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Both forums and chats will run throughout the whole Netd@ys Oz 2003 project. These will allow you to reflect and provide the opportunity to chat and discuss topics with online guests and experts which reflect the themes: my place, populations on the move, gifts we bring and making connections.

Online Guest Forums and Chats

Come back to check when the different Forums and Chats will be on.

Date and Time

Theme

Title

Guest

Description

6 November
11:30 am EST

Online Chat

Making Connections

A Good Heart

Clinton Isle and filmmakers

Clinton Isle is an award-winning filmmaker who work with students to produce short films. His latest film is called 'A Good Heart' which is about an African girl who is struggling to fit in to her new school in Queensland.

A Good Heart won the Tadgell's Bluebell Award for best film or video made by children at the 2003 Auburn International Film and Video Festival for Children and Young Adults.

You can access the chat log of this at:

http://forum.edna.edu.au/uploads/edChatLog_447_6Nov2003_12_13_00pm.htm

Online Forum

Gifts We Bring

Our Australia - Gifts We Bring

Australian War Memorial

http://www.awm.gov.au/

Patrict O'Hara

The focus of this forum is about:

What is a gift?
Why do we give gifts?
What does a gift tell about the giver and the receiver?

Useful documentation about:

the different gifts can be found at: http://netdays.edna.edu.au/forums/gifts_awm.doc

Pre-questions and information: http://netdays.edna.edu.au/forums/questions.doc

The following are examples of gifts given in the context of Australians at War.

Changi Quilt

This quilt gift could be put in the context of a gift of survial.

Lone Pine Tree

Long Pine Tree image

This gift could be put in the context of a gift of remembrance.

Menin Gate Lions

Menin Gate Lions image

This gift could be put in the context of appreciation.

Visit also the Australian War Memorial website.

General Forums

Date and Time	Theme	Title	Description
20 October - 15 November	Gifts we Bring	Gifts we bring …	This forum is open for students or groups of students to add/post their contributions for investigating renowned people who have come to Australia and the gifts they bring with them.
20 October - 15 November	Making Connections	Linking with others	Are you interested in linking with another class in Australia or through out the world? Post your call and what you hope to achieve by linking together.
20 October - 20 November	Making Connections	What do you think?	Share your ideas and opinions about the variety of different forums within this event.

Please note that all contributors to the forums and chats must register.

Hint: You may decide to register one login per group of students or per class and participate using this one login. To involve the whole class or group it is important that prior discussion has taken place and a datashow is a good idea so all students can view and follow the discussions.

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