex.com.pe_ for information, or see the message that
Hugo posted to _Kidleader-Spanish_ on Sun, 23 May 1999 at 19:23:00.=20
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VOLUNTEERS WANTED
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If you want to help produce this "newsletter," please drop Odd de Presno a
line (_opr...@kidlink.org_).=20
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INFORMATION
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<KIDNOTICIA> is another Kidlink newsletter produced in our Spanish language
area:
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*Ya esta' publicado el Nro. 3 de la revista KIDNOTICIA. Tiene
*arti'culos muy interesantes. Visi'tenlos en:*
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_*http://www.kidlink.org/spanish/kidnoticia/*_
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*La coordinadora de la revista: Beatriz Pintado
*<bpin...@varela.reu.edu.uy>, ya esta' recibiendo arti'culos para
*el pro'ximo nu'mero. Tambie'n recibe inscripciones de los chicos que
*quieran ser kidreporteros.*
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In case you haven't noticed, <Kidlink> now offers information in the
Catalan language. Thanks to _Neus Lorenzo i Gal=E9s_ in Barcelona, Spain.
Connect to http://www.kidlink.org, and click at "Catala" for a peak.
While you're at it, why not take a peak at our Saami languages pages as
well. ;-) Click
at "Sami" at the top menu. Please note that you'll not get the special
Saami characters up on your screen until you have installed " _Levi_" on
your computer. Hint: You do not have to install keyboard support to use the
fonts.
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IN THE MEDIA
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Click at _http://www.sasinschool.com/resource/thread3.htm_ for a nice
mention of <Kidlink> and the <Who-Am-I?> program by US columnist Caroline
McCullen.
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An article about teacher Rosie Andersen's work with Kidlink and the <Who
<Am-I?> program appeared in Bergens Tidende (Norway) on May 12. Text and
pictures are at _http://www.bergens-tidende.no/vis.html?id=3D25419_ .
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Kidlink is presented in a recent Icelandic language handbook about
computers and internet in schools called "*Upplysingat=91kni i sk=A2lastarfi=
*"
(ISBN 9979-60-456-5) .
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For more media mentions, visit
_http://www.kidlink.org/english/general/bibli.html>.
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THE KIDLINK COMMUNITY
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Lara Stefansdottir, Iceland, has stepped down from her position in the
<Kidlink> top management team to focus on less demanding <Kidlink>
management tasks.
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She has been <Kidlink>'s Assistant Project Director since 1995. That's a
long term in an office of so much excitement and joy, but also of thunder,
rain, and strong winds! Her areas have included <Kidlink>'s _RESPONSE_
service, English language area services, Multiple language
services, _KIDART_, Icelandic, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish,
Slovenian, Nordic, Saami, Kidplan, and The English language <Kidlink>
announcement list.
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Thank you very much for all you have done for us, Lara! We are sad to loose
you in our top team, but are glad that you are prepared to serve us in
other positions.
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_Claus Berg_ (Denmark), another long term <Kidlink> manager, will take over
the responsibilities that Lara had on the top team. In his career within
our organization, Claus has served on the Board of Directors, been manager
of the RESPONSE mailing list (the four <Kidlink> questions), the Kidleader
mailing list, and New User Support. He now manages <Kidlink>'s fast-growing
<Danish language activities>.
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Believe it or not, Claus joined <Kidlink> in May 1991! :-)
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At _http://www.kidlink.org/english/society/topteam.html_, you'll find
photos and lists of responsibilities of the top management team members.
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This newsletter with more <links> is posted at
<http://www.kidlink.org/history/1999/diary2.html>
Submit your input for our next issue to the Editor: Odd de Presno at
_opr...@kidlink.org_
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