Eracism Project Pilot: Global Classrooms Needed NOW!

[Julie Lindsay]

Hello Flat Classroom Teachers!

We are very excited to be launching a NEW project for Middle School (Grade 7/8 levels are perfect) called ERACISM. You are invited to APPLY to be part of this pilot project starting VERY SOON. We need schools from around the world to submit teams to make this conversation and debate real!

Here is more information:

At the Flat Classroom(tm) Conference in Doha, Qatar in January 2009, a visionary group of students proposed that a series of debates be held to promote awareness of racism on a global basis and how we need to work together to solve the world's problems.

This multi-national group of four students proposed their project and were promoted through an extensive voting process including a global vote on the next project to be run by the Flat Classroom(tm) project founders, Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay.

Virtual world and digital storytelling pioneer, Bernajean Porter and Peggy Sheehy, saw the proposal and believed this was an important project to pilot. Now, these four educators are working together on a pilot project in which middle school students will use VoiceThread to debate "Differences make us stronger" from October - December 2009. The winning two teams will complete the process by debating live in a virtual world in December 2009.

This project is being piloted as a direct result of student vision but also because of the essential need to bring back fact-based debate and dialog to the curriculum of our schools. After the pilot is completed, organizers will propose methodologies and the results of the project shared to encourage increased adoption of this model by other schools.

Find out more about this project, the organizers, and the sponsors of this project or request more information.

[Dilip vasu]

Dear Julie,
Today I tried to get the application form but their is some problem , their was a mail send to me by Kim Caise as well as from you to register for the up coming Eracism project for middle school. some how their is some problem to get the form. I am interested in making my students participate in the project.

Regards
Dilip Vasu

[Julie Lindsay]

Hi Martelly, great to hear from you. Look forward to seeing you in February when we run a Flat Classroom Workshop at ASB Unplugged. If you wish to be part of the pilot Eracism as a judge please email Kim Caise, [e-mail] as we have currently closed the online form. Coming in as a judge will help you understand the project, with a view to coming in next semester with students.
Thanks
Julie

[martellye]

Presently, i don't teach MS; but I value the principles of the project. I like to be part of it. I teach HS science at the American School of Bombay (ASB). I taught MS (7th and 8th) for ASB before. I hope to be able to contribute to the project to the best of my ability. Eric Martelly