iEARN Events in 2010

YouthCaN Environmental Conference, April 24-26, 2010, 2009 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.

iEARN-Canada to host 17th Annual iEARN Conference and 14th Annual Youth Summit in Barrie, Canada, July 12-17, 2010. View a video of conference venue, theme and activities. For more info, visit the conference website.

2010 NATURAL DISASTER YOUTH SUMMIT. Scheduled for August 23-27, 2010, Uludag Universtity, Bursa, Turkey. Learn more about the Natural Disaster Youth Summit Project

iEARN Events in 2009

iEARN-Morocco (MEARN) hosted the 16th Annual iEARN Conference and 13th Youth Summit. Ifrane, Morocco, July 19-25, 2009. "Innovative Technologies and Cross Cultural Dialogue For Quality Education." See conference report or photos on Flickr!

iEARN-India National Conference- May, 2-4, 2009 in Pune. Theme of the conference: “Our Earth Our World.” The focus and the attraction was the screening of the animation and short duration films and the documentaries produced by the students who participated in ADOBE YOUTH VOICES program. For more details, see www.iearn-india.org

YouthCaN Environmental Conference, April 4-6, 2009 IN NYC, USA. Hosted at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, USA. See http://www.youthcanworld.org

Natural Disaster Youth Summit. March 14-15, 2009. National Science and Technology Museum, Taiwan, R.O.C. Visit the conference website. For more about the NDYS Project, click here. To learn about the meaning of the conference logo, click here.

iEARN Events in 2008

YouthCaN 2008.  April 7, 2008 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, USA (featured at right), Beirut, Lebanon, and Cairo, Egypt. Click here for information about YouthCaN - a network of students collaborating on environmental project work throughout the year.

Natural Disaster Youth Summit (NDYS) 2008 NDYS 2008 International Conference held in Trinidad and Tobago in April 28-30, 2008.

2008 iEARN Annual Conference in Bukhara, Uzbekistan cancelled. See cancellation letter from iEARN-Uzbekistan.

iEARN Events in 2007:

YouthCaN 2007 events held in Alexandria, Egypt, Beirut, Lebanon, and New York City, USA on April 23, 2007.  See http://www.youthcanworld.org for details of these and other YouthCaN events happening around the world. YouthCaN is a year-round network within iEARN of students using telecommunications for environmental project work.

Natural Disaster Youth Summit (NDYS) hosts 2007 Youth Summit in Aichi, Japan, May 3-5, 2007. Over 50 students and teachers from Australia, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, Russia, Slovakia, Taiwan,Turkey, and the USA attend, along with 100 Japanese students.

iEARN-Egypt to host 14th Annual iEARN International Conference and 11th Youth Summit (July 21 - 26, 2007) in Cairo! Connecting Cultures...Respecting Differences. A global dialogue for development and sustainability.

iEARN Events in 2006:

iEARN Asia Conference 2006, August 1-2, 2006 in Japan.

The NGO iEARN-Netherlands organized the 13th international iEARN World Conference and Youth Summit in 2006 in Enschede in The Netherlands. The main sponsor for the 2006 conference was the Dutch Ministry of Education via the national portal "Kennisnet." The conference motto was "A learning World." See video footage of the conference.

YouthCaN Environmental Conference, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, USA, April 10, 2006. The Annual YouthCaN Event a great opportunity to see what others are doing in environmental projects, and to share your projects and activities. It is a chance for your students to develop their presentation skills. Do you know of a group of students who would like to present their projects as either workshops or display tables? For more information and a workshop presentation / registration form, send a blank e-mail message to:
youthcan-info@us.iearn.org. Most workshops are in person, but also
can be through technology.

2006 Natural Disaster Youth Summit. Teachers and students from Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Trinidad joined peers in Taiwan for the 2nd Natural Disaster Youth Summit from January 6 - 8, 2006.

iEARN Events in 2005:

September 22-23, 2005: Internet Conference hosted by iEARN- Macedonia (Interactive Education and Resource Network (IMOR). IMOR is a leading partner in a regional Balkan initiative called “Information for Development - Linking and Empowering Balkan Youth,” a project aiming to to foster dialogue, and ethnic tolerance through ICTs. Click here and then 'International Conference Forum' from the left side.

12TH ANNUAL iEARN WORLD CONFERENCE AND YOUTH SUMMIT- JULY 17-23 2005 IN DAKAR, SENEGAL. Teachers and students from over 60 countries came together at the conference, held at the Ngor Hotel in Dakar. See a photo gallery!

Additional Gatherings Include:

iEARN UZBEKISTAN SUMMER CAMP FOR STUDENTS FROM UZBEKISTAN AND TAJIKISTAN, JULY 17-27. The camp will be a place for students to learn new opportunities offered through online collaboration with schools from different countries; to practice computer and Internet skills; to practice English language during online chats and forums with peers from US and other countries and fun English classes; to share the vision of democracy in school and in community; and of course to rest and have fun! See http://www.iearn.uz/summercamp2005.

THIRD ANNUAL iEARN BRIDGE REGIONAL CONFERENCE, BEIRUT, LEBANON, JULY 8-13. iEARN-Lebanon (http://www.iearnlb.org/) will be hosting the Third Annual BRIDGE Regional Conference in Beirut. The conference will include educators from iEARN programs in Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and the United States The focus will be on professional development and curriculum building, affording participants the opportunity to exchange educational tools and resources. Train-the-Trainer seminars, project planning workshops, and community service learning projects will be among the topics of discussion.

YouthCaN 2005 ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE HELD ON APRIL 11, 2005. Every year, YouthCaN collaborates with organizations around the world to put together conferences at which youth exchange their ideas, findings, and knowledge about the environment. The conferences include students from local schools, as well as video conferencing with students in other locations. If you would like to participate or join in any of the events, please contact youthcan@us.iearn.org. iEARN-USA (American Museum of Natural History, New York City) and iEARN-Lebanon (American Community School) are already planning to host gatherings. See http://www.youthcanworld.org for details and to get involved! Students have chosen the theme for this year's conference to be "Species becoming endangered due to human abuse."

OPEN INTERNET DISCUSSION, "WORLD WE LIVE IN" ON MARCH 31, 2005. Youth Educational Club NEW LINE ("Transformation of Humanities" Association, ) and iEARN-Belarus - International Education and Resource Network in Belarus Youth Philosophy Club WWLI-EHU (European Humanities University and the team of "World We Live In" Internet-project, ), Internet Access and Training Program - IATP, Internet project- 2, PROON, Belarussian Alumni Club of the Federation of Internet-Education and E.H.U.-International hosted an open Internet discussion "World We Live In", on March 31, 2005 from 14:00-17:00 Minsk time (15.00 - 18.00 Moscow time or 12:00 - 15:00 Grinvich) at http://iatp.org.ua/irchat4/. Languages: Russian, English, Belarussian and German.

NATURAL DISASTER YOUTH SUMMIT, MARCH 25-28, IN HYOGO, JAPAN.  From the coordinating organization, JEARN (iEARN-Japan) - "This year is the tenth anniversary of Hanshin-Awaji Great Earthquake. And also we have had many natural disasters, such as tsunami, flood, earthquake and so on. One of the aims of this conference is conclusion of the project that we started from last September. Students will have presentations that they prepared in their schools. We want students to know more about natural disasters, think how to reduce damages of natural disasters. Moreover we wants students how to help people who suffer from them. 30 students from 11 countries will come to the conference." Below, the iEARN-Japan team welcomes an iEARN-Iran delegation at the airport.

See NDYS 2005: http://ndys.jearn.jp/ and http://ndys.jearn.jp/2005summit.html. Forum: http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/natdisaster/

Creative Narrations, Digital Storytelling Workshop in Trinidad, February 12-14. For more details, see http://www.iearntandt.interconnection.org.

iEARN Events in 2004:

View a Recent Global Webcast Featuring iEARN Country Coordinators Discussing International Education and How Technology Powers It! On November 19th, iEARN Coordinators from Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt,  Morocco, India, Nepal,  Bangladesh, Oman, Indonesia  and Pakistan joined ina global webcast with Joseph Esposito, Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs at the US Department of Education to discuss international education and how technology powers it. This event, which was part of International Education Week, was held in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Washington, DC, and Nortel Networks Kidz Online.

iEARN Regional Meeting in Amman Jordan, July 6-11, 2004.
(Coordinated as part of the BRIDGE (Building Respect through Internet Dialogue and Global Education) Project.

iEARN Egypt hosted its First Youth Summit -
"Future Makers: Building Their Way of Success & Giving a Hand to Others" on August 28 - 31, 2004. The Summit was inaugurated by Dr. Ahmed Gamal El Din Moussa, Minister of Education in Egypt.

YOUTHCAN 2004 CONFERENCE HELD IN NEW YORK CITY, BEIRUT AND OTHER CITIES ON APRIL 26.
Key highlights included a video-conference between NYC and Beirut as the two sites launched their YouthCaN events. Additional video-conferences were held with Australia and Japan. For info on YouthCaN: http://www.iearn.org/projects/youthcan.html and for a list of the workshops at the NYC event, see: http://www.youthcanworld.org/ and click on "New York" in the left navigation bar. For YouthCaN-Med in Beirut and other YouthCaN sites, click on "Others."

11th Annual iEARN Conference/8th Youth Summit in Kosice, Slovakia, July 2004

iEARN Events in 2003:

10th Annual iEARN Conference/7th iEARN Youth Summit held in Awaji Island, Japan, July 20-26, 2003.

YouthCaN Environmental Conference, May 5, 2003. The primary Youth CaN event involves over 1,000 students at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Other events take place around the US and in other countries-linked through the Internet and video-conferencing with the students in New York City.

iEARN CENTRAL ASIA CONFERENCE HELD IN BUKHARA, UZBEKISTAN, FEBRUARY 21-24, 2003. This conference was sponsored by IREX, iEARN Uzbekistan and Friendship through Education. Participants came from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. The conference promoted the development of and collaboration in iEARN projects in Central Asia.

2nd iEARN CIVICS-BRIDGE WORKSHOP IN PAKISTAN. The workshop was inaugrated on the 27th February 2003 at the Fauji Foundation College of Education-Rawalpindi. 23 educators from 8 schools attended this 3 days teachers' training program from February 28-March 1, 2003.

FRIENDSHIP THROUGH EDUCATION TRAINING WORKSHOPS IN MALI. February 1 -2 and 6-7th iEARN-Mali and the Mokoya Juru Association will be holding a four day workshop for teachers in Bamako, Mali. The trainings will introduce participants to Friendship Through Education and help them plan an online collaborative project to integrate into their classrooms.

FIRST iEARN CIVICS-BRIDGE 3 DAY TEACHERS' TRAINING WORKSHOP, JANUARY 27-29 2003, PAKISTAN. Thanks to the Al Murtaza School network for hosting the workshop. More then 25 educators of 9 schools from different towns of Karachi will be participating in this workshop. See the complete school list. Facilitators will be Farah S. Kamal of iEARN-Pakistan co-facilitated by Saadia Kazmi and Parveeen Mehboob of Al Murtaza Boys Branch, and Sarah Alam.

iEARN Events in 2002:

iEARN CIVICS EXCHANGE AND WORKSHOP, DEC. 9-18, 2002! Teachers College, Columbia University. http://www.iearn.org/decemberworkshop

iEARN International Environmental Camp - October 28 - November 2, 2002 at Hight Tatras, Slovak Republic. Contact: Joko@iearn.sk The iEARN camp is designed to bring together students from many countries in Central Europe to discuss environmental issues, compare perspectives on the evironmental encouragecross-cultural communication and friendship while improving English skills. Students will have a wider perspective of environmental issues, better understanding different cultures, making lasting friendship and will be more confortable communicating in English. Students will make connections, friendships and have the opportunity to plan future cooperation, communication among themselves. Participant must be non smoker, abstinent, good English speaking! No registration fees!

9th Annual iEARN Conference/6th Annual iEARN Youth Summit was held in Moscow, Russia from July 7-14th, 2002. Attended by youth and educators from 60+ countries around the world! Photo galleries from the conference are on the WWW:

• by Wileyda in the USA
• by Pei-Ying (Catherine) in Taiwan
• by Chia-wei, in Taiwan

2nd Meeting of iEARN-Latina March 28-30. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Educators from Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Guatemala, Catalunya (Spain) and Mexico participated, representing the following iEARN centers: Orillas, TELAR and PANGEA. An organization was set up to facilitate project work and develop and consolidate the network in Spanish speaking countries that work with iEARN. The following three commissions were formed: * Secretariat of the iEARN Latina network. * Communications and Technology Committee * Pedagogy Committee. See http://www.iearnlatina.org For information: natilop23@hotmail.com

YouthCaN Environmental Conference, April 29, 2002.

iEARN Events in 2001:

4th iEARN Environmental Camp, Slovakia, Central Europe October, 28 - November 2nd. iEARN Slovakia and US Peace Corps volunteers organized the 4th environmental camp in Slovakia. We hosted 80 students and teachers from 9 countries from CEE and USA. http://www.iearn.sk/01/camp/

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY. The Education Tax Fund (ETF), Federal Ministry of Education, SchoolNet Nigeria, in partnership with the International Education and Resources Network (IEARN) invites you to particpate as facilitators in a stakeholders awareness workshop and exhibition on "Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in education and schoolnetworking" which will take place in Abuja, Nigeria from September 25th-27th 2001. Contact Olaolu L.Sasore of IEARN Nigeria .

NATIONAL DRINKS AND RELATED TRADITIONS PROJECT MEETING. When? first half of October, 2001. Where? Telavi, Kakheti region of the country of Georgia. See http://iearn.osgf.ge/drinks. Please, let us know as soon as possible the following: How many teachers and students from your group will be able to participate? According to our project we will be able to cover your accommodation and meals. Also, your transportation from Tbilisi to Telavi and back. We hope to see you in Georgia. Contact Paata Papava, Pavle Tvaliashvili and Gela Azikuri at paata@mega.osgf.ge, papava11@yahoo.com, tvaliashvili@mail.ru or gelazi@yahoo.com.

8th Annual I*EARN Conference / and 5th Annual I*EARN Youth Summit- 8th July 2001 - 14th July 2001 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. A first for Africa! The 8th Annual I*EARN Conference took place in Cape Town, South Africa's mother city, from 8th - 14th July 2001 at the University of Cape Town. The conference was hosted by the Western Cape Schools' Network and SchoolNet SA, in conjunction with their annual educational computing conference which is known as a major event on the local educational calendar. Over 1,600 educators from 69 countries gathered to share how they use technology in their classrooms. Contact info@ac.wcape.school.za or see http://ac.wcape.school.za to learn more. A photo gallery of the conference is also online. See the Iranian delegation's post-conference report!

YouthCaN (Youth Communications and Networking) - In 2001 the primary Youth CaN event took place on April 30, involving over 1,000 students, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Students facilitated an online network of students using telecommunications technologies to undertake and/or share environmental work locally and around the world. Students write about and interact on environmental issues facing their communities during the year. Since 1995, a youth planning committee has coordinated an annual event in April, which brings together youth of the world to share how they are using technology in environmental projects.

Balkan Voices Summit - Almost 100 iEARN teachers and students from throughout the Balkan Region came together in Bankya, Bulgaria March 21-25, 2001 to share their work thus far and plan for the next year's program and schedule. The new Balkan Voices www site was announced (http://www2.arnes.si/~sskkssb2s) and each country agreed to create local Balkan Voices www sites as well. A new <iearn-balkanhistory> forum has been created for discussion of recent historical and political events. Photos taken by Slavena Ivanova in from Varna, Bulgaria from the historic summit are available at: http://teachweb.wify.com/balkan/bankya

Workshop in Kyrgyzstan - iEARN Teachers and students, and representatives of the Open Society Foundation (Soros) participated in a training workshp on the shores of Lake Issukul during in February 2001. Photos from the successful workshop are now on the WWW.

iEARN Events in 2000:

SOLAM Training in Bulgaria-iEARN teachers in Bulgaria conducted a training workshop for Jewish and Arab teachers in Oriahovitza, Bulgaria on December 20, 2000

iEARN CIVICS-CAIRO-EGYPT November 10-14: iEARN-USA and RITSEC hosted a meeting for teachers from Bulgaria, Egypt, Ghana, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Senegal and Sri Lanka, with support from the U.S. Department of State and the American Embassy in Cairo.

SOLAM Workshop - September 14-15, 17-20, 24-26, 2000 in Tel Aviv, Israel. iEARN is proud to have collaborated with Schools Online At Middle East(SOLAM) to train 140 principals and teachers from Israeli Arab, Israeli Jewish and Palestinian schools. The mission of SOLAM is to bring peace and understanding to the peoples of this region.

Internet 2000 Conference for Schools - Mongolia--July 19-21, 2000.  iEARN played a key role in a conference in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to help teachers and students utilize the connective power of the Internet to engage in collaborative projects.  Presenters included iEARN teachers and trainers from iEARN-Mongolia and the US.  The conference was sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Mongolian Open Society (Soros) Foundation.  A photo gallery from the conference is on the WWW.

The 7th Annual iEARN Conference and 4th iEARN Youth Summit was held from July 10th to July 16th in Beijing, China. This was the first time that the annual conference was held on the Asian continent. China has a fifth of the world's population and through iEARN we can bring the world outside to the largest population of youth in the world. The iEARN China team welcomed almost 500 participants from 62 countries to Beijing! A photo gallery from the conference is on the WWW.

Bronx International Youth Conference (BIYC) - May 31, 2000 in Bronx, New York, USA. This event wa sponsored by the Office of the Superintendent of Bronx High Schools. The BIYC was held at Lehman College in the Bronx, New York City on May 31, 2000. Teens focused on global issues which students have to overcome to achieve academic excellence in school.

Teachers in Bulgaria met May 22-27, 2000 in Oryahovitsa for introductory training as part of the Schools Online Academy, conducted in conjunction with iEARN Center staff and teachers.

Near East, North Africa, South Asia and U.S. Exchange and Workshop. April 28-May 19. 13 teachers from Egypt, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan and Sri Lanka came to New YorkCity for a weekend workshop hosted by iEARN-US, before they travel on to Hawaii, Ohio, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Florida, California and Tennessee where they were hosted by iEARN teachers. See The Civics Project to learn more about their collaboration.

Primer Encuentro de iEARN-LATINA - 18-21 Abril, 2000 in Mar de Plata, Argentina. http://www.telar.org/enclat.htm El encuentro fue un gran exito para todos. Once paises fueron representados: Argentina, Brasil, Catalunia, Chile, Colombia, EE.UU., Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, y Uruguay con más de 200 personas. Gracias a todos por su participación y dedicación. Imágenes de las Delegaciónes de Estados Unidos.

iEARN Events in 1999:

The Second I*EARN National Romanian Conference -- November 26-27, 1999 in Focsani, Vrancea, Romania. I*EARN Coordinator in Romania. More than 60 I*EARN teachers and students from Romania met at Focsani to present the projects they achieved and the I*EARN activity developed in Romania. Photos from the Conference on now on the WWW.

Mmabatho High School - North West 16-18 November 1999 in Mmabatho, North West, South Africa. 20 teachers from seven World Links for Development/I*EARN high schools in the North West Province attended a workshop on Project-Based Learning.

Training a Community of Learners Workshop -- November 1 - November 4, 1999 in Kiev, Ukraine. This Workshop was initiated and funded by IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board) and USIA (United States Information Agency). The workshop, prepared by I*EARN-Ukraine, is designed to enable secondary school educators to utilize telecommunication technologies as a tool for teaching and active learning.

Environmental Camp Oct. 27-Nov 1, 1999; in Tatranska Lomnica, Slovak Republic. www.iearn.sk/99/camp/. 80 students from 13 countries participated in this camp. Goals: English spoken camp, multicultural exchange organizations, US Peace Corps, Slovak Academy of Science, Slovak Hydrometeorology Institute, Srobarova High School Kosice. Acquainting students with the geology, local flora and fauna, and tourist development of the High Tatras, as well as addressing contemporary environmental problems. Click for info on the 1998 camp.

Second Balkan I*EARN Conference October 17-21, 1999; Bitola, Macedonia. I*EARN Macedonia invited educators from Albania, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, and Greece to this important regional conference.

Millennium Minds Conference: 29th September - 1 October 1999 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. http://www.wcape.school.za/conf99 Why was it called "Millennium Minds"? Although people often think of the Internet as entertainment, an electronic library, or an online textbook, the possibilities go far beyond this. The Internet introduces exciting new ways of learning, teaching and thinking that are in line with national changes to "resource-based learning" through Outcomes-Based Education and Curriculum 2005. The traditional "three Rs" in education are changing to the "three Xs" - eXploration, eXpression and eXchange. The conference aims to change the way people think about education, introducing new mindsets and approaches for the new millennium.

"Local Birds" Seminar September 10-13, 1999; Sofia, Bulgaria. The seminar included lectures on birds in Bulgaria; presentation on birds in other countries, based on I*EARN participants' materials; excursions to places with the purpose of observing interesting phenomena in bird's life; (watching of) video materials presenting other places in Bulgaria famous for rare species of birds. The events were mapped out so that the participants could completely enjoy in three days' time.

Third National Telematic Camp July 29-31 1999 in San Luis, Argentina. http://www.unsl.edu.ar/~machana/campa99.htm. Between July 29th and July 31st, 250 teachers and students gathered in the the Province of San Luis, Argentina,to share experiences and projects done through telecommunications. The Third National Telematic Camp in San Luis was sponsored by the Government of San Luis, Fundacion Evolucion,TELAR-I*EARN Argentina and the San Luis Information Superhighway. Our keynote speakers were Rosy Aguila, Narcis Vives and Daniel Zappala.

I*EARN's Sixth Annual International Conference and Third Annual International Youth Summit was hosted by the I*EARN-Orillas center in Puerto Rico from July 11-17, 1999. "Language, Culture, and Equity through Global Learning Networks.

CEE (Central/Eastern Europe) I*EARN Youth Art Camp, Hungary, Baja, 26-30th June, 1999. "Since there are lots of on-going arts projects in I*EARN, and so far the youth camps have mainly focused on environmental protection and science subjects, now we would like to put emphasis on another essential field of life, the "mental food" of the human soul, the arts.

The Fourth Annual Meeting of the I*EARN Coordinators in Central/Eastern Europe and Central Asia was held March 13-18, 1999 in Bled, Slovenia.  Participants also came from new Western European I*EARN countries and included representatives from new countries: Andorra, Cyprus, Malta, Iceland, Denmark and Sweden.

YouthCaN (Youth Communications and Networking)

iEARN Events in 1998:

The First I*EARN National Conference in Romania took place at Cluj-Napoca between the 13th-14th of November, 1998. The theme of the conference was "Information and Communication Technology - a modern resource of education through national and international projects." The host of the conference was "Avram Iancu" High School.

I*EARN's Fifth Annual International Conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, July 12 - 18, 1998. Site: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Second Annual International Youth Summit in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, July 12 - 18, 1998. Site: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

I*EARN Youth Summit for Central/Eastern Europe and Central Asia. May 14-18, 1998 in Janeda, Estonia. 100 Students from 12-15 countries will come together to share on-line project work, have fun and prepare for the I*EARN International Youth Summit to be held in Chattanooga, Tennessee in July.

I*EARN Training Workshop - Romania. A training workshop took place at "Alexandru Papiu Ilarian" High School in Dej April 25-26, 1998. Teachers and students were trained to work in I*EARN projects and to design their own projects. Teachers from eight new schools participated. Cornelia Platon, I*EARN-Romania Coordinator.

YouthCaN (Youth Communications and Networking)

Central/Eastern European and Central Asian Coordinators Meeting March 19-22, 1998 in Prague, Czech Republic. Countries represented: Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, USA

iEARN Events in 1997:

Hungarian National Teachers Workshop. December 8.-10, 1997 in Budapest, Hungary. http://www.berze.c3.hu/~gimi/iearn/index.htm During the second Hungarian workshop in 1997 we plan to discuss strategic matters : founding the Hungarian I*EARN Center as an independent organization, alternative financing and fundraising possibilities, project evaluations, future plans and new project ideas, international cooperations, student exchange program. We also plan to invite coordinators and teachers from other countries. The workshop will be held in Budapest, at the Central European University.

Training Workshop in Romania. November 20 - 21,1997 in Dej, Cluj District, Romania. The purposes of the workshop was to form a management group for development of the I*EARN program in Romania and to train participants, both teachers and students, in the following directions:project management (both national--in Romanian-- and international)
- motivation and leadership
- learning circles
- team building
- group work and decisions
- fund raising
- volunteer work

I*EARN Baltic Workshop. November 13-15, 1997 in Ogre, Latvia. http://www.ogre2vsk.edu.lv The Central theme of the Workshop: "The Application of I*EARN projects in school curriculum and outdoor activities" All presentations and discussions are focused on implementing project work in the practical school life, putting the stress on what I*EARN can give for improvement and making school life much more active. More than 26 teachers from Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are participating. Representatives from the Latvian Ministry of Education will also attend.

National Teacher Training Seminar. September 28 - October 4, 1997 in Tirana, Albania. The seminar is designed to serve both teachers and talented students in extending their knowlege in computer usage, I*EARN projects, Internet Research, etc. Teachers and students interested in the field from around Albania will be participating in training and "hands on" sessions offered by both Albanian and foreign specialists.

Teachers Workshop. September 23-25 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Teachers and school administrators in Kyrgyzstan who are new to I*EARN, are meeting together to learn more from those teachers who were at the 1997 I*EARN conference in Callus, and from guests from the wider I*EARN community - Istvan Szabo (Hungary) and Yuri Romanenkov (Lithuania).

Teachers Workshop. September 19-21 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. We are teachers of Informatics and EFL from Kazakhstan. Our goal here is to start working in this wonderful world of telecommunications. Everyone in I*EARN is welcome to join us in our seeking friends among teachers throughout the world.

I*EARN's Fourth Annual International Meeting in Callus, Catalonia, Spain July 6-12, 1997, in which teachers from 38 countries participated. A full report, including summaries of workshops and video clips from selected parts of the conference, is available on the WWW.

YouthCaN (Youth Communications and Networking)

iEARN Events in 1996:

Third Annual I*EARN 1996 International Meeting in Budapest, Hungary July 6-12, 1996. Participants came from 32 countries.

YouthCaN (Youth Communications and Networking)

iEARN Events in 1995:

Second Annual I*EARN Teachers Conference 1995 - July 1995 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Contact bill@whalesong.org. This is the permanent home of the 1995 I*EARN conference in Melbourne Australia: http://www.whalesong.org/archive/melb95frame.html

YouthCaN (Youth Communications and Networking)

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