<<March 31, 2007>>
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Dr. Fouad M. EL-Harazin, President <alaqsau46@yahoo.com>
Mrs.Effie Dracopoulos Boikos <effie.dracopoulos@mcgill.ca>
Emma Kiselyova <ekiselyova@uoc.edu>
Steven Donahue <donahue.steven@gmail.com>
Dear Fouad:
(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I and II) in response to our following
paper;
Takeshi
Utsumi, P. Tapio Varis, and W. R. Klemm
"Creating Global University System"
http://tinyurl.com/sfgm7
I. Creation of GUS/Palestine/Gaza Strip:
(2) Pls follow my suggestions to create GUS/Palestine/Gaza Strip mentioned in
my following previous list distribution;
(03/21/07)
Possible creation of GUS/Palestine/Gaza Strip and Peace Gaming
http://tinyurl.com/2wmeyt
II. English as Second Language (ESL) Program:
(3) For your attempt to create ÒEnglish as Second Language (ESL)Ó course,
(a)
pls visit the following paper;
Effie Dracopoulos, McGill University
"E-Learning ESL: Bringing the World Together"
http://tinyurl.com/33vgzt
This is in our following book;
Global Peace Through The Global University System
Tapio Varis -
Takeshi Utsumi - William Klemm (Eds.)
University of Tampere, Finland 2003
ISBN 951-44-5695-5
The entire contents of this book can be retrieved at;
http://tinyurl.com/kofpf
In the bottom line of this page, you can find the
following;
ÒInterview with Takeshi UtsumiÓ by Parker Rossman
(b) Pls visit the following paper;
Ernest, Pauline (2003) Factors which facilitate effective
on-line learning. English courses at the UOC. Retrieved June 12,
2003 from: http://www.uoc.edu/dt/20202/index.html
This was referenced in the following paper;
Josep M Duart and Emma Kiselyova, Open University of
Catalonia
"The Open University of Catalonia: A
Local-Global University Model"
http://tinyurl.com/2k6xv9
This paper was in our book mentioned above.
(c) Pls visit the following web site of our ESL project proposal;
Proposal for an On-Line Corporate English as a Second
Language (ESL) Program
<Proposal-Draft
#9-4-13-01 copy.doc> <http://tinyurl.com/2o42bp>.
In this proposal, you may be interested in learning Seven
DonahueÕs ESL program — BTW, he taught Arabic to the US Army personnel
who had to go to Afghanistan and Iraq. The uniqueness of his teaching is
to analyze learnerÕs pronunciation with audio file which the learner would send
back to him, so that interactive corrections at a face-to-face classroom can be
enacted.
(d) You may also contact the following person;
Elena Lenskaya
Assistant Director
Education and English Language Teaching
BRITISH COUNCIL Russia
British Council, VGBIL, UI. Nikoloyamskaya 1
Moscow 109189, Russia
T +7495 782 0200
mob: 495-792-2556
F +7 495 782 0201
lena.lenskaya@britishcouncil.ru
www.britishcouncil.ru
I visited her in early last September. She has a
fast track ESL for Russian. She may be able to introduce you to similar
program for Arabic/Israeli at her headquarters in London with some financial
support.
III. Fund Raising:
(4) For your fund raising you may visit the following web sites;
(a) USEFUL
INTERNET SITES FOR GRANTSEEKERS
http://tinyurl.com/l99vd
This would require time-consuming, tedious web search.
(b) Comparison of Application Form of Grass Root Fund of Japanese Government
http://tinyurl.com/2lb958
This provides about US$100,000 for K-12 education and NGO
activities.
(5) Prof. Negroponte of MIT said during a session at the World Summit of
Information Society (WSIS) of ITU in Tunisia, Tunis in November 2005 that each
national language would become the so-called ÒboutiqueÓ language, and English
would become the lingua franca.
For
example, till almost a century and a half ago, Japan had about 50 provinces.
At each of them, feudalistic lord presided. The capital of each of
them had very narrow streets with many T corners to confuse enemies when they
invaded the town. Residents of each provinces were encouraged to speak
their unique dialects, so that spies from other provinces would easily be
recognized by their way of talking dialects.
After they were integrated by Meiji Restoration government and specially after
the proliferation of radio, however, all Japanese started speaking the
so-called standard Japanese language which was stemmed on the dialect in Tokyo
area.
Japanese news paper web site recently reported that girls of affluent families
now prefer to speak such old, traditional local dialects to show-off, as if
they were using boutique handbags, etc.
Anyway, English is an absolute necessity for collaboration for mutual
understanding and hence global peace.
I wish you a very good luck to your noble endeavor.
Pls feel free to contact me if you have any further questions.
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT
I
From:
FOUAD EL-HARAZIN
<alaqsau46@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 25
Mar 2007 14:32:33 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Takeshi
Utsumi, Ph.D." <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Cc: <elharazin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re:
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) computer -Peace e-Learning Initiative/ Pilot
Project
Prof.
Takeshi Utsumi,
Prof. P. Tapio Varis,
Prof. W. R. Klemm
Subject: Pilot Project of Palestinian-Israeli High School students'
at
The Global University System (GUS)
á
Our primary objective is the
dialogue between Palestinian and Israeli youth, later on expand to the entire
region. Based on the existing political, cultural, social, economic and
psychological constraints, we recommend the indirect approach strategy at this
stage.
á
I proposed and raised
Destination In Mind, I am ready, and always ready for peace ömaking between
Palestinian and Israeli within my ability. We would like to bring to The
Global University System (GUS)- Takeshi Utsumi, P. Tapio Varis, W. R. Klemm and others, our lessons learned
from Israeli-Palestinian partners for several years of practically implementing
the concepts of "Peace through Education" and of "Cross-Cultural
Learning Networks", with educational programs among Muslim and Jewish High
School students, in accordance with the conference two major focuses : cross-border
collaboration in e-learning and technology-enabled education as a catalyst for
positive educational change.
á
At The Global University
System (GUS) we
would like to present the deliverables of the first stage of an ongoing
collaborative project (Pilot Project English Language Connection Initiative)
with students from Gaza, Israel (from both the Arab and the Jewish sectors),
together with students from Finland, in order to ignite a positive educational
change in other regional communities, based on our educational model and
previous "proof of concept" pilot projects.
á We are building a social
gated web community of learners, combining inquiry-based collaborative learning
of a common theme (Urban / Rural Environment), digital media and e-Learning
pedagogy. We want to enable each student ( the gifted and especially the
underserved ) to potentiate his/her higher order thinking skills, develop
scientific awareness and acquire the literacies for the 21st century.
á
It's extremely important to
establish a common "real vision" to move forward toward the
Palestinian-Israeli English Language e-Learning Initiative.
á
We are aware of the fact that
we have to find funding third parties with less than $200K /academic year and
ready to send you a proposal.
á
We appreciate your support in
our Palestinian-Israeli regional project.
Best regards,
Fouad
ATTACHMENT
II
From:
FOUAD EL-HARAZIN
<alaqsau46@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 28
Mar 2007 11:57:06 -0700 (PDT)
To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Cc: <elharazin@gmail.com>
Subject: A
pilot e-Learning program connecting Palestinian and Israeli youth-English
Language Connection curriculum Project-Promoting for Peace
Prof.
Takeshi Utsumi,
Chairman,
GLOSAS/USA
I would be grateful if you advice me on how to spread "To Whom It May
Concern" to find funders for less than $200K on this subject.
Subject: A
pilot e-Learning program connecting Palestinian and Israeli youth-English
Language Connection curriculum Project-Promoting for Peace
Hello every bodies with warm feeling.
We believe that multi-media language and quality communication can bridge the
present wide gulfs between diverse peoples and change the direction of history
with peace and hope; respect with dignity.
I hope that you will help the Palestinian and Israeli students to strength
peace effort by making ÒEnglish Language connections projectÓ to be real not just vision
between the people –to- people.
In Israeli and Palestinian societies, where today nearly 50% of the total
populations are children, education is the only long-term, realistic, and
sustainable means for building genuine peace. Educational programs
fostering multicultural awareness, developing interpersonal cross-group empathy
between Palestinian and Israeli youth are necessary preconditions in order for
the current divisive and violent regional conflict to be replaced by a culture
of peace and understanding.
In nowadays pluralistic societies with ethno-cultural different communities and
specifically in regions of protracted violent conflicts -education paves the
way to peace and coexistence. At the same time the implementation of any
educational activity requires a certain level of cross-group communication and
peaceful settings. In order to break that vicious circle, educators from
Israel , the Palestinian Territories, have joined together to implement a
specially designed educational program.
The program creates alternative learning environments, facilitates different
channels of communication, develops proficiencies in a common Òneutral
languageÓ (English) and builds separate new (virtual) community of learners
within a constructivist and a collaborative pedagogical framework.
Dedicated local tutors ignite and maintain the whole process. Sometimes only
NGOs and individuals with vision can act as change agents in complex social /
political situations.
We propose a pilot project to reach over 600 junior high school and high school
mainstream students in diverse educational communities throughout Israel (both
from the Arab and the Jewish sectors), Gaza , and the West Bank , during the
2006-2007 academic year.
The pilot project is based on the Language ConnectionsÕ educational model,
which stresses inter-group dialogue, the use of technology, and core contact
conditions. This educational approach has been shown to effectively
overcome great divisions, violence, and hatred among Middle-Eastern students,
and has been successfully implemented over the last five years in Israeli (Muslim
Arab and Jewish) and Palestinian schools and educational centers.
Implementation of the pilot project will be thoroughly documented and evaluated
and will serve as a valuable analytical tool for the next stages of the
project.
Upon your request, I am ready to send you email ÒProject description
with objectives, with method of curriculum, English as a Foreign Language
(EFL), Facilitating Environment, Pedagogical Framework, Core Conditions,
Timeframe and Budget with summary of Expenses with private online educational
for platform for peace education e-learningÓ
Our team
Dr. Fouad M. El-Harazin, The Palestinian Coordinator.
Dr. Fouad M. El-Harazin (http://www.gifpeace.org
<http://www.gifpeace.org/>) is the President and founder of the Gaza
International Foundation for Peace. He is also the Director of the Palestinian
National Research Center. MIT Partnership of Collaborative Cross-Cultural
e-Learning.
Gal Springman, The Project Coordinator and the Israeli coordinator.
Gal Springman (http:// www.snowblog.net
<http://www.snowblog.net/>) is the Executive Director and founder of
Language Connections, a peace-seeking non-profit organization implementing
educational initiatives in Israeli and Palestinian schools. Gal has a
Masters degree in Multilingual and Multicultural Education (M. Ed) and more
than 20 years experience as a teacher and developer of learning materials.
Professor Richard C. Larson (MIT), Project Advisor
Professor Richard C. Larson (http://linc.mit.edu
<http://linc.mit.edu/>)
Founder and Executive Director, MIT LINC
Mitsui Professor, MIT Engineering Systems Division
Thank you,
Dr. Fouad M. EL-Harazin, President
Gaza International
Foundation for Peace on Earth (GIFPE)
Director of International Programs of The National Research Center (NRC)
MIT Partnership of Collaborative Cross-Cultural e-Learning
Gaza Strip, Gaza City- Palestinian Authority
P. O. Box: 5340
Tel/Fax: +970 8 282 4157 (office, some countries use 972)
Mobile: +970 599 33 44 13 (some countries use 972)
Email: alaqsau46@yahoo.com
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Dr. Fouad M.
EL-Harazin, President
Gaza International Foundation for Peace on Earth (GIFPE);
Director of International Program of the4 National Research center (NRC);
Al-Azhar University-Gaza Strip; and
Partnership-Greater Middle East e-Learning Initiative of-
Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC)
Massachusetts Institute Technology (MIT)/Partnership of Collaborative
Cross-Cultural e-Learning
<http://linc.mit.edu>
Palestinian Authority-Gaza Strip
P. O. Box: 5340
Tel/Fax: +970 8 282 4157 (office, some countries use 972)
Mobile: +970 599 334413 (some countries use 972)
alaqsau46@yahoo.com
elharazin@gmail.com
http:/www.alazher-gaza.edu
http://www.alazhar.org/english/index.htm
http://www.gifpeace.org/Background.htm
Mrs.Effie Dracopoulos Boikos
Program Coordinator
Part-Time English Program (Credit)
WebCt & Special Project
English and French Language Programs
Center for Continuing Education (CCE)
McGill University
688 Sherbrooke West, Suite 1181
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3R1
(514) 398 1201
Fax: 514-398-1769
effie.dracopoulos@mcgill.ca
www.mcgill.ca/conted-english
www.mcgill.ca/eflp
Emma Kiselyova
International Relations
Catalunyan Open University
Univesitat Oberta de Catalunya
Barcelona, Spain
ekiselyova@uoc.edu
www.uoc.edu
Steven Donahue
Broward Community College
1128 N. 16Th Avenue
Hollywood, FL 33020
954-927-8807
cell: 954-701-1561
(678) 275-6952--Demo
donahue.steven@gmail.com
sdonahue@mdcc.edu
sdonah01@bellsouth.net
sdonahue@broward.cc.fl.us
http://www.10tongues.com
http://www.glearner.com
http://fs.broward.cc.fl.us/~sdonahue
http://www.languagemagazine.com
-- Language Magazine
http://www.erepublic.com/publications/gt/2000/sept/departments/eCommerceSLF.shtm
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA
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