iEARN in Action, February 27, 2004

FOLLOWING NOVEMBER 2003 MEETING, iEARN COUNTRIES IN EUROPE PLAN THE CREATION OF iEARN EUROPE. All iEARN members involved have no intention to create an extra layer or hierarchy between iEARN International and the individual member countries or representatives of iEARN, but rather to find out if a possible iEARN Europe contributes to: better education for students, teachers and schools, in the philosophy of iEARN;finding existing and/or new resources that will help us to support: students, teachers, schools, iEARN regional or country centres, iEARN International. Related to this, iEARN Europe is announcing a contest for finding a new iEARN Europe Logo. The Tree Is Our Metaphor! The Logo should reflect the sprit of iEARN Europe as part of iEARN International, but also the uniqueness of European countries as a group. Requirements and information: http://194.83.129.224/iearn_europe/. Deadline for submissions is March 15th 2004, by email, or through WWW

REGISTER NOW FOR THE 11th ANNUAL iEARN CONFERENCE AND YOUTH SUMMIT IN KOSICE, SLOVAKIA, JULY 11-17, 2004! See announcement below, and link to http://www.iearn2004.net to learn more about the conference, to register, and to propose workshops.

Join Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators

2003-2004 iEARN PROJECT BOOK NOW IN ARABIC, ARMENIAN, ENGLISH, AND RUSSIAN! New Armenian and Arabic versions of the 2003-2004 iEARN Project Book have recently been posted here. For a more complete listing of iEARN projects, see here.

ARMENIAN DIASPORA FORUM. An estimated 60% of the total eight million Armenians worldwide live outside the country, with one million each in the U.S. and Russia. Significant Armenian communities are located in France, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Argentina, Canada, Georgia, Argentina, Australia, Ethiopia and others. Many outstanding Armenian poets, composers, painters, writers lived and created far from their fatherland. This forum provides an opportunity to learn more about these persons, to find out new details of their biography, and to clarify the origins of the Armenian diaspora. Your contributions are welcome - compositions, historical references, stories, response! See the Armenian Diaspora Forum, for more information, and to join!

BREAKING STEREOTYPES TOGETHER! Join with students who are developing knowledge about their own countries, while at the same time finding out new information about the countries about which they would like to learn. Coordinated by Kate Kharitonova in Azerbaijan.

HIKE THE WORLD -- YouthCaN! As part of the YouthCaN Project, students in different countries take hikes and report on the flora, fauna, etc. to their partners around the world. Different hikes/photos can be found at http://www.youthcanworld.org. Recently students in Senegal reported on their hikes and activities. Click on "YouthCaN around the world" in the left navigation bar. Congratulations to Cheikh Darou Seck and his students at CEM Martin L King Girls Secondary school in Dakar, Senegal. Join in discussions in the YouthCaN Forum!

JOIN THE ERADICATION OF MALARIA PROJECT. "I am inviting you all to check this again . My students will be updating it in the month of March so I invite any contribution you wish to see on the website. Let's all continue collaborating in the WWW forum, and engage our students as much as possible. You are the people who make iEARN be what it should be. Keep it up...Malaria is killing dear ones here folks in Southern African countries." Contact Tommie Hamaluba in Botswana.

MAGIC FLOWER OF WISHES! Join a group of students worldwide who are sharing the most popular wishes of young people today in their countries, telling about the values of their lives, as well as about various literary characters which can help people to make their wishes real, collecting fairy-tales, poems and short stories where different magic situations are described. Coordinated by Pavel Shareiko, Alina Shostak, Natalia Khavanova, Belarus (students), Svetlana Khavanova, Elena Kravchouk, Svetlana Rudaya, Belarus (teachers).

JOIN IN PROJECT WORK WITH NEW TEACHERS IN UZBEKISTAN! Learn more about their work here, and in the Uzbek Forum. Among those interested in partnerships are 1) Teachers and pupils of school # 11 Tashlak district, Ferghana region,Uzbekistan, and 2) Nargiza khadjamberdieva, Uzbekistan,city ermez. #8 school Termez region:

Check it out! Resources, Web Sites and Postings (including resources that are not part of iEARN)

REPORT OF THE 7TH ANNUAL YOUTH SUMMIT HELD IN JAPAN, JULY 2004 IS POSTED!
Look here and "You can remind your memories in Japan. And you can see the changes of the staff from preparation to the Youth Summit days, our ideas toward the Youth Summit, moreover the changes of the participants through the Youth Summit from the first day to the final day. If you have questions about this report, please e-mail to: 7youth@jearn.jp.

JOIN THE iEARN KISWAHILI FORUM! Did you know that Kiswahili is an interesting language that is widely used in Africa? Join iEARN Kiswahili today and learn more! For information, contact Gordon Ondiek Nyabade, iEARN Kiswahili-Instructor/Facilitator.

iEARN EGYPT STUDENTS' BOARD LAUNCHED. Hesham Mosaad in Egypt recently shared news of this on the iEARN Teachers Forum, writing, "I believe that we have always done our best to prove that Egyptian students are up to the responsibility of representing our beloved country, Egypt, and helping other students in our community to cope with the modern technology and make the best use of it to help in the development of our country...Comments and suggestions concerning the board are welcomed at iearn2002@yahoo.com.

Coming Soon! Upcoming Events and Projects!

iEARN AT TESOL CONFERENCE IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 31-APRIL 2, 2004. Dalia Khalil, iEARN Coordinator in Egypt, will be participating in the International TESOL conference in Long Beach, California, USA. She is interested in meeting any other iEARN teachers who will be attending this event. Contact Dalia.

YOUTHCAN 2004 CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN NEW YORK CITY, BEIRUT AND OTHER CITIES ON APRIL 26. For info on YouthCaN: http://www.iearn.org/projects/youthcan.html

REGISTER NOW FOR THE 11th ANNUAL iEARN CONFERENCE AND YOUTH SUMMIT IN KOSICE, SLOVAKIA, JULY 11-17, 2004. See http://www.iearn2004.net to learn more about the conference, to register, and to propose workshops. All are also welcome to participate in the online discussions at the "2004 iEARN Conference" forum and the "2004 Youth Summit" forum. If you wish to get more involved, there are many ways to do so!! Email us at 2004@iearn.sk.

Recent Gatherings

iEARN WORKSHOP IN BOTSWANA FEBRUARY 16-20. Tommie Hamaluba held an iEARN workshop at his school (Borwa Community Junior Secondary School) for 35 teaching staff and 3 administrators. For more about the school's work in iEARN, see Eradication of Malaria Project.