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E-Newsletter – November
14, 2005
In the NewsFor complete information, see: http://internationaledwa.org/news.htm.
Sixth Annual International Week (Nov 14-18) Announced
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“Google Alerts” Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. Try them out at http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en. Click on the links below to read the original stories. Google Alerts on "language immersion"
Parents
invited to overview on language immersion
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November 17, 2005
World Citizen Award Dinner
November 17-20, 2005 ACTFL
2005: Annual Meeting and Exposition Baltimore, MD.
November 19, 2005 The Power of One: Faith and Global Justice Conference on the UN Millennium Development Goals at Seattle University. Our keynote speakers are Rev. Mpho Tutu & Rick Steves. You can also find more information online at www.bread.org/seattle.
November 20 - December 4, 2005
ANNUAL BRAZIL TRIP -
November 28, 2005 7-9 pm
Engaging in Meaningful Learning with the Arab World
at the University of Washington Simpson Center for the Humanities
(Communications 202), featuring two Eisenhower Fellows from the Middle
East: Dalia Khalil, Director
of the Egyptian Association for Educational Resources and Country
Coordinator for
iEARN,
and
Danah
Dajani, Director, Princess Basma
Youth Resource Centre, Queen Zein Al-Sharaf Institute for Development,
Amman, Jordan. They will be talking about what is being done now to forge
learning partnerships between Arab and US students; when does technology
help and when does it get in the way; and how can we foster interfaith,
intercultural dialogue. Free.
December 1, 2005 3 - 7:30 pm
Alternative Gift Market December 6, 2005 8 am - 5:30 pm Center for Creative Change Student Symposium. Students graduating from the center's four graduate programs present findings from their community-focused change projects. For more information, contact Debra Alderman in the Center for Creative Change at 206-268-4906 or dalderman@antiochseattle.edu.
February 16 - 19, 2006
ISSA (International Studies Schools
Association 5th Annual Conference at Raleigh-Durham, North
Carolina. The ISSA Conference is the leading forum for the K-12 community
to learn, share, and interact on how to add a global dimension to every
discipline at every grade level. March 3, 2006 Word Languages Day at University of Washington. June 25 - 30, 2006 STUDY CANADA SUMMER INSTITUTE: The 2006 British Columbia Experience: From the 5 Themes of Geography to the 2010 Olympics. Registration is already open for teachers to earn either 40 clock hours or 3 university undergraduate quarter credits for this unique K-12 educator program. Contact tina.storer@wwu.edu as early as possible regarding your interest in the program. For further information or to register, visit http://www.wwu.edu/depts/castudies/k12studycanada/scsi.shtml.
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