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Argentina
iEARN-Argentina
- Red TELAR has
been active since
1989. Starting in Patagonia, iEARN-Argentina has worked with
the Ministry of Education to
expand iEARN to hundreds of schools across the country.
iEARN Argentina provides teachers with ongoing face to face
and online
professional development opportunities and support to
help them expand their teaching skills and learning opportunities
for their students. iEARN Argentina - Red TELAR, is administered
and sponsored by Fundación Evolución www.fevolucion.org,
NGO which works to promote equal educational opportunities
by integrating
new technologies in Argentine classrooms, through Teacher
Training, Research initiatives and Students competitions.
With support from
the Ministry of Education, iEARN-Argentina hosted the first
annual iEARN International Teachers Meeting
in 1994.
Brazil
iEARN schools
are primarily in the Rio de Janeiro area, and efforts are underway
to expand to other parts of the country as well. iEARN is working
with Partners of the Americas and the WorLD Program to expand
the number of connected schools in Brazil.
Chile
iEARN works
with Enlaces, a national network of schools, which in turn works
with the Ministry of Education to link schools in on-line project
work. Enlaces is
well-known for its "La Plaza" graphic user interface,
which facilitates student and teacher telecommunications.
Colombia
In Colombia,
iEARN works with a small number of schools in provincial towns.
Costa
Rica
I*EARN has
worked with the Omar Dengo Foundation and persons within the Ministry
of Education to bring iEARN project work to schools in their country.
Schools are located around the country.
Ecuador
iEARN works
with a group of schools in Ecuador, focusing on the Quito and
Riobamba areas.
El
Salvador
iEARN works directly with the World Links Program,
a network of state schools that work with projects on line. These
schools
are part of projects that integrate ICT into the curriculum.
Guatemala
In Guatemala,
iEARN is currently working with schools in the departments
of Sacatepéquez and Chimaltenango. Several schools have
participated in Spanish in the Teddy Bear project, adapted
to adolescents, and have worked with schools in the USA, Puerto
Rico, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Teachers and students are
welcome to join and share about their culture. Please contact
Hudeth at hudeth @ intelnet.net.gt to get more information
and expand the iEARN Community in Guatemala.
Mexico 
iEARN-Mexico has a small team of educators and partners who are working in collaboration with the Ministry of Education to implement, develop, and expand iEARN activities throughout the country. The iEARN-Mexico network, though currently small and still growing, stretches from Tamaulipas and the Northern border to Oaxaca and the southern states. Teachers and students in Mexico are currently participating in the AYV project and working with a number of countries around the world including Palestine, Uganda, and Italy through international communications courses in Oaxaca. In 2009 iEARN-Mexico sent a small team of students to participate in YouthCan NYC to present a project on ethanol production from the agave plant. Plans are currently underway to repeat this initiative in 2010 and to also send a small party of teachers to Canada to represent Mexico at the annual conference in 2010. Two Mexican teachers are currently completing on-line professional development courses.
Paraguay
iEARN works
in Paraguay through approximately
40 schools from different parts of the country are working on
both national and international projects.
Peru
iEARN-Peru
works through approximately 40
schools from different parts of the country are working on both
national and international projects.
Uruguay
Uruguay schools
in Montevideo have worked in iEARN since 1994, when teachers attended
the first annual iEARN International Conference in Argentina.
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