Through Education initiative, launched by the U.S. Department
of Education in response to the events surrounding September
11, 2001, continues to work to build strong and lasting
relationships between American children and those from other
countries and cultures. Consortium members of the Friendship
Through Education initiative listed below are very active
in those same countries where the devastating effects of
the recent tsunami have been the most severe. These organizations
are challenging schools and educators in the United States
to respond to this unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Your
help and responsiveness would be most welcome.
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& INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK 2006, NOVEMBER 13-17.
Through Education's Final Report of Phase One Online!
read the full report, click
Education Week 2006. FTE partner organizations,
Global SchoolNet and iEARN-USA, participated in a panel discussion
and the US Department of Education in Washington, DC. The
panel focused on the role of technology in international
education. The panel presentation, which was introduced by
Tim Magner, Director, Office of Educational Technology for
the US Department of Education, discussed how technology-based
collaborative projects can enhance both learning and the
development of global awareness in American young people.
As part of the panel, students and teachers from Lebanon,
California, New Zealand and Ghana were brought in via video-conferencing
and other connective technologies. For more on International
Education Week 2006, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/internationaled/iew.html and the Interagency website hosted by the Department of State:
YOUR STUDENTS ON AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY!
your students on an unforgettable journey! Through the
game NetAid World Class, students learn how children living
in poverty are denied an education—and what they
can do to help. For more information click
LANGUAGE LEARNING INITIATIVE
Langugae Technologies makes free software available for
schools interested in working with Arabic-speaking students
and teachers. Read more...
HOUSE HONORS SUNNYSIDE ELEM. FOR GENEROSITY
students raise funds to purchase school supplies for 560 students
SOS PROJECT: AMERICAN KIDS CAN HELP CHILDREN IN AFGHANISTAN
GET BACK TO SCHOOL!
Friendship Through Education partners in helping to equip
schools in Afghanistan with the educational materials they
need to reopen classrooms. Read more
collaborate by sharing their messages
of hope, support and condolences in response to the September
11, 2001 "Attack on America" tragedy. Groups of kids from
Uzbekistan sent images of hope to their friends in the United