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OneWorld Classrooms Home | Participation Guidelines HomeInternational Art Exchange (100)Please save for your reference. Follow the guidelines below to complete your OneWorld Classrooms International Art Exchange (100). (Also: See our Tips for a Great Exchange and Collaboration Tools and Resources for Teachers in the right hand column.)
1. Mail 100 pieces of student-created artwork via first class mail to:
OneWorld Classrooms
51 Belvidere Hts. Haverhill, MA 01830 USA IMPORTANT: You may mail your artwork any time; but, keep in mind that we will mail artwork to you shortly AFTER we receive your package. Mail (depending on your world region) may take one to three weeks each way. Plan accordingly if you would like to receive your return artwork before the end of your school year or a specific date/event.
Upon receipt of your artwork, OneWorld Classrooms will mail you 100 pieces of artwork created by students from around the world whose grade levels closely match yours. Typically, we will mail your artwork between one and two months from the time we receive your artwork.
2. Send original student artwork that accurately reflects aspects of your students' lives/cultures. Please avoid repetition of subjects (houses, flags, etc.). Students may use any artistic media (paint, pastels, crayons, art photography, etc.). Students should produce colorful and artistic work (paintings, colored drawings, etc.). Be creative!
TIP: Encourage your students to do their very best work. Explain to them that their artwork will be displayed in another school and, as such, will be a window through which other students will learn about them and their culture. If you are a classroom teacher, consider involving your school's art teacher or an artist in residence. (We will send you artwork that generally matches the quality of the artwork you send us.)
3.Submit artwork on paper of the following sizes:
International size: A4, A3 or in-between North American size: 8.5 x 11 inches, 11 x 17 inches or in-between You may optionally laminate your artwork or put each piece in plastic cover sheets. (The artwork you receive may or may not be laminated or in plastic sheets.)
4. For each piece of student artwork, include or attach personal information labels (listing the students name, age/grade, school and subject of their drawing/painting). Students may also include additional information about their artwork or themselves.
You may use the labels linked to below or make your own.
Microsoft Word -- English | Spanish Optionally, you may also include/attach a photo of each student to each piece of artwork. Write the student's name on the back of the photo. If you include/attach photos, we will send you mostly artwork with photos, if possible. Optionally, you may include/attach other materials or information that will help the students who receive your artwork to learn about your students' culture(s) or your world region. For example, you may attach student-drawn or printed maps, flags, symbols, etc. and/or student-written or printed text. If you do include other materials/information, we will try to send you artwork that also includes these (although we may not be able to in all cases). TIP: If possible, take photos of your students holding their artwork.
5. Check all student work for appropriate content (for more on this, see our Terms of Use).
6. IMPORTANT: When mailing your artwork, please include a cover letter or note indicating the teacher's name, grade level, school, mailing address, city, state/province and country -- and any information that will help explain the artwork you are sending.
7. We will send you a confirmation notice by E-mail when we have received your artwork and mailed your return artwork. Please send us an E-mail when you receive your return artwork in the mail.
8. Upon, completion of your exchange, we will ask you to complete an evaluation form via Email. This will help us to improve the program in the future.
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If you have any questions at any point, please send an E-mail to paul@oneworldclassrooms.org.
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Use of Your Students' Artwork
In almost all cases, all of the artwork you send will be forwarded to other participating schools for display. OneWorld Classrooms may scan and display some student artwork on its Web site - or may occasionally retain one or more pieces from a given set of submitted artwork for OneWorld Classrooms' displays or events at schools and community arts centers in Massachusetts, Virginia and New York. See our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for more information. If you would prefer that your student artwork and any accompanying photos are not displayed on the Web site or at OneWorld Classrooms displays/events, please inform us using the Email address above.
Mini Arts Materials Grants
Participating schools outside the US are eligible to receive mini-grants of $50 or $100 to purchase art materials. Interested classes should submit a letter (written by students and/or a teacher or teachers) explaining how the school would benefit from and use the grant. Submit the letter WITH your artwork. Grantees will be selected based on need, receipt of the request letter and the quality of their effort to share authentic, colorful artwork that depicts aspects of the students' culture. A small number of schools will be selected to receive the grants. Grantees will be notified by Email and the grants will be wired to the coordinating teacher.
Make a Difference Contributions
OneWorld Classrooms encourages participating US schools to sponsor the participation of a needy overseas school by making a $50 or $100 Make a Difference contribution. You may make a contribution when registering - or you may send a contribution with your registration fee. Your gift will help us to involve more schools and offer more Mini Arts Materials Grants (see above).
============================== FREE TRAVEL & LEARN ONLINE CONTENT Travel to the world region you are studying from right inside your own classroom, meet students who live there and learn about their languages and cultures. Visit OneWorld Classrooms' FREE Travel and Learn Online content at www.oneworldclassrooms.org/travel/index1.html. To log on, you must enter your username and password.
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INTERNATIONAL ART (100)
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CONTACT INFORMATION To contact OneWorld Classrooms about your exchange, send an E-mail to: robin@oneworldclassrooms.org. We provide E-mail support, whenever needed.
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