----- Original Message ----- From: "Yvonne Marie Andres" To: "Digitaldivide" Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12:29 AM Subject: [DDN] ::> Registration now open - Doors to Diplomacy 2006Competition for Middle School and High School Students Worldwide

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State Department Announces "Doors to Diplomacy" 2006 Web Project Competition

for Middle School and High School Students Worldwide

=> Register NOW to receive important project updates => Projects due March 17, 2006 => Winners announced May 2006

Engage students in a performance-based collaborative, project-design competition which:

*Supports standards-based coursework *Connects students to their local communities *Increases students' global perspective *Increases real world, transferable skills *Involves students in the assessment *Teaches students 21st century, information-age skills (research, teamwork, project-management, publishing, digital media, audio, video)

The U.S. Department of State along with the Global SchoolNet Foundation is pleased to announce the 2006 "Doors to Diplomacy" award competition. This educational award program recognizes the student-created Global SchoolNet Web projects that best teach others about the importance of international affairs and diplomacy. Students work in small teams with teacher-coaches. Projects must be completed by March 17, 2006. Winners will be announced in May 2006. Every team that completes a final entry receives a special Doors to Diplomacy certificate to recognize their achievement. Each student member of the team who wins the "Doors to Diplomacy" receives a $2,000 scholarship, and the winning coaches' schools each receive a $500 cash award.

For a complete description and information about eligibility and judging criteria, visit http://globalschoolhouse.org/doors/

For more information, contact:

Dr. Yvonne Marie Andres, Global SchoolNet Telephone: 760-635-0001 Email: diplomacy@globalschoolnet.org

or Janice Clark, U.S. Department of State Telephone: 703-875-5086 Email: clarkje4@state.gov

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Global SchoolNet: Linking Kids Around the World to Benefit Humanity Communicate, Collaborate & Celebrate Learning!

Global SchoolNet is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, member supported, education organization. Global SchoolNet combines smart teaching ideas with web publishing, video conferencing and other online tools that bridge geographic gaps, allowing young people around the world to learn together. Global SchoolNet is an international network of 90,000+ online educators, who engage in online project-based learning activities. Global SchoolNet reaches more than a million students from 45,000 schools across 194 countries.

For more information about the services and programs provided by Global SchoolNet, please visit www.globalschoolnet.org

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