I*EARN in Taiwan

1. I*EARN in Taiwan Sylvia Li cubby@ajet.nsysu.edu.tw http://ajet.kghs.kh.edu.tw/~jinglu

2. I*EARN(the International Education and Resource Network) is a global community of students and teachers committed to using telecommunications to make a meaningful difference in the world as part of the educational process.

3. The heart of I*EARN is for students and teachers to collaborate on projects. Teachers work together to support one another. Everyone is devoted to helping each other.

4. Overview of I*EARN in Taiwan • The AJET Project(Advanced Joint English Teaching) • Spanning Three Centuries • Taiwan Cyber Fair 2000 • Pathfinder • Kids Care for Kids

5. AJET in Taiwanhttp://ajet.nsysu.edu.tw • The AJET project in Taiwan has tried very hardat the various empirical levels of language teaching to promote the incorporation of the Internet into the curriculum. We aim ourselves at creating a cyber environmentfor learners here in Taiwan.It is meant to─Use the hardware/system─Create software─Reveal "liveware"-- what is required as a "whole person"

6. On-line Campus for AJET • Cyber University(Chinese) http://cu.nsysu.edu.tw • Visual Campus(English) http://vc.nsysu.edu.tw

7. AJET2000 Activities(1) • Little AJET training program --for student leaders • AJET Professional Workshops -- for teachers Web-based teaching and IT skills • AJET Workshops --for students Mutli-media and translation

8. AJET2000 Activities(2) • Personal Homepage Contest Stage I, II and III. • International Contests Cyber Fair and AT&T Virtual Classroom • On-line Discussion on Visual Campus • Forum Discussion

9. AJET2000 Activities(3) • Web-based course with U.S. • General Video Conference with Japan • Voice Mail with Japan • AJET Poetry Course on Cyber University • AJET Poetry Reading Contest

10. Curriculum for AJET(1) • Structured knowledge (based on textbooks) • Internet services e-mail, BBS, Forums, WWW, Video conference & Media Master • Practice in Language Learning • E.g. Web-based courses CU course

11. Curriculum for AJET(2) • Unstructured knowledge (based on mission-based model) • Internet services e-mail, BBS, Forums, WWW, • Focus on cooperative learning and problem-solving • E.g. On-line Discussion International Conference Research Projects and Contests

12. Curriculum for AJET(3) • Developing “liveware” (based on I*EARN Activities) • Internet services e-mail, conference • Inspire caring thoughts for the world • E.g. Earthquakes around the world Environment issues Children’s folk games Spanning Three Centuries

13. Spanning ThreeCenturies(1) • People who are more than 100 years old on 1 January 2000 will have been born in the 1800's. Therefore their lives will have spanned three centuries. • In this project youth across the world will be encouraged to locate people in this category and document their story.

14. Spanning ThreeCenturies(2) • Purposes --To encourage an appreciation of the events of history across the world as seen by ordinary people. --To attempt to learn from the experience of others, pass the lessons to all who will read and hope to avoid the errors of the past. .

15. Spanning ThreeCenturies(4)

16. Pathfinder Virtual Schoolhttp://pathfinder.ntntc.edu.tw/global/canada/aday/ pathfinderlab@avatar.ntntc.edu.tw

17. Taiwan Cyber Fair 2000(1) The International Schools Cyber Fair demonstrates how schools can share the knowledge and skills of their teachers and students on a world-wide basis.

18. Taiwan Cyber Fair 2000(2) Participating schools conduct a research project through cooperation, mutual discovery and content creation and which involves community resources. They publish the results of their project on the Internet's World Wide Web.

19. Taiwan Cyber Fair 2000(2) • We demonstrate that A Chinese mirror site can substantially promote the publicity in Taiwan community. • Before we created its Chinese version mirror site, the Taiwan Schools CyberFair, only 13 Taiwan's entries participated in the 1999 International Schools CyberFair competition. Due to the creation of the Taiwan Schools CyberFair in December 1999, the Taiwan's entries have grown to 72 this year.A tremendous growth.

20. Purposes --To provide a distributed collaborative learning environment that could enliven and enrich the learning process and outcome. --To fertilize the appreciation and understanding of the difference in culture around the world.

21. From 20 February to 10 June in 2000

22. Participants United States---* Percy Julian Junior High School, Illinois http://www.op97.k12.il.us/schools/julian Taiwan---* Da Wan Junior High School, Tainan County http://www.dwhs.tnc.edu.tw/ * Shi Gang Junior High School, Tainan County http://sgjh.tnc.edu.tw * St. Paul's High School, Kaohsiung City http://www.mcsh.kh.edu.tw * Ching Cheng High School, Chang Hwa County www.cchs.chc.edu.tw

23. E-mail connection  Web pages creation  Project-based learning  Chat and forum discussion Peer Evaluation

24. Kids Care for Kids(1) • http://140.115.150.246/cyberexchange/kidscareforkids//emenu.htm • On December 21st, the biggest earthquake of the century hit the central Taiwan. The Chi Chi Earthquake,named after the Epic Center, Chi Chi Town, measured 7.3 on the Richter Scale.So far the earthquake has caused 2296 deaths,8729 injuries and 37 missing.

25. Kids Care for Kids(2) • News and Stories • Doctor’s Words • Witness • Photo Gallery • Care Words • Discussing Room • E-cards