iEARN in Action, June 30, 2008

Seeking Partners: iEARN Projects!
1. Include your iEARN project in the 2008-2009 Project Book.
2. Students and Teachers in East Jerusalem publish Planetary Notions environmental magazines.
3. See a new video produced as part of CATALYST digital animation project.
4. Four Rivers, One World sound-slide narration of collaboration between classes in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and the USA.
5. Share your family heritage in the Kindred/Oral History Projec.

Resources, Contests, Websites and Announcements!
6. Video tells story of NEGAI global song of peace project.
7. World Water Monitoring Day Kits available.
8. Development Gateway Foundation Photo Competition.
9. Qatari students get globally connected through iEARN.
10. Students raise funds for Native American association.

Upcoming Events!
11. iEARN-Canada Country Coordinators to present keynote at NECC, Texas, USA (July 2008).
12. 15th Annual iEARN International Conference, Bukhara, Uzbekistan (July 2008).

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Seeking Partners: iEARN Projects and Activities
Download the 2007-2008 iEARN Project Book (in Arabic, Azeri, English, French, Spanish): 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. INCLUDE YOUR iEARN PROJECT IN THE 2008-2009 PROJECT BOOK!!! If your project is already active and will continue, please submit an updated template to projects@us.iearn.org. If it is a new project, please note that all new projects are required to have an initial group of participants before being considered for publication. To find partners, post your project idea in the Teachers Forum: or, for students, the Youth Forum. If you find partners, you are welcome then to complete the project template below and send it to projects@us.iearn.org as soon as possible, but no later than the FINAL DEADLINE of August 1, 2008. This project template can be submitted in any language, and is available in multiple languages in the translated versions of the iEARN project book, available for download at http://www.iearn.org/projects/projectbook.html.

1. Name of Project:
2. Brief one-sentence description of project:
3. Full description of project:
4. Age/level of project participants:
5. Timetable/Schedule for the project:
6. Possible project/classroom activities:
7. Expected outcomes/products:
8. Project contribution to others and the planet:
9. Project language(s):
10. Curriculum/Subject area:
11. Names/email of initial participating groups:
12. Name of facilitator(s):
13. Email of facilitator(s):
14. iEARN Forum where it will take place or is taking place (leave blank if uncertain, and you will be assigned to a forum):
15. WWW page of project (not required):

Send by email to projects@us.iearn.org.

3. STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN EAST JERUSALEM PUBLISH PLANETARY NOTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL MAGAZINE IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH. Download their "Towards a Green Environment" magazines here. For more about the project, and to connect with them in the project's online forum, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/planetarynotions

3. NEW VIDEO PRODUCED AS PART OF CATALYST DIGITAL ANIMATION PROJECT. Connect with students and teachers from Pakistan, Uzbekistan and the USA who are discussing the crucial role that young people have within a civil society in times of crisis. As part of the project, participants are creating animated public service announcements on the topic of natural disaster preparedness. See a new video of the project and link to the project forum!

4. FOUR RIVERS, ONE WORLD. Join educators and youth in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and the USA who are collaborating to improve the quality of rivers in their communities! See an audio soundslide of their activities here. Connect with them in the Four Rivers, One World Project.

5. KINDRED/ORAL HISTORY PROJECT. A project challenging students to explore and share their family heritage. Recent stories tell of how the families of aboriginal students in Australia have been affected over the years by government policies that separated families. Login to read and respond to these and other histories posted recently by students in Australia, Pakistan, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine, and the USA in the Kindred Project.

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Check it Out! Resources, Contests, Websites, Announcements.
(This includes resources that are not part of iEARN)
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6. NEGAI CONNECTION PROJECT VIDEO. See more about Ms. Suwako Nagata and her work to create a global song of peace in partnership with iEARN participants all over the world.

7. WORLD WATER MONITORING DAY KITS AVAILABLE. The kit includes everything needed to test your waterbody for pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature and turbidity and is designed to be an accurate, yet accessible technology for all levels of experience. World Water Monitoring Day™ is an international education and outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by engaging citizens to conduct basic monitoring of their local water bodies. The month-long program kicks off each year on September 18 with a data entry deadline of December 18. For more information see here, or please contact wwmd@wef.org.

8. DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY FOUNDATION PHOTO COMPETITION. Open to all photographers at least 13 years of age, except employees of the foundation and their immediate families. We are looking for compelling photographs of socio-economic development in developing countries. Each entry must include a written statement explaining how that image is representative of development. Images will be judged on technical excellence, composition, overall impact, and artistic merit. Deadline for submitting entries is September 19, 2008. See here.

9. STUDENTS IN USA CREATE MANDALAS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR SUGAR RUN POWPOW AND LACONIAN INDIAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. Students at Memorial Middle School in Laconia, New Hampshire in the USA worked with a Native American woman from the Black Foot and Sac and Fox tribes to create Mandalas for donation to the Sugar Run Powwow and Laconian Indian Historical Association. Their teacher, Larry Frates, has involved his students in many art projects in iEARN, including the Eye to Eye Project. For news coverage, see here.

10. QATARI STUDENTS GET GLOBALLY CONNECTED THROUGH iEARN.

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Upcoming Events
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7. iEARN-CANADA TEACHERS/COUNTRY COORDINATORS TO PRESENT KEYNOTE AT NECC, JUNE 29 - JULY 2, 2008 IN TEXAS. On July 1, Jim Carleton and Mali Bickley (iEARN-Canada Coordinators) will share their experiences "leveraging the collaborative power of technology to help their students help others worldwide." In addition, iEARN-USA will co-host the International Reception. Download an iEARN NECC events schedule here.

8. JOIN iEARN-UZBEKISTAN JULY 12-18 IN BUKHARA FOR THE 15TH ANNUAL iEARN CONFERENCE. Check out the conference website here, developed by youth, with help of iEARN-Uzbekistan team! Connect in the 2008 Conference forum. If you have any questions or inquires about participation in iEARN Annual 15th International Conference and 12th Youth Summit, please contact us at info@iearn2008.uz

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TO SUBMIT AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE NEWSFLASH: Send your announcement (2-3 lines) to newsflash@us.iearn.org.
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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 1,000,000 students participating as part of their education. iEARN-International: http://www.iearn.org

Download the 2007-2008 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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