By NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES, Staff Writer
DURHAM -- Kyosaba Edvine sat in front of the gleaming white flat-screen iMac at Durham Academy on Monday, guileless wonder on her face as she reached for the mouse and clicked. The fifth-grade teacher visiting from Uganda had never used a computer before. Kyosaba's school in Fort Portal in western Uganda has no electricity or running water. Computers are something students long for but have never touched. But Uganda's natural resources and the role of education in protecting them is bringing Kyosaba, 22, and another teacher, Kajumba Stella, 30, to schools across North Carolina. The teachers' monthlong visit is part of a cultural and educational exchange program launched by the N.C. Zoo in 2001. Uganda and North Carolina International Teaching for the Environment (UNITE) seeks to motivate teachers and students to think globally and act responsibly toward the environment. Kyosaba and Kajumba, who arrived in the United States on Sunday, will spend their first three days at Durham Academy, a private school in Durham. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/education/story/1724623p-7987731c.html forwarded by Bonnie Bracey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
