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Hallo,

Greg Fitzgerald von der Global SchoolNet Foundation hat mich gebeten, 
das folgende Projekt, "Family TreeMail", in Deutschland bekanntzumachen. 
(Ich hoffe, dies ist ein geeigneter Platz).
Die Projektleitung sucht mindestens zwei deutsche Teilnehmer-Schulen (mit Schuelern 
im Alter von 10-18 Jahren), wenn moeglich vor dem 20. Maerz.
Die das Projekt unterstuetzende Firma Globalink, ein Hersteller von Uebersetzungs-
Software, wird jeder Teilnehmerschule die zugehoerige Software im Wert von 400$ 
(soweit mir bekannt, mit den Sprachen Deutsch, Englisch, Franzoesisch, Italienisch,
Spanisch) schenken.

Interessenten wenden sich bitte direkt an Greg unter  gfitz@cerf.net

Schoenen Grusz.

Irene Langner


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                    The Global SchoolNet Foundation
                                  and
                    Globalink Incorporated present
                           "Family Tree-Mail"
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          A United Nations International Year-of-the-Family Project
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This unique, first-ever global Internet project will utilize
Globalink's Language Assistant translation software to permit students
who speak English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German to join this
project and write in their native language.

1995 is the United Nations Year of the Family. This oral history
project observes and celebrates the varieties of families found in
your own and different cultures. Project highlights:

*  We will match small clusters of classes from Spanish,
   French, Italian, or German speaking countries with small clusters
   of classes in English speaking countries. (Each cluster will
   operate in two languages: English and one of the other languages).

*  We will send your class a free copy of the appropriate
   translation software for either Macintosh or Windows.

*  Your students will complete the FAMILY TREE-MAIL project
   activities described above, in their native language, and mail it
   to your project cluster partners.

*  When you receive contributions in a foreign language
   you will use Globalink's Language Assistant software to translate
   the message into your own language.

*  Each class will publish their own FAMILY TREE-MAIL
   anthology or newsletter, as described above, in their own language
   and share it with all participants.

*  All schools will be asked to help get the maximum amount of Public 
   Relations exposure for this first ever project. Schools will be 
   *STRONGLY* encouraged to contact their local press in order to 
   accomplish this objective.

PURPOSE:       * Conduct meaningful correspondence among students who
                 do not speak one another's native languages
               * Develop international, intercultural, and inter-
                 generational dialog, understanding, and appreciation
               * Improve native language skills in reading and
                 composition

GRADES/AGES:   Middle school through high school (grades 5-12, ages 12-
               18 years)

NUMBER OF CLASSES: 16  classes (see comments below)

EMAIL:         families@bonita.cerf.fred.org

HOW TO         You may register to PARTICIPATE even if you don't meet
REGISTER:      all the selection criteria listed below. Otherwise you
               may register to OBSERVE and obtain selected proceeds
               from the project. DO NOT CALL OR SEND RE-CONFIRMATION VIA
               SNAIL MAIL!


WHY YOU SHOULD This is a remarkable, pioneering project which will push
REGISTER       back the boundaries of K-12 global participation on the
               Internet. Up to now, participation in global learning
               projects has required participants to either work in
               English or be bilingual... or both for many classes
               around the world. Obviously, the language barrier makes
               the vast majority of potential classroom-based learning
               projects impossible.

               This project seeks to overcome this barrier and to
               demonstrate that language differences need no longer
               separate people of good will from learning from and
               interacting with others around the world. This project
               will also make a valuable contribution to you and your
               students as we learn together, for the first time, the
               skills, viewpoints, and strategies we must employ when
               we become active participants in a truly "global
               village" experience.
              

PROJECT        1995 is the United Nations Year of the Family. In the
SUMMARY:       United States, President Bill Clinton proclaimed this
               the Year of the Family and encouraged all Americans to
               celebrate the family. "Family Tree-Mail" is an oral
               history project which observes and celebrates the
               varieties of families found in our own and different
               cultures.

Thank you for your help. Please feel free to pass this message on to 
other German schools. We are set with every other country except Germany.

Hope to hear from you.

-Greg 

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Greg Fitzgerald ...... Assistant Director, Global Schoolhouse (TM)     
internet:  gfitz@cerf.net       PH# (619)433-3413 or (619)931-5934
7040 Avenida Encinas  #104-281, Carlsbad, CA 92009    
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"Linking Kids Around the World"



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