<<APRIL 3, 2007>>

<<APRIL 3, 2007>>
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Dr. Barbara "Bobbi" Kurshan <bkurshan@curriki.org>

Dr. Parker Rossman <g.p.ross@mchsi.com>

W. R. (Bill) Klemm, D.V.M., Ph.D. <wklemm@cvm.tamu.edu>

Philipp Schmidt <phi.schmidt@gmail.com>

Susan d'Antoni <virtual.university@iiep.unesco.org>

Ed Dodds <dodds@conmergence.com>

Dr. Fouad M. EL-Harazin, President <alaqsau46@yahoo.com>

Jonathan Renaudon-Smith <jrenaudon-smith@ink-media.com>

Dear Bobbi:

(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I) and very interesting information — I am taking the liberty of disseminating them to our list members;

(a) Curriki: Global Education & Learning Community/Frequently Asked Questions
<Curriki QA -10 24 06_FINAL.doc> <http://tinyurl.com/33gn9u>

(b) Curriki - Global Education & Learning Community/Bringing Curricula into the Participation Age
<Curriki_White_Paper_final Dec 22 2006.pdf> <http://tinyurl.com/36wjl3>

This is an excellent write-up. I wholeheartedly agree with what you say in this article as;

“Though it will require a sustained and persistent effort, the time is now to begin building a community among those who can contribute or teach and those who want to learn, to freely share and support universal access to quality curricula. Development of an extensive repository of Open Source Curriculum is the key to eliminating the Education Divide and providing universal, equal educational opportunities.”

“Freely sharing through community is the right thing to do for educating an increasingly interdependent global population in the Participation Age.”

Dear E-Colleagues:

I strongly suggest that you read this article.

Dear Parker:

Referring to your recent msg, pls read through this material, particularly about WiKiBook, which technology may be applicable for your project.

You may also consider the use of Bill Klemm’s FORUM/MATRIX — see;

(02/09/07) Forum/MATRIX for collaborative projects
http://tinyurl.com/3ypzxp

It is MS/WORD style, and open software for anyone to use at free of charge for constructing book, report, etc., collaboratively.

(c) How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century, TIME, December 18, 2006,
<TIME Magazine - 12.18.06-1.pdf> <http://tinyurl.com/2okkjv>

Dear Ed:

Many, many thanks for your kind introduction to her.

I went through all of the information with great interest. I think you are in the right direction along with Scott McNealy’s (Chairman of Sun Microsystems) idea.

I also would like to sincerely congratulate your Curriki activity being mentioned in the recent TIME magazine.

(2) We would be very delighted if you would be willing to work with us to transplant your know-how to various developing countries along with the creation of our Global University System (GUS).

Dear Fouad:

(3) Pls go through all of Bobbi’s info, and consider if you can apply her technology for constructing open source courseware for middle and high school curriculums, which may be made jointly by your colleagues in Palestine and Israel.

This may use inexpensive laptop of INK Media <INKJRS copy.pdf> <INKJRS copy.ppt> <http://tinyurl.com/3dh45a>, too.

Dear Jonathan:

Many thanks for this wonderful slide presentation.

Best, Tak

ATTACHMENT I

From: bobbi kurshan <bkurshan@curriki.org>
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:55:01 -0500
To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>, <dodds@conmergence.com>
Cc: Scott McNealy <Scott.McNealy@Sun.com>, Kim Jones <kim.jones@Sun.com>, <diane@curriki.org>, <esther.soto@Sun.com>
Conversation: [Fwd: RE: Curriki.org - PDF Attached - GUS Turkey] Mr. Utsumi
Subject: Re: [Fwd: RE: Curriki.org - PDF Attached - GUS Turkey] Mr. Utsumi

Dear Mr. Utsumi,

I am writing to follow-up on the suggestion from Mr. Ed Dodds that your work with the GLOSAS might find Curriki - the Global Education and Learning Community, of interest. I also want to introduce myself as Curriki's Executive Director. In 2006, Sun Microsystems, the founder of Curriki, formed an independent 501 (c) (3) organization to accelerate and focus the open source curricula development effort. Curriki is the first and only all-embracing internet site instituted to develop, aggregate, evaluate, and support the best of open source curricula.

I am sending the attached information on Curriki for your review. I hope that you will find it of interest and would consider discussing ways Curriki could work with GLOSAS to support our important education mission. I believe you will find the mission of Curriki valuable in transitioning students from secondary education to higher education.

I am enclosing a white paper on Curriki and our FAQ along with a recent news article about our work. Please take the time to explore our site at www.curriki.org and let me know if you need any additional information or if you have any questions. I hope we will be able to arrange a time to meet in the near future to explore ways to work together.

Dr. Barbara Kurshan
Executive Director, Curriki

Barbara "Bobbi" Kurshan
450 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Apt 522
Washington, DC 20001
cell: 215-859-1666
office: 202-898-0833
fax: 202-898-0844
www.curriki.org
bkurshan@curriki.org

____________________

DR. BARBARA “BOBBI” KURSHAN BIOGRAPHY

Executive Director
Dr. Barbara “Bobbi” Kurshan has honed her vision of what can be using technology while supporting the growth of new companies and also developing new innovative software products. She developed the first children's software products for Microsoft - Creative Writer and Fine Artist - and also created award-winning products for McGraw-Hill, Apple, CCC (Pearson) and others.

As a professor, Dr. Kurshan helped students research the impact of technology on learning. She also has published articles based on personal research, exploring women's attitudes toward technology, children's computer usage tendencies, and new ways of learning. Dr. Kurshan authored the first introductory computer science textbook on VAX Basic designed to teach practical programming applications. She has been quoted in many influential journals, such as School Library Journal, and serves as a reviewer and advisor to research projects for the National Science Foundation and other government and business groups.

Through her venture fund Core Learning Group, she invested in bigchalk.com, an education portal providing homework help, teaching resources, and teacher professional development. Dr. Kurshan also served as Chief Education Officer of this award-winning site. In the short span of two years, bigchalk's click-through rate of students, teachers and parents exceeded AOL@school for sponsors such as Target's Tiger Woods Make a Wish Foundation.

Dr. Kurshan has served on the Board of Directors of several education technology companies, including Headsprout and Fablevision. Currently she serves on the board of International Education & Research Network, an international global education organization, and among numerous honors, Dr. Kurshan received the Education Academic Society's “Making It Happen” Award and the Highest Leaf Award from the Women's Venture Fund. She has also served on the Board of Directors for United Way of Roanoke, Community School, and Mill Mountain Theater and is listed in Who's Who in Technology Today.

Dr. Kurshan brings to Curriki the three pillars to grow the organization: start-up and fundraising experience, curriculum development and product evaluation skills and technology expertise.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: Curriki.org - PDF Attached - GUS Turkey
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:05:56 -0600
From: Ed Dodds <dodds@conmergence.com> <mailto:dodds@conmergence.com>
Reply-To: dodds@conmergence.com
Organization: Conmergence
To: Scott.McNealy@Sun.com
CC: 'Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D.' <utsumi@columbia.edu> <mailto:utsumi@columbia.edu>

Scott:

Tak Utsumi has been building a global university alliance for some time now
which might make a nice partner with curriki when it comes to students
making transition to higher education.

You two may have crossed paths already but I pass this as an e-troduction in
case not.

Ed Dodds
Blog.conmergence.com

Attached to this msg was;

[gu-new] (10/15/06) Creation of GUS in Sierra Leone, ECOWAS
countries and Ethiopia
http://tinyurl.com/yloy7a

(noted by T. Utsumi)

List of Distribution

Dr. Barbara "Bobbi" Kurshan
Executive Director
Curriki - Global Education and Learning Community
450 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Apt 522
Washington, DC 20001
cell: 215-859-1666
office: 202-898-0833
fax: 202-898-0844
bkurshan@curriki.org
www.curriki.org

Dr. Parker Rossman
3 Lemmon Drive
Columbia MO 65201-5413
573-443-3256
FAX: 314-876-5812 (emergency)
g.p.ross@mchsi.com
http://ecolecon.missouri.edu

W. R. (Bill) Klemm, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Texas A&M University, VMA BLDG., Room 107
4458 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4458
Phone: 979-845-4201
FAX 979-847-8981
wklemm@cvm.tamu.edu
www.cvm.tamu.edu/wklemm (personal site)
peer.tamu.edu (site for middle-school educational outreach)
thankyoubrain.com (site for book on memory improvement)
http://thankyoubrain.blogspot.com (memory research blog)

Philipp Schmidt
phi.schmidt@gmail.com
schmidt@merit.unu.edu

Susan d'Antoni
International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
UNESCO
7-9 rue Eugene Delacroix
75116 Paris France
tel +33 1 45 03 77 00
fax +33 1 40 72 83 66
virtual.university@iiep.unesco.org.
s.dantoni@IIEP.UNESCO.ORG
http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/

Ed Dodds
<Conmergence/>
PO Box 210735
Nashville, TN 37221-0735
P: 615-301-8507
S: ed_dodds_skype
dodds@conmergence.com
www.conmergence.com

Dr. Fouad M. EL-Harazin, President
Gaza International Foundation for Peace on Earth (GIFPE);
Director of International Program of the4 National Research center (NRC);
Al-Azhar University-Gaza Strip; and
Partnership-Greater Middle East e-Learning Initiative of-
Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC)
Massachusetts Institute Technology (MIT)/Partnership of Collaborative Cross-Cultural e-Learning
<http://linc.mit.edu>
Palestinian Authority-Gaza Strip
P. O. Box: 5340
Tel/Fax: +970 8 282 4157 (office, some countries use 972)
Mobile: +970 599 334413 (some countries use 972)
alaqsau46@yahoo.com
elharazin@gmail.com
http:/www.alazher-gaza.edu
http://www.alazhar.org/english/index.htm
http://www.gifpeace.org/Background.htm

Jonathan Renaudon-Smith
Vice President - Education Strategy
INK Media, Inc.
3770 Rocky Mountain Road
Malahat, BC, Canada V0R 2L0
+44 (0)7971 282650 (mobile)
+44 (0)1707 267337 (office/fax)
Skype: jonathanrs
jrenaudon-smith@ink-media.com
MSN: jonathan_rs@hotmail.co.uk
Yahoo Messenger: jrenaudonsmith

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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA                           *
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.)          *
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education           *
* Founder and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of                         *
*   Global University System (GUS)                                            *
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-5913, U.S.A.                        *
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Email: utsumi@columbia.edu                               *
* http://www.itu.int/wsis/goldenbook/search/display.asp?Quest=8032562&lang=en *
* http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/                                     *
* Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676                                                   *
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