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iEARN Events in 2010
 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) to host 16th Annual iEARN Conference and 13th Youth Summit. Ifrane, Morocco, July 19-25, 2009. "Innovative Technologies and Cross Cultural Dialogue For Quality Education."
iEARN-India anounces National Conference- May, 2-4, 2009 to be held in Pune. Theme of the conference: “Our Earth Our World.” The focus and the attraction will be the screening of the animation and short duration films and the documentaries produced by the students participated in ADOBE YOUTH VOICES program. For more details check 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 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.
 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."
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:
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.
iEARN Youth Baltic
Summit - Hel, Poland. 4-7 May 2000 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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