[PN] United Nations (9 Dec. 2003)

[Steve McCarty]

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* Call for Conference Papers

MEXTESOL JOURNAL (Mexican Association of Teachers of English)
SPECIAL ISSUE:  On-Line Teaching and Learning
Sent by PN subscriber JoAnn Miller
"The Spring 2005 Special Issue of the MEXTESOL Journal is dedicated to
teaching and learning EFL/ESL on-line. The objective of this Special
Issue is to share ideas and experiences of this area and explore current
trends. Experiences within Mexico and outside of Mexico are welcomed.
Only a few of the possible topics for this issue include: techniques for
teaching / learning on-line or for developing supporting activities
using the Internet, technological issues, reports of on-line teaching
experiences, reflection, on-line mentoring, innovative uses of the
Internet, e-mail, etc. The prospective authors are invited to write
in any of the following types of manuscripts: Research and
theoretical issues (refereed), Practical issues (non-refereed),
Book or product reviews, or Opinions/perspectives.
Interested authors are required to use the Journal's Manuscript
Guidelines: double-spaced, Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (A.P.A.), and specification of whether the
submitted manuscript is to be refereed or non-refereed. Authors may
write in Spanish or English. The deadline date for submissions is
Oct. 30, 2004. Please send the manuscript as an attachment to
the Guest Editor, JoAnn Miller": miller@efltasks.net
http://www.mextesol.org/index.htm

* Reference Websites

Mega English Education Internet Portal Launched in China
> Fudan University, one of the top universities in China,
> has formed a partnership with Asia Broadband Inc.
> subsidiary Shanghai Telecom to launch the Fudan New
> English program, which figures to be one of China's largest
> interactive, multimedia English education Internet portals.
>
> Fudan New English consists of 750 hours of interactive
> and multimedia self-learning online courseware, 64 units
> of intensive online teaching video lectures, an
> e-magazine, and interactive classrooms. Students also
> have the opportunity to opt for the blended learning
> approach combining the benefits of online multimedia
> English training together with the more traditional
> classroom training methods.
>
> Ms. Tong Ling, director of the board of Shanghai Telecom,
> called the portal a way "to provide English learners with
> a consistent English learning Internet environment.
> Students can now learn English any time and anywhere,
> and the traditional teaching style of 'Dumb English' and
> 'test-oriented English' will be changed."
Interface in Chinese: http://www.ie.online2.sh.cn/

Learners Need 'Natives' to Guide not Dictate
David Hill, British Council, Istanbul, Turkey
ELT News: Teaching English in Japan - Special Feature, October 2003
http://www.eltnews.com/features/special/2003_10_2.shtml

ITU World Telecommunication Development Report 2003
- Measures Access to the Information Society
- Monitors Impact of ICTs on Global Development Goals
- e-Indicators to Overcome the Digital and Statistical Divide
Geneva, 4 December 2003
http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2003/31.html

* Periodical articles

Reforming the United Nations
by Ramesh Thakur, senior vice rector, U.N. University, Tokyo
The Japan Times, Dec. 8, 2003
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?eo20031208a1.htm

One More Seat at the Table
By Parag Khanna, analyst on global governance, Brookings Institution
New York Times, December 6, 2003
[also about reforming the UN, but more partisan than Prof. Thakur - Ed.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/06/opinion/06KHAN.html

U.N.: Internet use stats flawed
CNN, December 6, 2003
GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) -- "The extent of the technology gap
between richer and poorer nations may be smaller than believed"
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/12/05/digital.divide.ap/index.html

U.N. control of Web rejected
By John Zaracostas
WASHINGTON TIMES, Dec. 8, 2003
[Surprise, surprise ... not! - Ed.]
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20031208-125717-6682r.htm

Collegially, Steve McCarty, Professor, Kagawa JC, Japan
Finally broadband!: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/pdx.html
Online library: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
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