From: xx188@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Academy One)
Subject: TeleOlympics
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 06:39:18 GMT


Students, Teachers, Administrators, Parents!

We would like to have all interested schools participate in our
global TeleOlympics.  If you havInternet capabilities, GREAT!
If not, I will try to monitor this newsgroup and pick up
all of the contributions.  Perhaps someone can help me.ygu

Anyway, here is the announcement about otivity.  And sorry
about the line noise.

We have over 30 schools participating already from 7 different
countries.  We hope you can join us, too.

Linda Delzeit
aa621@cleveland.freenet.edu


          THE NATIONAL PUBLIC TELECOMPUTING NETWORK
                 ACADEMY ONE  TELEOLYMPICS
                       MAY 5-12, 1992


"The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take
part, the important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.
The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
To spread these precepts is to build up a stronger and more valiant and,
above all, more scrupulous and more generous humanity."
                                                 De Coubertin
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


The National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN) will be hosting the
Academy One TeleOlympics on May 5-12, 1992.  This project is in honor
of the real Olympics to be held this summer in Barcelona.  It is open
to any school in the world (for children ages 6-18) with the ability
to send/receive internet or bitnet electronic mail.  The TeleOlympics is
a project where students go out into their schoolyards on the same day
and "compete" in events involving running, jumping, and throwing.
Results are then posted via computer and modem to the Academy One 
area of any participating NPTN affiliate system.

Below is a basic description of the TeleOlympics events and registration
procedures.  Schools from fifteen countries are expected to be participating
in this project.  You can participate if you have e.mail access
through Internet or Bitnet.  Users from around the world may also send 
their messages of good luck and congratulations to the athletes and they
will be posted to the Press Box.

The TeleOlympics is just one of many special NPTN projects that is
a part of it's "Academy One" program, and designed to involve K-12
students and teachers in telecomputing activities.  For more information
on how your school can participate in the TeleOlympics or any other 
Academy One activity, please feel free to contact: Linda Delzeit,
NPTN's Director of Education at: (Internet) aa621@cleveland.freenet.edu
or (BITNET) aa621%cleveland.freenet.edu@cunyvm



Group Classifications:
  Class A = grades 10-12, ages 15-18
  Class B = grades 7-9, ages 12-14
  Class C = grades 4-6, ages 9-11
  Class D = grades 1-3, ages 6-8

List of Events:
  50 m run
  tennis ball throw
  long jump (choose either standing or running for your school)
  400 m run (for all ages)
  800 m run (for Class A and B)
  1600 m run (for Class A participants only) 

Rules:
  1. All times must be recorded to the nearest 1/100 of a second. (x.xx)
  2. Tennis ball throw recorded to the nearest meter mark.
  3. Long jump must be recorded to the nearest decimeter.
  4. Each participant will have two opportunities to throw the tennis
     ball and the farthest distance will be recorded.
  5. All results must be posted directly to the Score Board, or e.mailed
     to xx188@cleveland.freenet.edu using the official report format.  All
     students names must show both first and last name.  Report format 
     will be sent to those who register.
  6. All results must be received by 2400 EST on Monday, May 11, 1992
     in order to qualify for the International Awards.  Any results 
     received after that time will not count, but will be posted to the
     Scoreboard.  
  7. If your school can not conduct the actual athletic events during
     May 5-11 due to conflicting events, you may run the events earlier.
     However, you may not run them later and still be eligible for the 
     awards.  So be careful of weather conditions and plan ahead to get 
     all of your students through the events and the results posted by 
     the deadline.  You may also pre-write all of your e.mail for the 
     Opening and Closing Ceremonies, but you may not actually send it
     until the day of those events.
      
Opening Ceremonies:

The Opening Ceremonies will include a real-time chat on the Cleveland
Free-Net and an exchange of e.mail between all participating schools.
The chat will be held on channel +TeleOlympics on Tuesday, May 5, 1992
at 11:00 am EST.  Those who can not attend can still participate in the 
e.mail exchange.  More details on both the chat and the e.mail exchange 
are included in the section on Educational Activities below.

Closing Ceremonies:

The Closing Ceremonies will include a real-time chat on the Cleveland
Free-Net and an exchange of e.mail between all participating schools.
The chat will be held on channel +TeleOlympics on Tuesday, May 12, 1992
at 11:00 am EST.  Those who can not attend can still participate in the 
e.mail exchange.  More details on both the chat and the e.mail exchange 
are included in the section on Educational Activities below.

Educational Activities:

1. Opening and Closing Ceremonies - IRC chat.  The IRC chat is a real-time
   computer conversation where all participants gather in the Cleveland 
   Free-Net's multi-user cafe and engage in a dialogue simultaneously.  
   You must have both telnet capabilities to participate and a 
   Cleveland Free-Net id.  It takes 4 weeks or more to get an id, so 
   you must begin this process immediately.  The purpose of these chats 
   is to greet each other and exchange wishes of good will, good luck, 
   and/or congratulations.  Small talk is the nature of this chat
   as opposed to specific exchange of information, which can be done via
   e.mail exchange.

2. Opening and Closing Ceremonies - e.mail exchange.  On the Opening Day,
   each participating school should send a letter to each and every other 
   participating school, wishing them good luck.  On the Closing Day,
   letters of Congratulations should be sent to every other participating
   school.  These letters can include additional information and questions 
   as desired, and potentially lead to establishing permanent keypal
   relationships with these other schools.  A list of internet/bitnet 
   addresses of all participants will be mailed out  during the day or 
   two prior to the Opening Ceremonies.

3. During the weeks prior to the TeleOlympics, schools are encouraged to 
   post weekly reports on the progress of training of their athletes, 
   weather conditions, or additional information of interest.  This could 
   include, but not limited to, stories of the Ancient Olympics, word 
   searches in any language with the subject being the Olympics, and/or
   interviews/stories of athletes from their community who have 
   participated in the Olympics.  Student who know they will be attending 
   the Summer Games or who have attended the Winter Games may also share 
   their experiences/excitement.  
   These reports should be posted to the Press Box area of 
   the TeleOlympics Menu in Academy One.  Those unable to post directly 
   to the Press Box may e.mail their postings to Linda Delzeit at
   xx188@cleveland.freenet.edu and request that it be posted.

4. Participating schools may also begin to contact each other and exchange
   private e.mail as the registrations get posted to the Parade of Nations/
   Schools area of the TeleOlympics menu in Academy One.  Regular updates 
   of who is involved will be mailed to those participants who have only 
   e.mail contact with Academy One.

5. The top three winners in each of the events and in each of the boys and
   girls age classifications will have their names, school identifications,
   national flags and a short biographical sketch posted to the Victory 
   Platform.  Teachers will be responsible for supplying the biographical 
   sketches of all winners.  It is advised that these biographies be one 
   of the educational activities that each student prepares in case they 
   are a winner.  They can also be used to exchange with students in other
   countries. 

Registration:

Schools wishing to participate in the Academy One TeleOlympics must 
fill out the form below and e.mail to xx188@cleveland.freenet.edu
attention: Linda Delzeit.

Name of School:
Name of Contact Person:
E.mail id of contact person:
School mailing address (must be complete so certificates can be
  mailed out at the completion of the event)
Approximate number of students competing:
Ages/grades of students competing:
A description of your school:
    Please include such things as type of school (public/private), 
    hours you attend class, size of classes, subjects taught,
    grades included, size of school, conditions under which you will
    compete (track/grass field).
A description of your community:
    Please include such things as size/type of community (city, rural)
    population, and the most popular attraction/event in your community.