The KIDS-92 Newsletter A Global Dialog for Children 10-15 Years Issue number 1, June 10 1991

1. SOME NEW RESPONSES

>From Tallin (Estonia):
1. I'm a 14 years old Estonian boy. I go to English-biased scool & I'm an eigth grader. I'm very fond of travelling I've been once to U.S.A in November 1990.
2. There's no big question what do I wanna be when I grow up. A computer scientist of course. The only question is: Where can I learn to be one? Course in our country there are no good institutes for that. Maybe in the future there`ll be some... but who knows what'll happen in the future. The things may go even worse although I doubt that.
3. I would really like if there would be no wars in the future. Course wars are always terribly expensive and many innocent people are killed. I'm also worried about air pollution. When I think of it I'm quite afraid of the future and these people whoes fault it is, they just don't care! Right now I'm talking about Estonia but I think that things are not too different in other countries.Many bad things caused by air pollution are already happening, acidrains for example.
4. I am afraid I can't do anything for it. The only thing I can do now is: not to get the other people's nerves. - Lauri.

>From Moinesti (Roumania):
1. My name is Oana Pintelei., I am a Pupil in the sixth form.
2. I want to be a lawyer, when I grow up.
3. I want to help the poor, the needy. I want to solve their problems.
4. I must learn to defend my country's laws and believe in God.

>From Puerto Rico:
1. My name is Gilberto Nieves Ruiz. I am 14 years old. Some are that when I grow up to have a good job, a good and big house so it would be confortable with a good wife of heart and kids. A girl and a boy and that also be good of heart but not dumb. Some of my hobbis are baseball, reading, writting, watch good TV programs and talk with other people. I would like that other people know how I realy am, about my character and atitud.
2. When I grow up I would like to work with the State in a job like a bank, and sometimes I would like to be an engineer or computer engineer. In terms of education I would like to learn many languages and cultures of other places. I would like to be a person that doens't have to have a problem that later will take away the interes because of this problem.
3. I would like when I grow up a cleaner enviroment with out evil, nor weapons in the world. Without Industries, cars contaminating the enviroment. It would be better to use bikes, or horses.
4. What I can do so this could happen now I would tell the others and help so cars would be in good operating conditions and help protest against Industries no to burns things, make things reusable, no to make waiste that they can not get ride of. Stay in school, study, pay atention. In this world the people that are born now will not like over 50 years old due to the enviroment conditions which are worse with every pasing day.

>From Vriescheloo (Netherlands):
1. My name is Marcel Mesken and I am 15 years old. I like swimming, ice skating and sailing. I've got a dog called Sindy, she's very sweat.
2. I want to be a F-16 pilot when I am old enough, because I like flying. I've flown in a glider thats very exited and beautiful. I love flying, because, you can see everything from above and it goes with a F-16 very fast, much faster than by car.
3. There musn't be so much cars in the world. There must be more water, wind and sun energie, people must all so be carefuller with our environment and our animals. Big factories musn't blow out so much poisened smoke.
4. I must use less gas, electricity and oil. All garbidge must be seperated (paper,plastics,glass). I can make less garbidge. Naturly everybody must help, because other ways it will not help. SO EVERYBODY HELP!!!!!!!!!

2. Looking back at KIDS-91

On May 12th KIDS-91 ended. The project lasted for one year and had 2600 participating children 10 - 15 years of age. They came from 31 countries around the world.
All participants submitted responses to the four KIDS-91 questions, and most of these are now available in our global data base.
Many children and classes submitted contributions to the Creative Challenge. They sent drawings, paintings, water color, collages, calligraphy, computer graphics, musical compositions, videos, and animation.
An international jury selected the following three individual winners of the Creative Challenge Competition:

1. Lukas Souenka, Czechoslovakia, collage
2. Janis Petraskevics, Latvia, composition for flute and piano written for KIDS-91 ("The Silent Song").
3. Two winners:
   • anonymous from Liepaja, Latvia (water colours),
   • John Lavta, Czechoslovakia, drawing.

Among the group contributions the following winners were selected:

• an animation of the KIDS-91 logo from Seabury Hall HS, Maui, Hawaii,
• the calligraphic art contributions from Kawagachi Saitama, Japan

During the year a large number of children participated in the KIDCAFE discussions. Italian children were writing in German to German children. Canadian kids were writing in French to others with an interest in this language. Argentinian and Puerto Rican children did it in Spanish. Most the kids, however, used English as their language of communication.

3. The May 12th Celebration

The discussions in KIDPLAN leading up to May 12th was hectic. Detailed plans for the global ceremony was developed and discussed by a task force with more than 70 active participants from all over the world.
We learned about global 'complexities' like Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), incompatible disk formats, PAL vs. NTSC, videoconferencing vs. TV-conferencing, videophone technologies, and much more.
The children participated in global 'chats' (interactive key- board-to-keyboard dialog) on Internet, BITNET, Cleveland FreeNet, TWICS, Tymnet, and CompuServe. They dialed in from Norway, USA, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Finland, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Germany, England, and Ireland.
A 4-hour multi-point videoconference took place between children in Toronto (Canada), Washington DC (USA), Helsinki (Finland), London (England), Glasgow (Scotland), and Arendal (Norway).
Videophones were also used. This technology allowed for the transmission of both voice and low-resolution black/white pictures between the participants. Exchanges took place between Arendal (Norway) and Knoxville, Maui, New York, Santa Monica, Toronto, and Washington DC in the U.S.
Finally, many fax messages and drawings were sent between the participating sites.
It was a lot of fun!

4. KIDS-92

KIDS-92 is a grassroot project aiming at getting as many children in the age group 10 -15 as possible involved in a GLOBAL dialog. The project will continue until May 18th 1992.
In its simplest form, the dialog will be an exchange of personal presentations and views on the desired future of this world. The means of communication may be ordinary mail, fax, video conferencing, hamradio, or whatever.
We hope that your children be allowed to participate more fully, so that they can join the other kids in the ongoing global discussion using electronic mail.

THE FIRST STEP: The Personal Presentation

Meetings between people usually start by the participants introducing themselves. The same is required by children participating in KIDCAFE and KIDS-ACT, which are 'where' the children meet to talk using electronic mail or other forms of electronic communication.
We want each kid to introduce himself/herself by answering the following four 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 better when I grow up? 4) What can I do now to make this happen?

THE SECOND STEP: The Discussion

The dialog takes place day and night on different conferencing systems, BBS systems, computer networks, and through individual electronic mailboxes. KIDS-92 is not a file area on a computer's hard disk. It's a process.
To enable communication between people across borders in our 'global village', we administer several 'discussion lists' on a computer in North Dakota, USA. A discussion list is simply an address list for electronic mail. A message sent to the list called KIDCAFE, will automatically be forwarded to all the addresses on this mailing list.
Through these lists a vivid discussion can take place using ordinary electronic mail. Each message sent to the lists is redistributed to a large number of mailboxes (and conference systems) world-wide.
We currently have the following discussion lists:

RESPONSE		is where the children send their responses to the four questions. This is the *only* purpose of this list. When this is done, we invite the children to send messages to KIDCAFE and KIDS-ACT.
KIDCAFE		is for kids aged 10 - 15. Here, they can talk about whatever they like, find new friends in other countries, discuss the future, school, hobbies, environment, or whatever. Only those at the correct age can write messages to KIDCAFE, and they need to send their personal introductions to RESPONSE before starting.
KIDS-ACT		is for kids aged 10 - 15. Here, they can talk about what THEY can do NOW to achieve their future visions. The rules for participation is as for KIDCAFE.
KIDS-92		is for teachers, coordinators, parents, social workers, and others interested in KIDS-92. This is where we post information about important developments, exchange experiences, report media coverage, news, etc.
KIDS-91		is where KIDS-91 is currently being reviewed. Later this year, KIDS-91 will be closed and turned into a read-only history database. The archives of KIDS-91 contains interesting information for teachers and others.
KIDPLAN		is for those who want to participate in the planning of the project.

Subscriptions to all lists are free for everybody.
The KIDS-92 celebration is planned to take place on May 18-19, 1992. During those days, the children will be invited to "chat" with each other in a global electronic dialog, and to participate in other technological experiments.

5. HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN KIDS-92

You can choose to participate in KIDS-92 with "your" children in many ways:

Level 1:		Ordinary Mail!
Level 2:		One-Way Electronic Mail
Level 3:		Online - Participative
Level 4:		Online - Full Interactive Communications
Level 5:		Online - Interactive and Planning.

Level 1: Send By Ordinary Mail!

Let the kids respond to the four questions. Note: Each response should contain the child's FULL name, age and city/place (as the last phrase of the response).
Save the responses on computer diskettes (MS-DOS 5.25" or 3.5" or Macintosh) as ordinary DOS or ASCII text files (text written with WordPerfect is also acceptable). Write the text with left margin 0 and right margin 60 to make it easy for the organizers to send it to the global data base.
On the top of the file, write the teacher(s) names, the class name, the school name and mailing address. Add your electronic return address, if you have one.
We strongly urge you to send us the responses in electronic form! This is the only way that we can be sure that we enter the student's names correctly. This is also the only way that we can guarantee that their responses will end up in the global data base.
Mail the diskette(s) to KIDS-92, 4815 Saltrod, Norway (Europe) Or, send by telefax to phone number: +47 41 27111. 
If you are sending handwritten responses, please write the names clearly using Latin block letters.

Level 2: Online - One-Way Electronic Mail

You need access to a computer, a modem, a communication program, and an electronic mailbox for international electronic mail.
If this sounds mysterious to you, start by reading a book on communication. How you get access to electronic mail varies by country. The easiest way may to contact a local University or Research Organization and ask if they could let you have a mailbox for KIDS-92.
If this doesn't get you anywhere, try to find a BBS (Bulletin Board System) connected to FidoNet. These systems generally give everybody cheap access to global electronic mail.
Prepare responses to the four questions, and send them as electronic mail to one of the following electronic addresses:

Internet:		RESPONSE@VM1.NODAK.EDU
BITNET:		RESPONSE@NDSUVM1
UUCP:		vm1.nodak.edu!response
CompuServe:		>INTERNET:response@vm1.nodak.edu
MCI Mail:		At TO, type RESPONSE and the word EMS in parantheses. At EMS: type INTERNET. At MBX, write: RESPONSE@VM1.NODAK.EDU
AppleLink:		RESPONSE@VM1.NODAK.EDU@INTERNET#
SprintMail:		("RFC-822": <response(a)vm1.nodak.edu>, SITE:INTERNET)
FidoNet:		Send to user UUCP at 1:105/42. The first line of text in the body of the message would be To: response@vm1.nodak.edu. The next line should be blank.
AT&T Mail:		internet!ndsuvm1.bitnet!response
X.400: (C:US,A:Telemail,P:Internet,"RFC-822":<response(a)vm1.nodak.edu>)

If you have access to one of the addresses above but fail to send to RESPONSE, try opresno@ulrik.uio.no or ulrik.uio.no!opresno
If you are not connected to any of these networks, then you can upload the file to the following Bulletin Board in Norway c/o Sysop. 8 bits, N parity, 1 stop bit. 300-9600 bps (CCITT). Phone: +47 41 31378.
DASnet is an alternative on many electronic mailbox systems that are not yet connected to the global matrix of electronic networks. For example, you can use DASnet to send from nets like ABA/net, BIX, CIGnet, Connect, Dialcom, EasyLink, Envoy 100, GeoNet, INET, MacNET, MercanMail, Telecommunications Ltd, NewsNet, NWI, OnTyme, PINET, The Portal System, Glasnet, PsychNet, and many more.
If your network has a link to DASnet, send to [DEZNDP]opresno

Level 3: Online - Participative

You can "subscribe" directly to the mailing list through Internet and associated networks. The alternative is to use participating mailbox/conferencing systems.
For direct subscription, join the desired discussion list by sending mail to LISTSERV@vm1.NoDak.EDU with the following command in the TEXT of your message:
SUB KIDS-92 Your-first-name Your-last-name Replace 'KIDS-92' above with the list in question (for example, with KIDPLAN, RESPONSE, KIDCAFE, KIDS-ACT).

Through participating systems:

Locate a suitable, fully participating networking system, and access the 'local' KIDS-92 area. Here are some alternatives:

• Bergen By Byte BBS in Norway (under the "kids" conferencing umbrella)
• Colnet, Argentina
• IRIS, USA
• KIDS-91 at Western Michigan University Computer Center, USA.
• Pandora, San Fransisco, USA.
• SciNet (Canada and USA)
• SkoleKomm, Denmark
• The KIDS-91 FidoNet gate in Australia
• TWICS (Tokyo), send through Internet mail

Download other childrens' responses and use them in your classes. Motivate your kids to upload their responses individually.
The systems above are participating in full scale. Other systems are participating in a more limited way. Write us to find out if some of your home systems are involved.

Level 4: Online - Full Interactive and Communications

Read and respond to all KIDS-92 topics online. Read and enter responses to the four questions directly. Send private electronic mail to other participants - form 'keypals' relationships with new friends.
Let the students participate in regular online 'chats' with other children. For example, through KIDCAFE or KIDS-ACT. Encourage them to explore the world with the new tools, and to use KIDS-ACT for more serious talk.
Regularly print out messages from RESPONSE, KIDCAFE, and KIDS- ACT. Post the printout on the wall, publish it in daily newspapers, or make it available for all participants in other ways. Use the information in geography, environmental studies, history, and other classes.

Level 5: Online - Interactive and Planning

Join KIDPLAN and become a member of the KIDS-92 staff of volunteers. Join by sending a message to listserv@vm1.nodak.edu with the following command in the TEXT of your message: SUB KIDPLAN Your-first-name Your-last-name

The Creative Challenge

We want the children to 'draw themselves as adults in their desired future world'. Challenge them to use more creative ways of doing this. During KIDS-91 we received musical compositions, video films, computer animation, paintings, water colors, printouts from graphical computer programs, calligraphical art, and more.
Remember to have the students write their name, age, place/school CLEARLY on their contribution (front or back). Please write name in CAPITAL latin characters. If the contribution is chosen to be exhibited, the audience should be able to read the name of the artist! Tell them that there is a competition going on for chosing the most innovative creators. Mail the Creative Contributions to KIDS-92, 4815 Saltrod, Norway.
After May 19 1992, all contributions will be shipped back to the children of the world for them to see and enjoy. The distribution of the final exhibitions will be coordinated through the global KIDS-92 discussion list.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

about KIDS-92 or if you want to help out or participate, contact

Odd de Presno

opresno@ulrik.uio.no Mail: KIDS-92, 4815 Saltrod, Norway Phone: +47 41 31204

or one of the following persons:

Argentina
Mike Binstok Email: mike@colnetr.edu.ar
P.O. Box 9, 1640 Suc. 1 Martinez, Buenos Aires.
Phone: 54 1 798-1446

Alicia Ban~uelo Email: secyt!alicia@ATINA.MREC.AR

Australia
Delwynne Peterson Email: delwynnex@vax12.viccol.edu.au
Avila College, Melbourne.

Kim Perkins Email: REE_PERKINS@ECC.TASED.OZ.AU
Reece High School, Devonport TASMANIA.

Canada
Jonn Ord: Email: Jonno@scinet.UUCP
SciNet/SciLink, 339 Wellesley Street, East, Toronto, Ontario
Phone: 416-922-7001

Czechoslovakia
Milan Jira Email: ULIMJ@CSEARN.bitnet
Charles University, Praha. Phone: +42-2-746124

Denmark
Claus Berg Email: Claus_Berg@skole-kom.uni-c.dk
Vaerebrovej 52,7.1, DK-2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark
Phone: +45 42 98 14 28

Finland
Heikki Korpinen Email: heikki.korpinen@vipunen.hut.fi
Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo
Phone: 358-9-4514007

Japan
Jeffrey Shapard Email: jefu@twics.co.jp
TWICS, Nihon Jissho Bldg., Kudan-Kita 1-13-5, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-262-8711

Nobuo Hasumi Email: hasumi@twics.co.jp
Asahi-cyo Elementary School, 2-29-1,Asahi-cyo, Nerima,Tokyo Japan 179
Phone:(81)3-3939-0362

New Zealand
Geof Richardson Email:LEVIN_EAST@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Levin East School, Levin, New Zealand

Richard Naylor naylor@med.wcc.govt.nz
Wellington City Council, Wellington. (Ph.: +64 4 801-3300)

Norway
Tore Larsen Email: ik208@viggo.blh.no
Bruvn. 82, 5100 Isdalstoe. Phone: 05-352124

United Kingdom
Mike Burleigh Email: ubjvm6q@cu.bbk.ac.uk
Oldfield House School, Oldfield Road, Hampton, Middlesex
Phone: 081-979-5102

U.S.A
Nancy Stefanik Email: stefanik@tmn.UUCP
412 Third Street NE #44, Washington, DC 20002. Phone: 202-547-6424

Dan Wheeler: Email: dan.wheeler@uc.edu or wheeler@ucbeh.bitnet
College of Education, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0002
Phone: 513-556-3607 or 513-861-3941

Kevin McKeown: Email: 76702.1434@CompuServe.com
848-E 16th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90403. Phone: 213-393-3639

Harold Miller: Email: harold@cup.portal.com
Seabury Hall HS, 480 Olinda Road, Makawai, HI 96768
Phone: 808-572-2744

Michael Strait Email: STRAIT@UMUC.bitnet
Annenberg/PCB Project, 901 E St. NW, Washington D.C. 20004-2006
Phone: 202-879-9649

U.S.S.R.
Mike Gorlovoy. Email: gorlovoy%M9.IHEP.SU@fuug.fi
142284 Moskowskaya Str. 14-43. Protvino. Moscow region. USSR.