In this Newsletter:
The Challenge at WSIS Tunis
Featured Project: Global Dreamers
Challenge Project Receives Gates Foundation Grant
Extra Profile for Participants in Ericsson Outlook

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Stockholm Challenge Newsletter

The Challenge at WSIS Tunis

Challenge Director Ulla SkidÈn and Project support worker Earl Mardle will be in Tunis between November 14 and 20 for the World Summit on the Information Society. The Challenge stand will be number 1310 and we will be in the Development and Solidarity section. We will be glad to meet participants and potential entrants in the Challenge. If you plan to be in Tunis, please let us know by sending us this email .

Featured Project: Global Dreamers

A global dreamers class in Africa
takes part in the project

English teacher Marsha Goren gives her 4th to 6th grade students social, cultural and computer skills as part of their language training at her school, Ein Ganim in Israel. Children from over 70 schools in 31 countries use the site and its research tools to explore and exchange ideas in a positive learning environment through shared learning experience. Educators contribute materials for everyone in the project and teachers commit to correspond with the classes throughout the entire school year.

For some of the children the only technology education they get is when Global Dreamer replaces text books for a weekly hour in the school lab during her English lessons.

The students use email, share materials electronically, an educational forum and a discussion board. The project encourages cross-cultural communication and promotes global understanding.

The children have reached a higher level of critical thinking and reading skills because they take pride and interest in what they are doing and in national tests their scores are well above average.

Marsha Goren is convinced that projects like Global Dreamers can result in creating a more tolerant individual in the future.

Challenge Project Receives Gates Foundation Grant

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has presented its 2005 Access to Learning Award of US $1 million to Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a nongovernmental organization in Bangladesh, for its pioneering approach to bridging the digital divide and its commitment to providing free public access to computers and the Internet.

Through the use of indigenous boats converted into mobile libraries, schools, and the Mobile Internet Educational Units on Boats program, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha provides educational services, access to technology, and computer training to poor communities in a Northern Bangladesh watershed.

The Challenge Features in Ericsson In-House Magazine

Ericsson plays central role in world-leading ICT award Ericsson's corporate belief is that technology has to serve people ñ it has a social and economical impetus that must be used to strengthen all people, regions and countries. For this reason Ericsson is one of the leading sponsors of the Stockholm Challenge, the worldís largest ICT award and a successful networking organisation for ten years.

Download the PDF file of the full article here. In future editions specific Challenge projects will feature in the magazine.

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