iEARN in Action, July 26, 2004

Join Us! Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators

2003-2004 iEARN PROJECT BOOK. Versions are now available in Arabic, Armenian, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. See here. For a more complete listing of iEARN projects, see here.

ATTENTION iEARN PROJECT FACILITATORS!!!   If you are currently facilitating a project, or are planning a new iEARN project, and would like to have it included in the 2004-2005 iEARN Project Description Book, please complete the project template below and send it to projectbook@us.iearn.org as soon as possible, but no later than the FINAL DEADLINE of August 20th.
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NEW PROJECT TEMPLATE
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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 2004-2005:
6.Possible project/classroom activities:
7.Expected outcomes/products:
8.Project contribution to others and the planet:
9.Project language(s):
10.Curriculum area:
11.Names/email of initial participating groups:
12.Name of facilitator(s):
13.Email of facilitator(s):
14.iEARN Forum/Newsgroup where it will take place or is taking place:
15.WWW page of project (optional):
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Note: If you do not yet have partners, please start by posting your idea to the iEARN Teachers Forum or via offline newsreader at apc.iearn.teachers or iEARN Youth Forum or via offline newsreader at apc.iearn.youth. This will help you to learn if a similar project is already underway, and if not, then perhaps others will want to collaborate with you on the design and facilitation of the new project.

HOW DO YOU ASSESS OR EVALUATE AN iEARN PROJECT? Join in discussion with teachers internationally on this topic in the iEARN Teachers Forum.  How do you evaluate your students' work in a project? Do you have any resources that might help us all? Join the Discussion at Teachers Forum.

IMAGINATION AND SUPERSTITIONS PROJECT. We would like to discover how our imaginations have created so many superstitions. Furthermore, through comparison of superstitions from different cultures, we would like to prove that although we are all different people with different bodies, we share a common soul. In addition, by exploring our individual imaginary world, we hope to better understand each other and the forces within us that allow us to imagine. Contact Samaneh Sadeghi and Samine Bagheri in Iran. Visit Imagination and Superstitions Forum.

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

iEARN FOUNDER, PETER COPEN, NOMINATED FOR 2004 WORLD TECHNOLOGY AWARD. The awards recognize innovative work of the greatest likely long-term significance in the field. The 2004 World Technology Awards will be announced at the final night of the 2004 World Technology Summit to be held October 7th and 8th, 2004, in San Francisco in the USA.  For more, see here.

iEARN SIERRA LEONE COORDINATOR ANDREW BENSON GREENE CHOSEN FOR SAUVE SCHOLARS FOUNDATION / MCGILL UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.  The Sauvé Scholars Foundation and McGill University have chosen 12 dynamic intellectuals from a variety of disciplines to help change the world. A new residential program called the Sauvé Scholars has been created to sharpen the skills of young adults who wish to devote their lives to improving societies around the globe. iEARN'S Andrew Benson Greene who engineered online interaction in Sierra Leone for five years now based on the http://www.childsoldiers.org and iEARN Web-based forum is amongst the dynamic dozens selected by the Sauvé Scholars Foundation.  iEARN-Sierra Leone, http://www.sauvescholars.org/page3.html

TEACHER TO TEACHER LESSONS AND ESSAYS, INCLUDING THOSE BY iEARN PARTICIPANT NINA KOPTYUG, RUSSIA.  Teaching Point-Net publishers, USA,  are now offering "Teacher to Teacher", a book of lessons and essays written by teachers from the USA, Guam, Sweden and Russia, including some well-known iEARNers (Nina Koptyug). The book can be found here.

Coming Soon! Upcoming Events and Projects!

2005 iEARN CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN DAKAR, SENEGAL.  Watch http://www.iearn.org for more information.

Recent Events

SHARE PHOTOS AND MEMORIES OF THE 11TH ANNUAL iEARN CONFERENCE IN SLOVAKIA!  A message and photo board has been created on the conference website for you to post your thoughts, memories, photos, videos, etc. from iEARN 2004 in Slovakia!!  Conference organizers will soon be posting a photo and video album containing hundreds of images from the conference and youth summit. http://www.iearn2004.net/. Participants have already started sharing their conference photo galleries. Click here, here and here to view them.

iEARN REGIONAL CONFERENCE, AMMAN, JORDAN, JULY 6-10, 2004. Over 150 educators from 18 countries came together to promote cross-cultural education through student-centered learning projects. For more information, see here. Support for the conference was provided by iEARN Jordan, iEARN-USA, the Jordanian Ministry of Education, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the US Department of State, Progress Travel, al-Quds College, Apple-Malaysia, and other international and local partners. A photo gallery can be seen here.