iEARN in Action, July 6, 2005

UPDATES ON TSUNAMI RELIEF!

STUDENTS IN TAIWAN HELP TSUNAMI-AFFECTED SCHOOLS. In June, all of the special education teachers and most of the special needs students in the Ho Ping Elementary School in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, worked together to hold a charity bazaar in their school. The charity bazaar includes foods selling, a traditional game, and a flea market. Many teachers and students in other classes donated their money and materials for this activity. Jennifer Yu writes "We also felt very moved that some of our students' parents and another iEARN teacher and her senior high students came to help us. We spent half a day for this bazaar and almost everything was sold out. Our special needs students learnt a lot from this project and they felt happy to be able to help others, sending about US$790 to Project H.O.P.E." Here is their project website: http://blog.yam.com/yoyo_jane0710/   You can see the photos of the whole project here. Information on Project H.O.P.E. Is at: http://www.iearn.org/projects/operationhope.html

iEARN PARTICIPATION SURVEY - SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK! Have you been involved in iEARN projects? This is an invitation and request to take part in an iEARN-wide survey. It is a survey of how iEARN serves our needs and how all of us together can further develop the ways in which we work together, how we structure our work and how we go about the essential work of iEARN: enabling youth across the globe to collaborate in making a meaningful difference to the health and welfare of the planet. Please visit the survey site at http://www.iearn.org/survey The results of your opinions and information will be collated, analyzed and developed into a report. The report will be available for the use of all iEARN participants.

CONTRIBUTE ARTICLES AND PICTURES TO iEARN INTERACTION NEWSLETTER!!!! Seeking submissions to the 2005 issue of the iEARN "Interaction" newsletter. See earlier issues here. Send news and/or
images of iEARN activities in your country or school to Otgo ookhidoi@us.iearn.org. All articles and pictures must be received prior to August 1, 2005, so that the publication can be ready by September 2005. If you are planning to submit or would be interested in helping translate the newsletter into other languages, please let Otgo know soon so that she can coordinate submissions.

Join Us! iEARN Projects, Seeking Contacts, Contributions and Collaborators

**DOWNLOAD THE NEW iEARN 2004-2005 PROJECT BOOK! 
http://www.iearn.org/projects/projectbook.html (available in Arabic, English, French, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, and Uzbek), or for a full listing of iEARN projects, see: http://www.iearn.org/projects/

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ATTENTION iEARN PROJECT FACILITATORS!!! If you are currently facilitating an iEARN project, or are planning a new project, and would like to have it included in the 2005-2006 iEARN Project Description Book, please complete the project template below as soon as possible, but no later than the FINAL DEADLINE of August 25th. For copies of the 2004-2005 version of the book, see http://www.iearn.org/projects/projectbook.html
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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/project Schedule:
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/Newsgroup where it will take place or is taking place:
15.WWW page of project (not required):

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MYTHS AND LEGENDS PROJECT. Each civilization has its own myths, legends and stories. This project is about finding similarities by telling the myths of different countries and regions. We hope that this will help a little to make people closer together and this would be a small step of the long way to peace. Contact Fatemeh Malek and Mina Sarmadi in Iran, or see here.

SEEKING NATIVE FRENCH SPEAKERS. Felicia Amegbor of Archbishop Porter Girls' Secondary School in Ghana writes, "I am studying the impact of email on my students attitude to writing in french and therefore need native french speakers with whom they could communicate." Contact Felicia Amegbor.

CLASSROOMS SEEKING TEDDY BEAR PARTNERS. Several teachers from the South Hemisphere are awaiting partner-schools to start exchanges, and now as the Noth Hemisphere is on holidays until September, we need schools which belong to the South Hemisphere. Contact Anahí Ramos in Argentina, or login to the Teddy Bear Forum via
http://www.iearn.org/projects/teddybear.html.

INVITATION TO JOIN "LIVE THE EARTH" PROJECT. "Hello iearners. My name is Jalu Noor Cahyanto, a teacher of Madania School in Indonesia. I teach elementary class, grade 3. Our topic is all about Earth. They look forward to responses from their international friends, particularly in primary levels. The idea is actually, what they know about this planet earth; why do people exploit earth? How to keep earth always smile and look beautiful. and also, why do they think earth now is "angry"? Thank you for reading and responding our project." Contact Jalu Noor Cahyanto in Indonesia.

Check it out! Resources, Contests, Web Sites and Announcements (This includes resources that are not part of iEARN)

WORLD SUMMIT YOUTH AWARD (WSYA). An international competition for
youth-led projects that encourages the active participation of young people
in the emerging Information Society. Watch http://www.youthaward.org/ where projects will be accepted starting in July 2005.

EUROPEAN PUPILS MAGAZINE ON HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IS OPENING A COMPETITION FOR BEST ARTICLE FOR YEAR 2005. The award is 2 airplane tickets and accommodation for 1 teacher and 1 student to attend a meeting in Europe. More
details at gange@tin.it and tkostov@yahoo.com.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE RECENT LEARNING CIRCLES SESSION.  Many of the participants' projects can be seen here. Classrooms from 25 different countries participated in the January - May Session. (http://www.iearn.org/projects/project_learning.html). A report on the experience of students in Armenia in Learning Circles can be found here.

iEARN-USA HELPS OPEN NASDAQ STOCK EXCHANGE. iEARN-USA joined nine other organizations which have been Tech Museum Award Laureates and helped open the NASDAQ stock market on June 28th. Meredith Taylor, President of The Tech Museum of Innovation presided over the opening bell. For photos of the event, click here.

Coming Soon! Upcoming Events and Projects!

THIRD ANNUAL BRIDGE REGIONAL CONFERENCE, BEIRUT, LEBANON, JULY 8-13, 2005. Hosted by iEARN-Lebanon (http://www.iearnlb.org/). 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 USA. 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. LIVE WEBCAST: JOIN the BRIDGE Regional Conference LIVE via WEBCAST. On July 9th, 11th and 12th, join your peers in interactive workshops! We encourage teachers and their students to log in and engage virtually. iEARN has invited Kidz Online to host a LIVE webcast of various workshops in session so people can participate worldwide. To log on, go to: http://www.kidzonline.org/iearn. For more information, please contact Tina Habib, USA. For more information about BRIDGE, see here.

12TH ANNUAL iEARN CONFERENCE - JULY 17-24 2005 IN DAKAR, SENEGAL. All are welcome! See http://www.conferences.iearn.org/2005, or iEARN participants can login to the 2005 Senegal Conference Discussion Forum. Youth are encouraged to join in the new 2005 Youth Summit Forum to help organizers in planning the youth summit.

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--> From the iPEACE Team (http://www.iearn.org/projects/ipeace.html): Visit the iPEACE Painting/Art Exhibition held in the iEARN Conference in Senegal; We've received paintings, poems, and articles from students of Iran, Russia, Pakistan, Morocco, USA, ... and will be holding an exhibition in iEARN Conference in July in Dakar, Senegal. So don't forget to visit the exhibition and support world peace. Should you have any question, ask Mostafa Nejati in Iran. For more information, see: http://ICT-Club.schoolnet.ir/ipeace.htm.

iEARN UZBEKISTAN TO HOST A 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.

3rd WORLD YOUTH CONGRESS, JULY 30-AUGUST 8 IN SCOTLAND. Mostafa Nejati who's 21 and the only Iran iEARN representative there adds: "I'm so proud of iEARN coz it led me to get to know this magnificent youth gathering. I would appreciate if any of the iEARNers who will also participate there contact me." For more about the conference, see http://www.scotland2005.org/.

WORLD YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND ICT CONFERENCE 2005, ARUSHA, TANZANIA, AUGUST 11-12, 2005. Theme "Young People Creating Global Culture." The conference will bring more than 250 young professionals, community leaders, NGO leaders, University students, ICT professionals, and all lovers of youths. For more information, contact Titus Tossy Organizing Chairman. http://www.onevillagefoundation.org