Marssha is back from Vilnius, Luthania with an elearning award for international global colllaboration.

Dear Friends,
It was an amazing experience travelling to Vilnius,Lithuania and winning the international award for international global collaboration outside of Europe from the EUN European Schoolnet. I was so honored and touched. Will begin working on documenting it on the site as soon as I can calm down a bit from all of the excitement. It was truly a huge honor and I am absolutely thrilled. Our winning project was our globaldreamers peace project.
You can read about it here and see the first pics from the ceremony. The peace project as it appears on the elearning site.
http://elearningawards.eun.org/apps/eun_apps/learningawards/2009/gallery/entry.cfm?lang=en&sid=32100
Special and warm thanks to all our participating schools and friends.
I will send the links from Globaldreamers once I get it documented.
And finally our next project will of course be our winter holidays and the season of light for everyone. Please send us your holiday contributions.
Thanking you all warmly and wishing you all the best.
Fondly.
Marsha Goren
Dream coordinator
http://www.globaldreamers.org

http://elearningawards.eun.org/ww/en/pub/elearningawards

e-learning award winner for Peace Project

Dear Friends and Globaldreamers,
I am delighted to inform all of you that I am one of the ten award winners in the elearning competition this year and will be going to Vilnius, Luthania on Wednesday for the award ceremony and workshop.
The Globaldreamers peace project was chosen and I do not yet know which category and will inform you all upon my return next week.
I wish to warmly thank all of our Globaldreamers from around the world for being part of such a beautiful project.
You have all made Globaldreamers what it is and has become, thanking you all.
Sincerely,
Marsha Goren
http://www.globaldreamers.org

News from Globaldreamers

http://www.globaldreamers.org/09fall/index.html
Dear Friends,
Please join us in our fall project and it is coming along just great. We
love hearing from all of you and are very happy about the way Globaldreamers
is continuing to do so well.
For those who sent to the dreams that you dare to do project check it out
and many thanks.
http://www.globaldreamers.org/09rainbow/index.html
For those of you who have not seen the Global Junior Challenge award here
you go. It is the most unbelievable experience with Lieven, Mika and Maria
Teresa Globaldreamers and friends.
I also received an award from the Blue Heron International Pictures LLC for
our work around the world with the movie documentary Safe Haven- The Warsaw
Zoo. YOu can read about it here. This means so much to me and I can hardly
begin to express my excitement.
http://www.globaldreamers.org/09share/safehaven/index.html
Wishing everyone the best and please keep in touch.
My best ,
Marsha Goren
http://www.globaldreamers.org
Dream coordinator

Fall Project on Globaldreamers

Dear Friends,
It has been an exciting time in my life and coming back from Rome with an award has given me a great feeling to all of our hard work together since 2001. I thank you all warmly. For those of you who would like to share it with me virtually please check out the links at
http://www.globaldreamers.org/09jgc/index.html
You can also check out the Somewhere over the rainbow project which is so beautiful. Thank you all.
Our next project is our fall project. Please join us in fall fun and festivals.
http://www.globaldreamers.org/09fall/index.html
I hope this message finds you all well, please keep in touch with us and take part in our activities.
We are SO happy to have you all,
Sincerely,
Marsha Goren
Globaldreamers coordinator
http://www.globaldreamers.org

GJC 2009: the winners are announced

The Awards Ceremony took place today at the Rome City Hall, the Campidoglio, where twelve prizes were assigned along with two special mentions.

Awards were presented at the Campidoglio to the finalist of the 5th edition of the Global Junior Challenge, the international competition organised by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale to promote the innovative use of new technology for training, education, solidarity and international cooperation. Giovanni Biondi, Programming Department Manager, participated on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Education. Tullio De Mauro, the President of the Fondazione Mondo Digitale read out the motivations provided by the international jury and proclaimed the winners.

Laura Marsilio, Rome City Councillor for Schools, Family and Infancy presented the statuette of the Etruscan she-wolf with Romulus and Remus to the winning projects in each category:

* Bla Bla Bla e-democracy and minors (Vicenza, Italy) for the “Up to 10 years old” category
* Schoolvision 2009! (UK) for the “Up to 15 years old” category
* The Pizza Business Across Europe (Cosenza, Italy) for the “Up to 18 years old” category
* Ict4d Research and Resource Centre in the Rural Rwenzori Region (Uganda) for the “Up to 29 years old” category
* Takoradi Educational Resource Centre (Ghana) for the “Work” category
* EE-Net Game (Bari, Italy) for the “Creativity and Social Innovation” category


The President of the City Council, Marco Pomarici, presented The Special Prize of the President of the Republic, three silver medals to the most innovative Italian school projects:

* I’m at Home, but at School: a webcam to participate, Rome
* On-line Didactics for a Sustainable Planet, Terni
* New Technologies, Ancient Values: Radio K2, Verbania


The international jury also extended a special mention to two teachers for the quality and quantity of the projects presented: Marsha Goren (Ein Ganim Elementary School, Israel) and Marina Marino (Liceo scientifico Francesco Cecioni, Livorno).


The Small Fund Award, a small fund reserved for projects from the poorer areas of the world, went to:

* Ict4d Research and Resource Centre in the Rural Rwenzori Region (Uganda)
* Takoradi Educational Resource Centre (Ghana)
* Education in the prevention in Aids/Sti in the Andean Region and Caribbean, Peru
Alfonso Molina, Scientific Director of the Fondazione Mondo Digitale, presented the Small Fund Awards.
It was so exciting and I am so happy that Globaldreamers was selected for quantity and quality! We can all be proud.
Love, Marsha Goren
Article taken from http://www.gjc.it/en

Dear Friends,
First of all many thanks for the beautfiul dream materials that we are receiving for the Somewhere over the rainbow project where dreams that we dare to dream really do come true. It is not too late to join us. YOu can read about it here.
http://www.globaldreamers.org/share/index.html

I am writing to share some exciting news. I will be going to Rome on October 6th, for four days to the Global Junior Challenge and will be on the International jury . I will also be presenting the peace project from last year which I thought was really unique. I will also be attending a workshop and be part of an exhibition with the work we are all doing on Globaldreamers.
http://www.gjc.it/2009/en

Hope you are all well and looking forward to hearing from all of you.
Sincerely,
Marsha Goren
Dream coordinator
http://www.globaldreamers.org

Happy new year message

We invite everyone to join in our Dream project, wishing everyone the happiest and healthiest year ever,
Marsha and the Globaldreamers

Happy new year!

Dear Friends ,
We are all back at school now and getting ready for the Jewish holidays which begin on Friday. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish new year.We are all hoping for a great year with all of you. Please join us in our dream project for "Somewhere over the rainbow." You can read about it here.
http://www.globaldreamers.org/share/index.html

Wishing everyone a wonderful year full of dreams and happiness.
Marsha

New dream project on Globaldreamers

We're starting the school year looking at our Dreams. The Ein Ganim chorus has given us their rendition of "Over the Rainbow". You have likely seen The Wizzard of Oz and know that Dorothy dreamed of getting back home, the Tin Man of having a heart, The Lion of being brave, and the Scarecrow of having a brain. Along with all our Global Dreamers out there we will create a video with this song and YOUR images. What do you really want most of all? What is really, really important? You can send us photos (high resolution please) that show us your dream.
You can work together with your class to stage a photo.
You can draw on the computer (At least 800X600 pixels and 300 dpi).
You can draw on paper and scan (again, at least a resolution of 300).

We would love to receive your dreams and we will add them to the Somewhere over the rainbow song with different pics from our friends.

Please join us and we look forward to another great year in Globaldreamers.

Sincerely,

Marsha Goren -Dream coordinator

http://www.globaldreamers.org

Globaldreamers is back!!

Dear Friends,

It has been a fantastic summer for me personally especially with the last two weeks with my sister Elaine who came to visit me from the USA. It has given me the strength I need to begin the new year. I am smiling as I go back to the work I love teaching kids at Ein Ganim and doing Globaldreamers with so many friends around the world.

I am sharing a link about my work in Converge and first of thank the many partners from Globaldreamers who wrote such heartwarming comments about my work. Thank you and if anyone else wants to add a comment welcome!

http://www.convergemag.com/artsandhumanities/COLUMN-Dedication-and-the-Inspirational-Shower.html

Please send us information about your schools and classes (pictures etc)and we will put on share for everyone to learn about the different cultures.

I will be sending everyone information about our first project soon.

Looking forward to another great year and we are waiting to hear from all of you.

With our best wishes,

Sincerely,

Marsha Goren and the Globaldreamers

http://www.globaldreamers.org

Come and dream with us soon!!

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Summer time is here!!

Dear Friends,
We hope you are all having a wonderful summer and we go back to school on September 1st. The days are flying by but are very enjoyable and I am having a wonderful time with family and friends.
The change has done me good. We have some great new ideas for our first project which will be a peace movie with my kids singing and hopefully many drawings, banners, pictures and images from your classes around the world to make it very special.
I thank everyone for their dedication to Globaldreamers and the project has been on the Internet since 2001!
Here is hoping for an amazing year for all and enjoy your time left, every magical moment.
Sincerely,
Marsha Goren
Dream coordinator
http://www.globaldreamers.org

Summer holidays are here!!

Dear Friends,
Summer holidays are here and forgive me for not writing to the wonderful Globaldreamers. Simply enjoying and relaxing. Also spending time with grandchildren and children and it is great!
Bernard Percy wrote an article about me in Converge Magazine and I am shairng the link with you. I wish to thank all the educators who have written comments about my work. For those who have not seen it you can read it here:
http://www.convergemag.com/artsandhumanities/COLUMN-Dedication-and-the-Inspirational-Shower.html

I am looking forward to writing you again soon. I know it is a busy and relaxing time for all of us.
You most certainly deserve this and enjoy!!
Marsha Goren
http://www.globaldreamers.org

Safe Haven to Universal Studios

Dear Friends,

With the end of the year I am sharing some exciting news about the movie Safe Haven which Globaldreamers has been given acknowledgement for the hard work we have all been doing around the world to make our world a safer and better place for the future.It is so exciting to see this.

It has been a fantastic year for Globaldreamers and I am including the Globaldreamers with the hope that you will all continue dreaming with us again next year.

With love and best wishes and please keep in touch,

Marsha Goren

Dream coordinator

Subject: Universal Studios

NBC Universal To Consider Safe Haven Film

View all photos on MyTopiaCafe.com

Ryszard Zabinski re-visits his childhood home -- the Warsaw Zoo.

June 6, 2009

Port Orange, Florida

Blue Heron International Pictures announced today that its latest Holocaust documentary -- Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo -- has been submitted to NBC Universal for feature film consideration.

"We believe this story has great potential to become a major motion picture," said Executive Producer Richard Lester.

"It has heroes, villains, and a powerful message which is currently resonating among young people around the world."

Award-winning director Gary Lester agrees that his documentary should only be the beginning.

"It is a compelling story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Now it needs to be a major motion picture," said Lester.

NBC Universal holds what basically amounts to an audition process for film-makers each year.

"It's called NBC Universal Shortcuts, and it is designed to attract high-interest level stories which are well told by an ethnically and culturally diverse production team. We meet both criteria," said Gary Lester. "Our main producers are from Poland and Israel, as are two of the main characters in the story."

As for interest level, Marsha Goren, Educational Outreach Coordinator for the documentary, reports that she has received e-mails from scores of students and educators in Israel, Poland, Holland, Belgium, India and the United States.

Blue Heron International Pictures, the Florida production company that released the internationally popular documentary in March, has also been besieged with requests for the film.

"We're on our third production run and simply can't keep up with demand for the DVD," said Richard Lester.

That's not surprising. At the end of May, the Internet Movie Data base (imdb.com) was reporting 2.9 million hits on the film's web page.

Safe Haven premiered on network television in Israel in April. Since then, Israel Channel 10 has been streaming the documentary from its website, with both Hebrew and Russian subtitles.

Will Hollywood be the next stop for a compelling story about the heroic Warsaw zookeeper and his family? "I'd like to think so," said Richard Lester.

"However, it's a long and difficult road from documentary to feature film. I expect approximately 1,000 other stories will be submitted to Universal for consideration, and only three production deals will be offered."

Director Gary Lester remains upbeat about the possibilities. "You can't win it if you're not in it, and two copies of the DVD are now on their way to Universal Studios in California."

Happy Independence day!

Dear Friends,
Israel is 61 years old and we are all proud. I am enclosing a picture created by Alex Ringer of Nesher in honor of the occassion and dedicated to all the Globaldreamers!
My best wishes to all of you on this wonderful occassion.
Marsha Goren
Globaldreamers Coordinator
http://www.globaldreamers.org

Holocaust Memorial Day on April 21,2009

Dear Friends from around the world,

This week we commemorate the Holocaust Memorial day in Israel and around the world on April 21st, 2009. On that morning Marsha Goren the Globaldreamers coordinator will be on Israeli national television with student Ori from the 6th grade.

http://www.globaldreamers.org/holocaust/09.html

This is the link to our unit this year and what we have so far. It is absolutely heartwarming and please use these materials. The television show is on this link.I hope I will be able to upload and translate for unit for everyone to see after the show goes on air. I will be on television at 10:15 Israeli time . In the afternoon the Safe Haven the Warsaw Zoo by the producers of Heron International Gary and Richard Lester will be broadcasted on national Israeli televsion at 3:25 Israeli time. Globaldreamers is given recognition at the end of the movie for our work around the world. AMAZING legacy to my Mom. Needless to say I am touched. We would be delighted to receive any materials for the Holocaust unit from any schools throughout the entire year as the unit is a yearly one.Once a year we begin a new one.I also want to bring your attention to the main page .Thre are activities and worksheets for everyone.

http://www.globaldreamers.org/holocaust/09.html

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the fabulous contributions to this important unit.

I hope everyone has had a wonderful spring break.

We are back at school tomorrow.

My very best wishes and keep in touch.

Sincerely,

Marsha Goren

http://www.globaldreamers.org

Come and dream with us soon.

Happy P{assover and Spring Vacation

Dear Friends,

Sharing some nice links about Passover from our work.
http://www.globaldreamers.org/Jholidays/Israelholidays/passover.html

http://www.globaldreamers.org/Jholidays/passover07/index.html

http://www.globaldreamers.org/Jholidays/08pesach/night.html

http://www.globaldreamers.org/Jholidays/08pesach/index.html

http://www.globaldreamers.org/Jholidays/passover/index.html

There will hopefully be more as I hope to document today's seder too. It is my favorite holiday.

We have begun our Holocaust Memorial Day project and we invite schools around the world to share with us. This important project in my Mom's memory is going well .

This is what we have so far and it is incredible. Remember our Holocaust unit is a yearly one so please join us whenever you can.

http://www.globaldreamers.org/holocaust/09.html

I am also excited and happy to tell you that I will be on Channel 10 Israeli television on Holocaust day and the theme is people who have eternalized the Holocaust in a special way.

We are honored and excited about this, more to come!

We know many of you are on spring break and we wish you a wonderful holiday and we look forward to hearing from all of you.

Sincerely,

Marsha Goren

Globaldreamers is on Passover vacation

Dear Friends,

The last few weeks have been really busy for us and we are now officially on Passover vacation.The kids and I participated and built a website for the GVC competition Give Back Something International with two great classes and educators from the USA, Matthew Kuntz of Oak Park , Ilinois. and Rick Glass of Warsaw Indianna. Our school of Kindness has been a phenomenal experience for me and the kids and we are grateful.

We will be celebrating the Jewish holidays and Passover begins next week. There are many materials on Jewish holidays for those of you who would like to see.

http://www.globaldreamers.org/Jholidays/index.html

I wish to thank everyone who has been taking part in our last online projects and they are really great. Check out our peace project which is still continuing and schools are still invited to join us.

Upon our return we will have the national Holocaust day in Israel and we would ask any schools to please join us in studying about my Mother Sonia Frenkel and the others .God rest their souls.

http://www.globaldreamers.org/holocaust/index.html

This is the 2009 unit and what we have so far.

http://www.globaldreamers.org/holocaust/09.html

We would be very appreciative and grateful to those who join this important memorial for my Mom's legacy. Thank you.

I know many schools are on spring break and I wish to thank all of the fabulous people in Globaldreamers.

I look forward to hearing from all of you.

Sincerely,

Marsha Goren

Dream coordinator

http://www.globaldreamers.org

Come and dream with us soon.

Exciting press conference about Globaldreamers

Dear Friends,

I am sharing some exciting news with you , the Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo has been released the kids and I had the privilege of watching this unbelievable movie. I highly recommend it to anyone who has the chance.

YOu can also read about it here.

http://blueheronpix.com/safe_haven_the_warsaw_zoo

Globaldreamers is also being featured on their site.

http://blueheronpix.com/global_dreamers

We feel honored and privileged. Our 2009 unit is already on the Holocaust site and we invite educators to join us and send materials.

http://www.globaldreamers.org/holocaust/09.html

We are still working on our annual peace project and I want to thank the many schools who have participated and are still sending materials. It is truly beautiful.

We are also asking people to send pics for spring and thank the ones who already have sent beautiful pics from around the world.

http://www.globaldreamers.org/09spring/index.html

Wishing everyone the best and keep in touch.

Sincerely,

Marsha Goren

http://www.globaldreamers.org

Israeli Students React To Safe Haven

By MyTopiaCafe.com

Safe Haven screens in Israel

Less than two weeks after its release, Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo has attracted the interest of several international film festivals, television programmers, and Israeli school-children.

"Thanks to Marsha Goren, the film's Education Outreach coordinator in Israel, students are already watching the film in their classrooms," said Richard Lester, executive producer of Blue Heron International Pictures. "In fact, we have received all sorts of e-mail from them enthusiastically endorsing the film."

The student letters, along with their photos, have been posted on the Global Dreamers page on the company website at www.blueheronpix.com .

"I love those letters," said award-winning director Gary Lester. "You can tell that the thoughts expressed in them came from the heart."

"Next month, thanks to producer Alex Ringer, the film will be broadcast on national television in Israel with Hebrew sub-titles," said Lester.

Israeli television will also be re-broadcasting Lester's first Holocaust documentary, Deliver Us From Evil, which recently won a Crystal Reel Award from the Florida Motion Picture & Television Asociation.

Safe Haven veteran producer Feliks Pastusiak reports from Warsaw that the film also received a warm welcome from Ryszard and Teresa Zabinski, the two children of the heroic zoo-keepers.

The film's trailer is currently running on The Internet Movie Data Base at www.imdb.com, where it has already attracted three million viewers.

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Globaldreamers is recognized in the upcoming Holocaust documentary Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo

Dear Friends,

I am very excited and honored to write to you about Globaldreamers being recognized in a documentary film by: Gary Lester

Blue Heron International Pictures

http://blueheronpix.com/global_dreamers

A Gary Lester Film

Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo

It is a remarkable story of how 300 Jewish people were saved by the zookeepers from the Nazis. We are proud and excited to be a part of this tribute and are highly grateful and honored.

You can read more about it here:

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2008/12/a-holocaust-doc.html

I also wish to remind everyone to please join our peace project.http://www.globaldreamers.org/09peace/index.html

In addition I wish to share more exciting news. Elaine Brevard and I will be doing a radio show next week on Feb. 11th in Ballinger, Texas about our work together on Globaldreamers and our peace project! I am very excited and hope we will be able to document this on our peace project for everyone to hear.

Thanking you all and sending you best from all of us,

Sincerely,

Marsha Goren

http://www.globaldreamers.org

The Word is peace

Dear Friends,
I hope this email finds you all well.Our newest project is our peace project and it is truly lovely.
http://www.globaldreamers.org/09peace/index.html
Please join us in this important work. It is really wonderful to see what we can all do when we try to make a better world and the kids in the project are the hope for a better future.
We have also added our Holocaust 2009 unit on the Holocaust site in memory of my Mom Sonia Frenkel, God rest her soul. Teachers are invited to send materials throughout the year.
http://www.globaldreamers.org/holocaust/09.html
I hope everyone is well and hoping to hear from all of you soon.
Sincerely,
Marsha Goren
Dream coordinator
http://www.globaldreamers.org

Sharing our latest projects

Dear Friends,

These have been hard days for us and we welcome peace and pray it will last forever.Thank God we live in the center of Israel and have not been physically hurt although Israel is such a small country everyone feels the pain of war.

I am writing to invite everyone to participate in our peace project. We have begun and it is truly beautiful.

http://www.globaldreamers.org/09peace/index.html

I think it is really important and please support this work.

We have also started our 2009 Holocaust yearly unit. This way whenever an educator sends something we can add it to the unit.

http://www.globaldreamers.org/09peace/index.html

I have written to all of you to tell you about the Safe Haven movie which will be released in March 2009 and I am thrilled and honored to be recognized by the producers Gary and Richard Lester and Alex Ringer. It is indeed something we can all be proud of.

Last but not least Globaldreamers is taking part in the My culture your project that is being sponsored by the state department in the USA.

Please go in and vote for us. It is so important and if possible leave a message in the comment section.

http://connectcontest.state.gov/video/globaldreamers-1

Today is a very exciting day in the USA with the new President Barak Obama and we wish him and his family the best. May God give everyone a wonderful year in the USA and wherever you are. With hope for peaceful and better days for all the Globaldreamers.

Sincerely,

Marsha Goren

http://www.globaldreamers.org

Thanks for caring about us!

Dear Friends,

These have been sad days here and we are all praying for the war to end with peace on all sides. We live in the center of Israel and have been safe from the missles and rockets however we feel sad and anxiety for the people living in the south. We are a very small country and believe me this effects everyone.

It is my deepest wish for peace everywhere which is what Globaldreamers main mission is. I warmly thank the many educators who have been writing to ask how we are and about our safety. It is truly heartwarming.

I also wish to thank everyone who has particiated in the winter celebration and it is truly awesome.

http://www.globaldreamers.org/08winter/index.html

http://www.globaldreamers.org/food/index.html

Our newest project is our international recipes. Please send us recipes with a picture if possible and we will be happy to add to our great food section.

I wish everyone a year of collaboration and peace. May we continue to work together with good intentions and friendships.

Sincerely,

Marsha Goren

http://www.globaldreamers.org

Come and dream with us soon.