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Forum on “The Impact of ICT in our life"

Name of Project: “The Impact of ICT in our life"

Partnership: Microsoft, INTEL &  iEARN

Brief one-sentence description of project:

Develop critical thinking in youth to reflect upon the impact of ICT on there culture, environment, tradition and society.

Forums: The Forum will take place simultaneously in iEARN CIVICS Forum and SchoolNet Lebanon Forum. Students can Enter and Display their views in SchoolNet forum  and also directly join iEARN forums

Execution schedule  : The execution of the project will begin on January 2004

 Full description of project:

Through this project students will develop critical and reflective thinking on the use of ICT in their daily lives. Students are invited to answer questions such as: How and where do you use ICT?  How did ICT evolve and at what pace? What technologies were used 10 years ago as compared to the current ones? How do you see ICT in the next couple of years? How did the use of ICT change you life in terms of time allocation and your work load management and/or your social life. What if there were no ICT, for example, what would our world be like? How would that impact the environment, education, socio-economic relationships etc.  They can also ask their own questions of interest and share them with the group. Students are welcome to express their views in any creative media. Students are welcome to  Display their views in Schoolnet forum

 Age/level of project participants:

from 12 to 18 years old

 Timetable/Schedule for the project:

The project will be launched on December, 20.2003 and will continue till May 2004.  Students work will be published online on an ongoing basis. The project will be evaluated in May 2004 and hopefully be renewed the next academic year.

 Possible project/classroom activities: Students can brainstorm, discuss, research and write essays about the impact of technology in their daily lives. Creative writing is also welcome and can be presented in any form. Students can post their views in the forum in the form of: essays, publications, reports, artwork, PowerPoint presentations or other creative medias.

 Expected outcomes/products: Essays, publications, reports, related artwork, PowerPoint presentations or other creative medias to present their views; All students' contribution will be published on the following website: www.schoolnet.edu.lb/projects/iot.htm

 Project contribution to others and the planet: Students will develop awareness on the impact of ICT in their lives and enhance their reflective and creative thinking,

Project language(s): Arabic, French and English

Curriculum area: Language and Technology

 Names/email of initial participating groups:

1. Abbassieh school, South Lebanon

2. Ashrafieh first school for boys

3. Baalbeck school for girls, Bekaa

4. Bchemoun school, Mount Lebanon

5. Beit Chebab school, Mount Lebanon

6. Bikfaya school, Mount Lebanon

7. Fakhreddine school for girls, Beirut

8. Ghbeiry school for girls, Mount Lebanon

9. Haddadine school for boys, North Lebanon

10. Haddadine school for girls, North Lebanon

11. Halba school, North

12. Hassan Kamel El Sabbah school, Nabatieh

13. Hawsh El Omara school, Bakaa

14. Hermel school, Bekaa

15. Jamil Rawaas school, Beirut

16. Jbeil school., Mount Lebanon

17. Jdaidet El Metn for girls

18. Jebshite school, Nabatieh

19. Maghdoushe school, South Lebanon

20. Manara school, Bekaa

21. Merje'youn school, Nabatieh

22. Nabatieh school for girls, Nabatieh

23. Reneh Mouawad school for boys

24. Saida school for boys, South Lebanon

25. Saida school for girls, South Lebanon

26. Shehim school, Mount Lebanon

27. Tripoli and Mena school for girls, North Lebanon

28. Tyr for girls, South Lebanon

29. Zahle school for girls, Bekaa

30. Zghorta school, North

 The project participants will follow a one day workshop on December 20, 2003. Teachers from secondary public school that are distributed in all districts in Lebanon will be invited to join the project. A TOT workshop will be offered to lead teachers to deliver the workshop.

Coordinators: All coordinators in participants scholls

Facilitators Management:  Abdou Yammine, abdonada@cyberia.net.lb,  coordinator of Internet Projects at the Ministry of Education and Higher education - Lebanon  and Eliane Metni, eliane@emetni.com ,  IEARN Lebanon coordinator

Facilitators: Widad Elias, Daad Maamary, Patricia Khoury and Rouslan Bou Chahine

Project Manager

Abdou Yammine

Coordinator of Internet projects

Ministry of Education and Higher Education  - Lebanon