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Greek Articles 2000


Seven Articles in Greek. Available in PDF format:

Media Coverage About OPEN Spring '99 Program

  • Greek article available in pdf format only.
  • Three Articles from Jordan in Arabic. Available in jpg format only:
  • 5/27/99 - Home News, Jordan
  • 5/27/99 OPEN - The international education technology company, hosts its premier videoconference seminar for secondary and middle school students.
  • 3/29/99 - OPEN Launches 1999 Spring Program

Media Coverage About OPEN 1998


Morning News, Florence, SC: Pee Dee Schools Get Distance Learning Program
avisen News, Denmark: On Speaking Terms With The Whole World
Afternoon News, Greece: "Travel" Around The World With Your Computer
Amman Times Photos (Jordan): OPEN Founder Visits Jordan

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Press Releases 1998-2000

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GLOBAL LEAP 2000

A Unique, Around The World Electronic Fieldtrip for Students Worldwide
February 29th, 2000
One Planet Education Network (OPEN), an international, Internet-based, education and entertainment application service provider announces the launching of its latest international educational co-production entitled Global Leap 2000. The program is produced in cooperation with the Arbour Vale High School from Slough, England, PictureTel UK, U.S. National Park Service, Save the Children Foundation and NASA.
 
This Internet, and two-way videoconferencing educational program is the most ambitious educational videoconferencing project ever. It will be aired and available to registered schools and homes worldwide on February 29th, 2000. So far, thousands of students have registered to participate using ISDN videoconferencing technology and millions more could follow the journey over the Internet. The around-the-world-in-a-day electronic fieldtrip is free to any school or home.
 
Global Leap 2000 virtual school will link some of the most interesting educational sites around the world to students and schools across five continents. Each hour, for sixteen hours, students from selected schools and renowned experts will share their findings on the Great Barrier Reef, Space Exploration, Wildlife Game Reserves in South Africa, The Civilization of Petra, Music of the World and Volcanoes in Alaska. Tony Blair, Prime Minister of England, will endorse the program by interacting with students during one of the hours.
 
OPEN combines technology and learning by providing K-12 schools and home education market with real-time multidisciplinary programming, teacher training and technology support. OPEN's mission is to bring together students from different cultures, bridge the digital divide and test new technologies for learning.
 
Registration forms, curriculum and further information for this program and other exciting educational adventures are posted via OPEN's Website www.oneplaneteducation.com.
 
For more information, please contact
 
George Newman
President and Founder
One Planet Education Network (OPEN)
66 Charles Street
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 338-7831
 

Journeys to Alaska: The Power of Volcanoes

February 2000
Coming up next in our series of international education programs is a four part program on volcanoes and ecology for middle and secondary schools. Sponsored by the United States Department of Education, the Satellite Education Resource Consortium, the Weather Channel, South Carolina Educational Television and our strategic Internet video broadcast partner, Microcast.net, OPEN offers a four-part satellite and Internet video series to be aired each week in February of 2000.
 
The program for this electronic field trip teaches how humans and wildlife have co-existed for thousands of years in one of the most active earthquake and volcanoe sites in the world. Learn about volcanoes through history, our dynamic planet and its environment, and travel with our researchers and program hosts to the summit of Mt. Novarupta, the largest and most voluminous volcanic eruption of the century.
 
Registration forms and further information for this program series will be posted for teachers and schools in November 1999 on the OPEN Website. Our international Webcast and U.S. television satellite feeds and times will also soon be listed. The curriculum for this program will be posted on the OPEN Website the first week in January 2000.

KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES AND OPEN PRESENT YOUTH AND VIOLENCE SYMPOSIUM

November 9, 1999
Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes and OPEN (One Planet Education Network) announce a multi-disciplinary symposium entitled "Youth and Violence: The Search for Answers" to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
 
The symposium will be held at the Klitgord Auditorium of New York City Technical College, 285 Jay Street, downtown Brooklyn and will be Webcast nationwide through the OPEN Website www.oneplaneteducation.com.
 
The Kings County District Attorney's Office and OPEN, an international organization specializing in distance learning programming, co-developed the program to address various aspects of a problem that has become all too familiar in recent days. OPEN delivers high quality educational programming and technology support services to schools worldwide. As part of its ongoing mission, OPEN offers this symposium as the first of a continuing series of professional development series.
 
"We must address the incidents of youth violence before they occur. We can't afford to wait until our children show up in courtrooms or, worse, in hospitals and morgues as victims," District Atorney Hynes said. "Through this symposium we hope to address factors contributing to youth violence and the steps we can take to prevent it."
 
Beginning with a special pre-taped welcome and remarks by Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States, introductory remarks by District Attorney Hynes and a keynote address by Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, the conference will feature compelling videos and panel discussions by the foremost authorities in many fields. Medical and psychological experts, law enforcement officials, educators, former gang members, clergy and other specialists will all participate.
 
Panelists will define the problem of youth violence, present strategies for prevention and intervention, discuss the effects of guns and the media on violence, including addiction and the warning signs. The event's moderators will be WNBC anchor Maurice DuBois and News 12 Long Island's anchor Judy Martin.
 
The symposium is being co-sponsored by the Human Services Department of New York City Technical College, Bell Atlantic, the Keyspan Energy Company, Microcast, the John A. Reisenbach Foundation, and the Brooklyn AIDS Task Force.
 
A streaming video Webcast of the conference will be available. For update information, consult www.oneplaneteducation.com or www.brooklynda.org.
 
For registration and information, contact Jean Kelly at (718) 250-2326, by fax at (718) 250-2896, or by e-mail at kellyj@brooklynda.org.
 

MARINERS OF GREECE AND NEAR EAST CONTEMPORARIES


May 27, 1999
One Planet Education Network (OPEN), the international education technology company, hosts its premier videoconference seminar for secondary and middle school students. On May 27, 1999, OPEN will broadcast live from classes in Greece, Jordan, Denmark and the U.S.
 
After two previous days of interactive student presentations on this semester's topic, "The Ancient Mariners of Greece and Near East Contemporaries", students will hear lectures, ask questions and discuss related topics in science, history, and literature, with world-renowned experts from Harvard University, Brown University, and the Hellenic Institute of Marine Arhaeology (HIMA). Experts include: Professor Gregory Nagy, Chairman of Harvard University's Classics Department, Professor Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Center for Old World Archaeology and Art of Brown University, and Nikos Tsouchlos (President), John Vichos and Christos Agouridis of HIMA. Other distinguished guest speakers on the 27th will include Mr. Alkel Biltaji, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Dr. Izzat Jerradat, Minister of Education and Dr. Fathi Jarwan, Director of Jubilee School, all from our new OPEN partner country, Jordan.
 
OPEN is the world's first truly international education technology program for elementary through secondary schools applying the most advanced next generation Internet Technologies in a global environment H.320, H.323, IP over ATM and HDTV/Digital Television.
 
OPEN's mission is to give equal access to all students and cultures, test new technologies for learning, and develop new educational models through interdisciplinary study programs. OPEN education programs fully support and promote the ideals of international cultural exchange and mutual respect and understanding between all peoples of the world.
 
OPEN's strategic partners include: BellSouth, South Carolina Educational Television (USA public broadcasting), STAT/ALTEC group of Athens, Greece, OTE, the telecommunications provider of Greece, PictureTel Corporation, iBeam Inc. and the Jordan Telecommunications Company.
 
For more information contact George Newman at 617-720-6069 or 617-720-4143 (fax).

MARINERS OF GREECE

April 1998
OPEN's first demonstration program entitled "The Mariners of Greece" takes place the last week of April 1998 and will link students from the U.S. (New York and South Carolina), Greece, and Denmark via 2-way interactive videoconferencing systems and the Internet. Students will be able to see, hear and converse live with student peers, historians and underwater archeology experts, working together on a variety of historical and scientific research topics developed by the OPEN team. Topics will include:
 
Theseus and the Minotaur portrayed through literature and mythology
The Trial of Socrates, which explores law and government
Underwater archaeology, which covers science, trade, seafaring, geography and history.
 
Students from around the world will take turns asking questions about each others work on this subject matter, hoping to shed a new light on the life and the history of the Mariners of Greece.
 
OPEN's "Mariners of Greece" demonstration program is made possible through the valuable support and assistance from many OPEN global sponsors and strategic partners:
 
In the U.S.:
South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV), a PBS member station, is our main educational partner. SCETV offers OPEN access to its intensive educational network distribution system, advanced new media services, its educational film library, and world class educators;
 
BellSouth is the primary source of connectivity and support services for all participating institutions;
 
Menair Media Inc. of New York provides program production and development services.
 
Technology Applications Research LLC of Boston is a funding sponsor for OPEN and is responsible for program development and project management;
 
iBeam Inc., also of Boston, provides OPEN with Website development and hosting services;
 
PictureTel Corp. has generously donated videoconferencing systems for New York City and Denmark Schools;
 
The City of New York's Department of Citywide Administrative Services and Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications are providing connectivity and support services;
 
Polaroid Corporation of Cambridge has offered its Progressive Scan PTC-9000 High Definition Television Camera;
 
The Educational Testing Service and Columbia University will be providing educational assessment and evaluations;
 
In Greece:
STAT Communications has supplied videoconferencing systems integration into the Greek schools;
 
Post Reality Studio is providing 3D systems, software and support;
 
OTE and OTENet, the Greek Telecommunications and Internet provider, has donated advanced digital services and support;
 
In Denmark:
Dansk Data Display is providing videoconferencing systems integration services.