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World Computer Exchange (WCE) is seeking four primary and/or secondary teachers from Latin America and the Caribbean to work in multi-country team to develop and pilot with their classes an experiential project. The project will be on the issue of the "whys" and "hows" of the environmentally appropriate reuse and disposal of previously used or dead computer equipment. A sample module could be: "Avoiding Environmental Damage from Electronic Waste (e-waste): Good Choices for Discarding Old Computers". WCE will provide participating teachers with background factual materials and digital links on e-waste as well as a stipend of $250 each. The e-waste project(s) that is developed will be made widely available via our website to other teachers in both English and Spanish. To be considered, teachers need to be teaching in Latin America or the Caribbean and submit a resume and brief letter noting familiarity with online hands-on experiential projects, interest in working with teachers from other countries in the region, and experience teaching about e-waste or computers. We will consider geographic and gender diversity as well as diversity in the age of students. Please immediately send your resume and letter to Pamela Cooney at: PCooney@WorldComputerExchange.org. We hope that teachers will also post these as projects with iEARN.org. It may also be linked to an e-waste tool kit for Latin America and the Caribbean website that we conceived of and are co-developing with our Partner Fundación Cultural Quipus under a grant from IDRC.