Conferences Where
Kidlink Has Been Presented

Argentina

TERCER ENCUENTRO EDUCOMP, 17 de diciembre de 1996, Buenos Aires. KidlinkKidlink presentado por Lely Nu~ez y Claudio Trajtenberg . Se realizo una presentacion ante aproximadamente 50 docentes, sobre Kidlink en general y especificamente sobre algunos proyectos trabajados en el area de espa~ol, tanto por correo elctronico, como IRC.

Echeveria' 96, 1er Congreso de Informatica Educativa de Esteban Echeverria. Buenos Aires, November 1, 1996. Kidlink presented by Lely Nunez & Claudio Trajtenberg to around 100 classroom teachers.

III Congreso de Informatica Educativa. Oct 11, 1996, Buenos Aires. Kidlink presented by Claudio Trajtenberg to an audience of 250 people. He also joined a panel on the future of computers and education.

1er Congreso Argentino de pedagogia, tecnologia e Informatica, Rosario, September 7-14, 1996. Workshops about Kidlink and Internet by Ricardo Viglianco.

Internet training course for teachers. 18 Feb 1996, ORT Argentina, Buenos Aires. Session on Kidlink given by Lely Nunez & Claudio Trajtenberg.

Brazil

2001, August 2-3, Fortaleza: [1] WIE/SBC '01. Organizers: Brazilian Computer Society. Presentation: "Kidlink" by Odd de Presno. KHouse and KFamilia pressentations by Miriam Lerner Melamede, Maria Alice Cardia, Lucia Chibante, Cristiane Cardia Amato, Dulce Reboucas Brito, Dalci S. Araujo, Aurineide Martins da Silva, Raison Barros Pinheiro, Erasmo Fernandes, Regia H. Quirino, Sonia S. Sette, Sandra Lucia Mendes, Sanmya Feitosa Tajra, and others. [2] Semish/SBC '01. Presentation by Odd de Presno: "Bridging the Child Divide."

4a. Jornada de Informatica na Educacao - Organized by SENAC/SP and SIMPRO/SP 4-6 June 1997 - Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
* Biblioteca Virtual Kidlink-Brasil: Marisa Lucena and Heloisa M. Costa Ferreira * Projeto Kidlink no Brasil: Marisa Lucena and Clarisse Olivieri

COMDEX SP'96, Sao Paulo, Sep 10 - 13, 1996. Various presentations by Marisa Lucena, Washington Braga, Sergio Crespo, and other Brazilian Kidlinkers.

V Encontro da Educacao com a Informatica, Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 -16, 1996.
A long list of Kidlink-related presentations by people like Laura Coutinho (Brazil), Celi Araujo (Brazil), Vanessa Marinho (Brazil), Adriana Machado (Brazil), Gisela Clunie (Panama), Lely Nunez (Uruguay),   Hannah Sivan (Israel), Eliz Silva (Brazil), John Ost (USA), Odd de Presno (Norway), Claus Berg (Denmark), Isamu Shimazaki (Japan), David Lloyd (Israel), Sonia Sette (Brazil), Regina Lima (Brazil), Hanne Bentzen (Denmark), Elsie Aldlquist (Sweden), Miriam Lerner (Brazil), Manuel Araujo Filho (Brazil), Fernanda Campos (Brazil), Marcia Loffler (Brazil), Michelle Melamed (Brazil), Leonardo Loffler (Brazil), Lars-Erik Nilsson (Sweden), Sonia Fernandez (Uruguay), Robson Almeida (Brazil), Regina Lima (Brazil), Marisa Lucena (Brazil), Patti Weeg (USA), Alenka Makuc (Slovenia), Dan Wheeler (USA), Lara Stefansdottir (Iceland), Esperanza Sepulveda (Puerto Rico), and more.

II Workshop Sobre Informatica na Escola/XVI Congresso da SBC, Recife, Aug 4 - 9, 1996.
A long list of Kidlink-related presentations by people like Sonia Sette, Marica Lucena, Lucia Chibante, Vanessa Mariho, Clarisse Olivieri, Rosa Costa, Miriam Lerner, Thania Thadeu, Cristiane Cardia, Marcos Galindo, Jahilton dos Santos Filho, Celi Taffarel, Lely Nunez (Uruguay), Hannah Sivan (Israel), Celi Taffarel.

14th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networking, 20 - 23 May, 1996, and Programs of the First Workshop on Distance Learning Fortaleza (Ceara'). 18-19 May 1996. "Internet and Kidlink: a new paradigm for the Open School," by Marisa Lucena.

1995, November 20, Recife: Seminar. Organizer: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Speech: "Kidlink," by Odd de Presno.

1995, November 17, Salvador: Seminario com os professores da rede municipal. Organizer: Secretaria de Educacao de Salvador. Speech about Kidlink by Odd de Presno.

VI Brazilian Symposium on Computing in Education, Florianopolis, November 22-24, 1995. "Kidlink," by Odd de Presno. Workshop: "Research and Experiences in Using Computers in Teaching" with many Kidlink presenters, including Marisa Lucena, Lely Nunez, Sonia Fernandez, Maria da Luz Figueiredo, Jose Luis Carvalho.

International conference on "Education for Peace," Sao Paulo, October 4 - 8, 1993. "Kidlink," by Odd de Presno.

Inform tica na Educa‡ao / Kidlink, Rede de Computadores ligando crian‡as de 54 pa¡ses. PUC-Rio - Rio de Janeiro, Outubro de 1992

Colombia

THIRD IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS ON INFORMATICS IN EDUCATION RIBIE - Rede Ibero-Americana de Informatica na Educacao, BARRANQUILLA, July 8 to 11,  1996. "Kidlink - Global Networking for Youth 10 - 15 years of age,"   presented by Odd de Presno. Workshop: "Kidlink and the Use of the Internet for Communication, Development of Cooperative Projects and Distance Education in Portuguese and Spanish Languages." Organizer: Marisa Lucena, Brazil.

Denmark

1997, October 20-21, Copenhagen. Major Kidlink conference. Organizer: The Danish Ministry of Education. Presentations by key Kidlinkpeople from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Brazil, USA, the Netherlands, Israel, Slovenia, Mexico, Iceland, Peru, and the United Kingdom.

Iceland

1995, December 12, Reykjavik: Organizer: The Reykjavik School Board. Speech: "Kidlink for teachers," by Odd de Presno.

Italy

"Rassegna informatica delle scuole dell'obbligo della provincia di Bologna" May 5 - 7, 1993 in Bologna.
"Kidlink," by Odd de Presno. Valerio Mezzogori talked about Progetto "Fahrenheit 451" and gave many references to Kidlink. Gianfranco Florentini: "Progetto Kidlink" (Commune di Bologna - CNR - ARCI Computer Club), Mauro Nanni: "Utilizzo della rede Kidlink nella Scuola" Archive: getpost kidlink 298

La telematica e la didattica, convention, March 4, 1993. Arranged in Novara. Giuliano Ortolani gave a presentation called "Il progetto Kidlink: iniziative sul territorio". Archive: getpost kidlink 298

Il computer sul banco, convention, April 2, 1993. Giuliano (of Scuola Media "Reni", Bologna) made a speach called: "Kidlink: un'esperienza di telematica nella scuola".

Japan

1998, July 1, Tokyo:  The 100-School Networking Project (Phase II): International Symposium '98 "Schools and the Internet." Organizer: Center for Educational Computing (CEC) in cooperation with Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA). Speech: "Kidlink," by Odd de Presno. Workshop on Kidlink: Isamu Shimazaki.

1996, Dec 4 - 6, Fukuoka: ERI'96: Educational Revolution with Internet '96. Organizer: Kyushu Institute of Design. Speech: "Kidlink," by Odd de Presno.

1996, Dec 8, Osaka: MediaCollection96 "Education with the Internet'96." Organizer: AGENE/Senri International Information Institute. Speech "Kidlink," by Odd de Presno.

1996, Dec 10, Nagoya: The Third Annual Conference of Tokai Schoolnet Society. Organizer: Tokai Schoolnet Society. Speech "Kidlink," by Odd de Presno.

Net Forum '91, Otaru (Hokkaido), October 18 - 20, 1991. "Kidlink," by Odd de Presno (keynote presentation)

Malaysia

1997, June 24, Kuala Lumpur. Inet 97: Organized by The Internet Society. Speech about  Kidlink by Odd de Presno.

Norway

2001, November 29-30, Tromsø: Conference "IKT - framtidsvyer for skolen 2001". Organizer: Statens utdanningskontor i Troms. Odd de Presno: "Kidlink i internasjonalt samarbeide," and workshop "Med Kidlink inn i framtida" focused on the Who-am-I? program.

2001, November 6-7, Kristiansand: "Seminar om internasjonalisering i skolen." Organizer: Statens utdanningskontor i Vest-Agder. Odd de Presno: "Hvem-er-jeg i klassen. Internasjonal nettverksbygging for lærere gjennom Kidlink."

1999, December 2-3, Tromsø: "IKT i fagene 99." Organizer: Statens utdanningskontor i Troms. Odd de Presno:

• "Kidlink  - en mulighet for internasjonal kontakt mellom barn."
• Dinner speech
• Workshop: "Kidlink: Hvem-Er-Jeg? programmet"

1999, May 6, Trondheim: NKUL '99 on "IKT i utdanning og undervisning." Presentation: "Kidlink og Hvem-Er-Jeg? programmet" by Odd de Presno

1999, February 3, Oslo: Software '99 on "IT og utdanning i klasserommet". Organizer: Den Norske Dataforening. Presentation by Odd de Presno: "Kidlink og Hvem-Er-Jeg? programmet."

1998, March 6, Oslo: Organized by Norsk Telemuseum. Speech by Odd de Presno about Kidlink. Tor Arne Richvoldsen talked about "Bruk av Kidlink i undervisningen," while Nini Ebeltoft talked about "Barns samhandling på nettet."

1997, May 14, Arendal: Organized by HiA. Keynote speech by Odd de Presno about IT as a tool for educators with focus on Kidlink.

1997, Feb 19, Arendal: Organized by Norsk Bibliotekforening. Seminar about  "Children, youth, and the library." Presenter: Odd de Presno. Half the seminar focused on Kidlink in the library.

1994, Nov 11, Grimstad: Organized by HiA. Speech: "Internet, Kidlink, and The Online World resources handbook," by Odd de Presno.

Panama

1998, October 7, Panamá City: II Taller Internacional de Kidlink. Organizer: Universidad Tecnologica de Panamá. Presentations by Odd de Presno (Norway), Marisa Lucena (Brazil), Patricia Martinez (Mexico), D. Gonzáles, K. de Caballero, Zenith Hernández, Gisela T. de Clunie, Nicolás Samaniego. IRC workshops by Patricia Martinez.

1997, October 15 -17, Panamá City: I Taller Internacional de Kidlink en Panamá. Organizer: Universidad Tecnologica de Panama. Presentations by key Kidlink people from Panama, Mexico, Brazil, and Uruguay.

Perú

"Conferencia International sobre Telecommunicaciones en Educación: Encuentro Mundial de Líderes del Proyecto Kidlink", organized by The Ministry of Education in Peru. Lima, August 25-27, 1998. Presentations by:

Oscar Becerra (Peru), Odd de Presno (Norway), Patti Weeg (U.S.A.), Lely Nuñez (Uruguay), Miriam Lerner (Brazil), Claus Berg (Denmark), Jona Palsdottir (Iceland), Patricia Martinez (Mexico), Sonia Sette (Brazil), Tor Arne Richvoldsen (Norway), Manuel Araujo (Brazil), Marisa Lucena (Brazil), Vera Salvador (Brazil), Isamu Shimazaki (Japan), Lara Stefansdottir (Iceland), Steve Crisp (United Kingdom), Stellan Kinberg (Sweden), Bob Davis (U.S.A.), Bonnie Thurber (U.S.A.), Robbert Uittenbroek (Holland),  Rodrigo Barbera,(Brazil), and others.

"Supervias de la Informacion en Educacion", Lima, July 23, 1996. "Kidlink," by Odd de Presno.

Puerto Rico

2006, July 23 – 28, San Juan: 9th International Conference on Engineering Education. Marisa Lucena (Brazil): "New Pedagogical Practices to train K12 Teachers of the Kidlink Institute as Multipliers of an Environment for Distance Education"

1999, October 15, San Juan: V Conferencia International de Kidlink. Presentations by Marisa Lucena (Brazil), Odd de Presno (Norway), Esperanza Sepúlveda (Puerto Rico), Lely Nuñez (Uruguay), Patti Weeg (U.S.A.), Lára Stefansdottir (Iceland), Laurie Williams (U.S.A.), Adriana Portella (Brazil), Bonnie Thurber (U.S.A.), Hanne Wolff (Denmark), Rodrigo Barbera (Brazil), Steve Crisp (United Kingdom), Miriam Lerner (Brazil), Enzo Donata (Italy), Stellan Kinberg (Sweden), Francois Pignot (France), Adrian Hohenstein (Denmark), Gregor Bas (Slovenia), Thor Johansson (Iceland), Bent Karkov and Hanne Bentzen (Denmark), Zoran Teofilovic (Norway), Gunhild Buljo (Norway), and Heba Ramzy (Egypt).

Singapore

ICCE-95, December 7, 1995. "The Global Classroom" by Mikael Sundholm and Ms. Lena Finne ,Finland (Included details about KIDPROJ's Child Rights project.)

Slovenija

Dok_SIS '96, Portoroz/Piran, May 22 to 24, 1996. "Kidlink as a tool for Slovenian schools," by Odd de Presno. "Experiences with implementing of Technology of Computer Communication in Schools," by Milan Rejc. Featuring "The Childen's Bill of Rights," a KIDFORUM project. "Experiences in Cooperation of Primary Schools in International Projects," by Djulijana Juricic. Featuring the KidlinkWorldwide Computer Art Exhibition '96.

Sweden

1996, October 30, Stockholm: "Mot bättre vetande." Organizer: Skolverket in Sweden. Speech: "Kidlink," by Odd de Presno.

"Elektronik, kultur och demokrati." Svensk-norska samarbetsfonden/UR. Stockholm. September 5, 1995. Comprehensive Kidlink presentation by Odd de Presno, Kerstin Nilsson, Sebastian Marquez, and lots of students.

IT-messan in Lund. January 31 - February 1, 1995. "Kidlink," presentations by Odd de Presno and Tor Arne Richvoldsen.

Thailand

The first Pan-Asian and the 17th Thai TESOL annual conference. January 5-7, 1997 Bangkok. Organizers: Thai TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), JALT (Japan Association of Language Teachers), and Korea TESOL.
Masako Furui explained Kidlink briefly and Mariko Fujita reported how her students participated in KIDFORUM and concluded that Kidlinkcan offer a great opportunity for children to share ideas and opinions around the world.

Uruguay

" 2da. Muestra Interactiva de Informática Educativa", Montevideo, December 5, 2002. Presentation: "Proyectos y programas educacionales de Kidlink" by Lely Núñez Coronel. Asistieron aproximadamente 40 docentes de las Salas de Informática de Escuelas Públicas de Montevideo.

"Kidlink y la Red Educativa Uruguaya: Recursos Educativos en Internet." Montevideo. December 2, 1995.
"Kidlink, un proyecto global," by Odd de Presno. "Kidlink en el aula" by Sonia Fernandez and Lely Nunez, and more.

United Kingdom

"Information Networking Using the Network" conference, May 19, 1993. London, England (A Meckler conference in association with The Office for Library and Information Networking). Mike Burleigh gave a presentation called "The GLOBAL YOUTH Communications Network presents Kidlink". Archive: getpost kidlink 318

United States

NECC 2001, June 26, Chicago: "Bridging the Child Divide" by Odd de Presno.

Internet Society, June 1999, San Jose: "Kidlink: A Global Classroom" by Ricardo A. VIGLIANCO, Argentina.

TCEA (Texas Computer Educators' Assoc.); Feb. 5, 1997; Austin, Texas. "You're Entering an Educational Chat Zone...The Kidlink IRC"; Presenter-Laurie Williams, Co-Presenter-Barb Hunter

AML (AmeriCorps for Math & Literacy); April 14, 1997; Austin, Texas. "What is Kidlink?" Presenter-Laurie Williams

SCR-TEC (South Central Region-Technology Education Consortium); June 16, 1997; A&M University, College Station, Texas.

"Integrating Technology in the Classroom" Presenter-Laurie Williams MACUL conference (an annual computer in education conference in Michigan, USA), Wednesday, March 9th, 1994 . Presentation on Kidlink. A full day session on telecommunications. Archive: getpost kidlink 465