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iEARN
in Action, November 10, 2009
SEEKING PARTNERS: iEARN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. One Day in the Life Event, November 10, 2009.
2. iEARN-Afghanistan schools seeking Skype partners.
3. Join the Power of One: Protecting Our Planet Project.
4. New Project Guide for Debunk Stereotypes Project..
RESOURCES, CONTESTS, WEBSITES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
5. iEARN Project Book now in French.
6. iEARN featured in Learning and Leading with Technology article.
UPCOMING EVENTS
7. iEARN-Pakistan to hold Millenium Development Goals Workshop, November 13,
2009.
8. IEARN Workshop in Shanghai, China, November 14-16, 2009.
9. YouthCaN Environmental Conference in NYC, USA, April 24-26, 2010.
10. iEARN-Canada to host 17th Annual iEARN Conference and 14th Youth Summit,
July 12-17, 2010.
11. 2010 Natural Disaster Youth Summit to be held in Turkey, August 23-27 2010.
RECENT EVENTS
12. Tres Bosques, Un Mundo
(Three Forests, One World) Workshops in Domincan Republic and USA, October
29-November 1, 2009.
13. iEARN-Jordan and iEARN-USA support videoconference between U.S. Education
Secretary and Jordanian Minister of Education and students in each country,
November 4, 2009.
14. Recording available of November 4 webinar: Adding Multimedia to iEARN Projects.
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SEEKING PARTNERS: iEARN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
Download the 2009-2010 iEARN Project Book: http://www.iearn.org/projects/projectbook.html
For a full listing of iEARN projects, see: http://media.iearn.org/projects/
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1.
GLOBAL ONE DAY IN THE LIFE EVENT! What are you doing on November 10th?
Students from around the world are invited to document a day in their life
with cameras, writing, and other media, as part of the ongoing iEARN project
One Day in the Life. See here.
2. iEARN-AFGHANISTAN
SCHOOLS SEEKING SKYPE PARTNERS. iEARN-Afghanistan has
just posted a message to the Teachers Forum seeking additional classes around
the world with which to do Skype video-conferences. Respond in the Teachers
Forum.
3. POWER OF ONE:
PROTECTING OUR PLANET PROJECT. Join an international collaborative
project in which students create individual family plans for protecting our
earth after researching steps taken by other countries to preserve our planet.
See http://media.iearn.org/projects/green.
4. NEW PROJECT
GUIDE FOR DEBUNK STEREOTYPES PROJECT. Join students from Macedonia, Yemen, USA, Algeria,
Croatia, Taiwan, Azerbaijan, Taiwan, Portugal, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago,
Morocco, Kenya and Oman who are currently exchanging information about the
stereotypes of their countries and working hard to debunk false stereotypes.
See http://media.iearn.org/projects/iearn-stereotypes.
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CHECK IT OUT! RESOURCES, CONTESTS,
WEBSITES, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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5. iEARN PROJECT
BOOK NOW AVAILABLE IN FRENCH. Thank you to MEARN (iEARN-Morocco) for providing the
translation! See here.
6. iEARN FEATURED
IN LEARNING AND LEADING WITH TECHNOLOGY ARTICLE. Students
Without Borders: Global Collaborative Learning Connects School to the Real
World, by Mali Bickley and Jim Carleton (iEARN-Canada Coordinators). See http://tiny.cc/studentswoborders
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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7. iEARN-PAKISTAN
TO HOLD MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS WORKSHOP, NOVEMBER 13, 2009. Send
greetings to the Teachers
Forum. For more about iEARN-Pakistan see here.
8. iEARN WORKSHOP
IN SHANGHAI, CHINA, NOVEMBER 14-16, 2009. Sihong Huang will
conduct a workshop for teachers attending the International Forum on Teacher
Education in Shanghai. This forum, Co-sponsored by UNESCO, brings educators
to East China Normal University from around China and Southeast Asia for three
days of workshops and plenary sessions on innovations in professional development.
This workshop is part of a series of events in China designed to expand the
number of schools participating in iEARN throughout China. For more about iEARN-China,
see http://www.iearn-china.org.cn/
9. YouthCaN ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE, APRIL 24-26, 2010 IN NYC, USA. The New
York City event will be held on April 26th at the American Museum of Natural
History in New York City, USA. See http://www.youthcanworld.org for details
of this and other YouthCaN events happening around the world. YouthCaN is a
year-round network within iEARN of students using telecommunications for environmental
project work.
10. iEARN-CANADA
TO HOST 17TH ANNUAL iEARN CONFERENCE AND 14TH ANNUAL YOUTH SUMMIT IN BARRIE,
CANADA, JULY 12-17, 2010. Stay tuned for more details. For
more about iEARN-Canada, see http://www.iearn-canada.org/
11. 2010 NATURAL
DISASTER YOUTH SUMMIT TO BE HELD IN TURKEY, AUGUST 23-27, 2010. Registration and more information can be found at http://www.ndysturkiye.com/ For more about the Natural Disaster Youth Summit, see http://ndys.jearn.jp/
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RECENT EVENTS
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12.
TRES BOSQUES, UN MUNDO (THREE FORESTS, ONE WORLD) WORKSHOPS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
AND USA, OCTOBER 29-NOVEMBER 1, 2009. Educators from 4 schools in
the Dominican Republic attended a Forest Ecology Workshop. A representative
of the Ministry of the Environment spoke about challenges confronting the environment
in the Dominican Republic. Robin Busse, Cultural Affairs Officer at the U.S.
Embassy in Santo Domingo, also spoke to participants, and Irene Gonzalez, of
the Embassy's Franklin Center, presented the Embassy's online virtual library.
Participants will host U.S. students and educators for a 3-week exchange, and
look forward to an exchange of a similar number from the D.R. to the U.S. in
April 2010. The program is funded by the Education and Cultural Affairs Bureau
of the U.S. Department of State, and is a collaborative effort between iEARN-USA,
CIESE (Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education), and FUNGLODE
(Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo). For more info, see here.
13. iEARN-USA AND
iEARN-JORDAN SUPPORT VIDEOCONFERENCE BETWEEN U.S. EDUCATION SECRETARY AND
JORDANIAN MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND STUDENTS IN EACH COUNTRY, NOVEMBER
4, 2009. U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, and Jordanian
Minister of Education Waleed Al-Ma'ani connected with students in both
countries. The event was coordinated by the U.S. Department of Education,
in conjunction with iEARN-USA, iEARN-Jordan, and Global Nomads Group. Read
press release here.
14. CHECK OUT RECORDING
OF WEBINAR: ADDING MULTIMEDIA TO iEARN PROJECTS. A
Webinar by Rushton Hurley (USA) was held Nov. 4. If you want to know how your
students can easily create videos to add to their projects you will want to
see it. The recorded session can be viewed at http://tiny.cc/110409webinar It really is easier than you think and you probably already have the software
you need to use.
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iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is a
global non-profit network that empowers teachers and students
to undertake projects designed to make a meaningful contribution
to the health and welfare of the planet and its people. Started
in 1988, iEARN is currently active in over 120 countries, with
2,000,000 students participating as part of their education.
iEARN-International: http://www.iearn.org
Download the 2008-2009 iEARN Project Book: http://www.iearn.org/projects/projectbook.html (available
in Arabic, English, French, and Japanese) or for a full listing
of iEARN projects, see: http://www.iearn.org/projects/
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