A GUIDE TO PARTICIPATING IN LEWIN, Lewin Teacher Facilitators
Farah Kamal, Virginia King, Bob Carter
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Lewin is a global anthology of the writing of young people around the world.It is an iEARN project and in Victoria, Australia, also a Department of Education and Training Global Classroom Project.

A. The aim of Lewin is:     

1. To provide a place for young people to publish their writing and, through doing so, to:

• celebrate the art of writing for an audience
• express their ideas, thoughts and feelings
• share their culture, history, experiences and local environment with others around the world

2. To allow all participants in the project to appreciate each other's writing and to promote interaction between participants so that they can encourage each other, give positive criticism of the writing and so that all can learn from each other.

3. To publish young peoples' writing through the iEARN newsgroups/forums, the project web site and the Lewin book so that as many as possible can enjoy it and can be motivated by it.

4. To develop a community of students and teachers who support and encourage each other in the art of writing for an audience.

B. Advice to Participants

1. All intending participating classes should supply the following information to the Lewin newsgroup/forum.

Teacher name:
School name:
School postal address:
email:

2. All contributions should be posted to the Lewin newsgroup/forum. 

3. Each contribution should include the student's name and school.

4. Every participating class is strongly encouraged to visit the Lewin newsgroup/forum and to read the contributions of other classes and to post encouraging comments or ask questions of the writers. Classes are encouraged to discuss with the writers their techniques and their ideas.

5. It is very important that all writing posted to Lewin is the original work of the contributing student.The only exceptions to this are:

• Where is it a translation of a famous work; in this case it must be a translation done by the student and the details of the original author must be given
• Where a student gives a brief quotation of another work; in this case details of the author whose work is being quoted must be given.

Lewin is facilitated and coordinated entirely by volunteer students and teachers in Pakistan, Australia and Egypt.We welcome your participation.Lewin exists for its participants and relies on its participants.Lewin is what we all make it.

The name Lewin means Messenger in the language of the Gunai/Kurnai people of south-eastern Australia.The name is used with the permission of the Gunai/Kurnai elders.

Lewin Teacher Facilitators
Farah Kamal, Virginia King, Bob Carter
January 2003