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Ask questions, find answers and express your opinions about growing up at the turn of the 21st century. You are not ALONE in your feelings, ideas and beliefs, even though you sometimes feel that way. Share your experiences with friends from around the world.

PURPOSE:

Young people from around the world will share their personal thoughts, feelings, and dreams via an online journal, compare experiences, ask each other questions and discover commonalities.

ACTIVITIES:

Every 2 weeks a new social issues topic will be raised (drugs, violence, family, racism, etc). The topic will be posted on KIDPROJECT. There will be a brief description telling a bit about the topic. Select the topics you wish to write about in your online journal. It is not necessary that you write on each topic. There is no deadline date for any topic.

Please send your journal writings to: kidproj@listserv.nodak.edu. Please put "Journal" in the subject line of your responses.

If for some reason you have trouble getting them posted, feel free to send them directly to me, and I will make sure they get posted. dbuccola@essex1.com

Topics that may be discussed. (Subject to change)

• drugs
• loss of a loved one
• racism
• school
• friends
• violence
• feelings

Please come and participate with your friends from around the world. See how much we have in common, no matter where we live in the world. Again, your responses will be put on the Internet!

OBJECTIVES:

1. Identify and express ideas and feelings on issues.
2. Increase awareness of ideas and feelings shared with others.
3. Strengthen writing skills.
4. Provide a venue for young people to express themselves.
5. Encouraging positive interaction amongst participants.
6. Increase awareness of global perspectives on issues.
7. Encourage international dialog on important issues.

In order to participate, students must answer the four KIDLINK questions:

1. Who am I?
2. What do I want to be when I grow up?
3. How do I want the world to be different when I'm grown up?
4. What can I do now to make this happen?

Responses:

FRIENDS

                           

DRUGS

                   

WORLD PEACE

       

RAINFOREST

       

Our Journals - Our Journeys Project Moderator: Dennis Buccola <dbuccola@essex1.com>

KIDPROJ Information Contact: Patti Weeg, Title 1 Computer Teacher, Delmar El. School, Delmar, Maryland, USA. Home Page: http://www.intercom.net/local/weeg

KIDPROJ WWW Contact: Grant Dougall, Educational Consultant: Technologies, Saskatoon Board of Education, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA. Web Site: http://198.169.140.21/