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Dear Colleagues
World Ecitizens is a registered Charity and works in partnership with MirandaNet and a network of UK public and private sector organisations to bridge both the digital and cultural divide of children in all countries. The charity engages a particular focus on projects linked to schools in the UK and how they might internationally engage with other schools and cultures using new media technology solutions as an integrated form of citizenship through ICT.
The following statements help to explain the main purposes of the World Ecitizens charity:
What is the World Ecitizens Project?
The World Ecitizens (WE) Project aims to encourage understanding between peoples
and communities and to share the fascinating diversity within nations and
across the world. WE take responsibility for our actions and strive to make
the world a better place.
The WE web-based learning environment is a rich resource for educational collaboration in topics such as responsible citizenship, mutual respect, combating social injustice and conflict prevention and resolution. WE participants can build projects together, join in debates and develop electronic portfolios. Young people achieve World Ecitizen status when they publish a contribution to the WE gallery.
Giving young people a voice
Since January 2003 communities and classes of young people in the UK have
presented posters, video clips and comic strips about citizenship issues that
concern them. Some of the young people have been working with artists and
writers in residence. So far, homelessness and international citizenship have
emerged as major areas of concern.
You can also download a brochure about the project:
- Download a colourful brochure (PDF 928 KB)
The World Ecitizens Ejournal
The WEjournal is a gateway where the WE community leaders and teachers
can share ideas for developing humanitarian projects using ICT as a
bridge. Leaders
who publish in the WE Ejournal achieve a Fellowship in World Ecitizenship
for using elearning to draw the peoples of the world together.
How your organisation can support World Ecitizens (WE)
There are three types of support that you might consider giving to WE:
1) An Annual Charitable Donation
We welcome any level, form or type of financial contribution and this would
be payable to ‘World Ecitizens’ and sent to:
- Christina Preston, WE Administrator, 10, Manor Way, South Croydon CR2 7BQ
2) Organisational Partnerships
This might involve becoming engaged in one of our many WE projects and could
take the form of assistance in kind, e.g. seconded members of your organisation
working on WE projects with schools, providing useful resources in the form
of venues and other facilities etc. We already have a number of useful company
partnerships and so your involvement would add to this valuable learning network.
For further discussions on how your organisation might become a partner to
either World Ecitizens or MirandaNet please contact our Director:
- Christina Preston:
3) Major Sponsorships
If you look at our parent MirandaNet Fellowship website you will see that
we are in partnership with Bath Spa University
who offer our Fellows postgraduate Professional Learning qualifications for
work-based enquiry projects related to their ICT continuing professional development
(CPD). Qualifications include an MA and MTeach Professional Learning with
opportunities to progress onto PhD and many of our Fellows would benefit from
company-sponsored scholarships – this would make a real difference!
As part of their partnership with MirandaNet, Bath Spa University have set up a new Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology (CEIT), which is linked to the MirandaNet Academy in Bath that wishes to engage in and report useful applied teacher research projects that impact on pupil/student learning and help to improve the schools they work in. We are looking for a major private sector sponsor to both adopt and support the CEIT as part of a long-term Joint Collaborative Project. For further discussions on how your organisation might adopt the CEIT please contact:
- Dr Steven J Coombs, Head of CPD & Chair of the Professional Master’s Programme and MirandaNet Academy at Bath Spa University:
We sincerely invite your support and partnership to help us fund and sponsor projects to help bridge cultures and communities through the use of ICT and other New Media technologies. We look forward to your early reply.
Yours sincerely,
Christina Preston
MirandaNet Founder, Administrator for World Citizens
- Download this letter as a Word Document (86KB)
- Download a colourful brochure about the World Ecitizens Project (PDF 928 KB)
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