iEARN-Belarus (International Education and Resource Network in Belarus)
(“World We Live In” Internet-Project)
Youth Educational Club “New Line” (ОО «Renewal of Humanities Education»)
Youth Philosophical Club WWLI – ЕHU
Belarusian Alumni Club FIO 

“OUR Belarus” Internet-Game

General Information
The Internet-game “OUR Belarus” is being organized and is carried out in the framework of preparing for the traditional Spring discussion camp “World We Live In” Internet-project  (http://wwli.iatp.by). In 2004 the international discussion camp’s – educational game «We are Building a РРП – Piazza / Platz / Пляц» is carried out sending out material on topic themes over project email lists: (wwli-list@iatp.by, wwli-deutsch@iatp.by, iearn-wwli@us.iearn.org) and regional  subprogram “World We Live In: Art Miles”, which will be based at Minsk Palace of Children and Youth, European Humanities University, Republic Center of Internet-education, Internet Access and 
Training Program – IATP,  Internet-2 project PROON, and other educational centers and communal associations in Minsk.   
	The concept of the project is based on the notion of Belarus being one of countries of Central-Eastern Europe-Border of large cultures of the East and West, and of Belarusians as a people who have their own European tradition.  It is for this reason that in the framework of the constant Internet-project camp, participants will not only meet each other “face to face” and discuss what is still left behind the doors of virtual and real meetings of our project on the email lists, but will also find THEIR place in  «Spring Day in Europe», discuss what worries us TOGETHER,  and construct OUR European HOUSE to be one in which we want to live. 
We suggest that the game participants cooperative work of constructing OUR common European HOUSE will allow each to put in THEIR OWN contribution to preparation for the World Youth Festival Barcelona 2004, which will take place in August, 2004 and will be devoted to the discussion of world problems and multicultural interaction of young people in the context of the UN Thousandyear Declaration and absence of the World Summit decision on provisions for human sustainable development.
 
	The Internet-game “OUR Belarus” idea is developed on the bases of ideas and technology carried out by the interactive game on countries “Uniting nations” of “This is our World” project. “This is our Time” project is the main annual global project for elementary schools, initiated by ASPnet (UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network). In 2003 – 2004 the participants are Youth Educational Club “New Line” (ОО «Renewal of Humanities Education», Belarus).  
The project has two meaning : 
1.	“This is Our Time”: eternalness and universalism of the intellectual phenomenon of time.  
2.	«This is OUR Time»: individual recognition of time by young people, 
Living these meanings will allow the participants to determine their own place and role in the modern world, the meaning of tolerance, dialogue and the interaction and development of the world we live in.

Internet-Game Goals

I.	Improvement of students’ knowledge of Belarusian History and Culture in the context of a common European history and other world cultures by way of intercultural informational exchange
II.	Inclusion of Spring discussion camp “World We Live In” participants in the context and contents of  educational game «We are Building a РРП – Piazza / Platz / Пляц»

Internet-game Participants

The teams of schools and other educational institutions, individual participants- young people ages 10 – 25, who are interested in questions of history, growth of various cultures and education, Belarusian culture and its multinational roots, which are appear in the life of modern Belarus.
Necessary participation conditions:
–	Possession of contact email address, 
–	Registration during the indicated time: (before 20.00 – Minsk time – March 18, 2004) telling game organizers your email address in order to be included in the email list 
–	Ability to receive an assignment on Friday, March 19, 2004 from 12.00 - 15.00 Minsk (13.00 – 16.00 Moscow) and send in your answers over email.
Game Proceedings Schedule

Before March 14  2004:
Project planning	Development of Ideas, Position and questions of Internet-game “Our Belarus” 	Game organizers
	
March 15, 2004: Announcement of game	Official announcement about carrying out the Internet-game “Our Belarus” over “World We Live In”, iEARN-Belarus and iEARN, Belarusian Alumni FIO Club and regional FIO centers email lists; Programs of expanded access to Internet education, registration of Spring Discussion Camp participants	Game organizers
	
March16-18, 2004: Registration of Participants	Registration of game participants, formation of special email list
Emails for registration: savel@ripo.unibel.by, yiecnewline@tut.by, dem@user.unibel.by (we ask that you send emails with requests to all indicated addresses simultaneously) 	Game Participants and Organizers 	
March 19, 2004: Game Proceedings	Beginning of Game:  
12.00 (Мinsк), 13.00 (Moscow), 10.00 (Grivich):   game questions will be sent out to all registered participants simultaneously– assignments will be posted at iEARN-Belarus website (http://iearn-belarus.iatp.by);
Game Work:  
12.00 – 15.00 (Minsk), 13.00 – 16.00 (Moscow), 10.00 – 13.00 (Grivich): Completion of game assignments using any sources or materials accessible to participants

Before 15.00 (Minsk), 16.00 (Moscow), 13.00 (Grivich) – submission of completed assignments to game organizers (according to the email addresses indicated on the assignment), registration of received answers 
End of Games: 
15.30 (Misnk), 16.30 (Moscow), 13.30 (Grivich):  posting of short answers to game assignment on iEARN-Belarus and Spring Discussion Camp project «World We Live In» websites
	
Game Organizers 

Game Participants  

Game Participants and Organizers 

Game Organizers  	
Before March 22, 2004:
Game winners will be determined
	Winners of «OUR Belarus»  Internet-game  are determined by evaluating the participants completion of the game assignments according to the following criteria: 
-	number of correct answers (game coefficient – 1.0);
-	fullness, depth и and correctness of completed assignment (game coefficient – from 1.0 to 2.5 on every assignment)
-	speed of assignment completion  (considered during when determining participants’ total number of points)
Answers sent after the indicated deadline will not be evaluated by the competition  jury!	Competition Jury	
March 22, 2004	Announcement of camp games at the opening ceremony of the Spring Discussion Camp, “World We Live In”	Game Organizers	
Before May 1, 2004	Posting of camp games and completed game assignments; formation of Internet-game page at  iEARN-Belarus website: (http://iearn-belarus.iatp.by)	Game Participants and Organizes	

    Recommendations for Participation in Game
The game will start March 19, 2004 on the Internet at 10:00 Grinvich time.  Schools that do not have direct access to the Internet can receive all questions over email.  You will have 3 hours to complete the game assignments, answer all questions, and send the replies to game organizers.
Use all possible sources of information to find answers to the assigned question.  You can exchange information with other groups and participants, working together to find correct and full answers. 
The team which answers all questions fully, correctly, and on time will be the champion of “Our Belarus” Internet-game.

Game will be conducted in following languages:  Belarusian, Russian, English, German, 
(Participants can choose language, according to their wishes)

“Our Belarus” Internet-game is a pilot-project of iEARN-Belarus (International Education and Resource Network in Belarus) network. The organizers will be grateful to all participants for a supplementary report on their experience in the game, proposed on the confirmation of its conception, rules and method of participation, which will be taken into account in the development of ideas and rules for the annual interactive internet-game “Our Belarus”.

All participants of Internet-game “OUR Belarus” will receive certificates and the winners will receive a 30% discount on meals paid during camp working hours (March 22-26, 2004, Minsk Palace of Children and Youth).