iEARN in Action, September 20, 2005

NEW 2005-2006 iEARN PROJECT BOOK IS NOW READY TO DOWNLOAD!  Download the latest 80-page iEARN Project Book from http://www.iearn.org/projects/projectbook.html.

REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 30TH FOR iEARN TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ONLINE COURSES. The next session of the iEARN online courses will start on October 3, 2005. By taking any of the 8 online courses, you will learn how to integrate collaborative project-based learning into your curriculum and fulfill your curriculum standards using technology. You will learn how to connect your classrooms with their peers around the world. This is a great chance to become an active member of the global learning community. Register for a course before it is filled up! http://www.iearn.org/professional/. Questions?? Ask us: Otgo and Losira at onlinepd@us.iearn.org.

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

**Download the 2005-2006 iEARN Project Book:
http://www.iearn.org/projects/projectbook.html, or for a full listing of iEARN
projects, see: http://www.iearn.org/projects/

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iEARN-USA SCHOOL STUDENTS MAKE AND SEND CARDS TO HURRICANE VICTIMS. Students in Laconia, New Hampshire have launched a card campaign as part of the "Eye to Eye Project" to raise awareness of the devastation of Hurricane Kristina and to send the cards to students who have been displaced by the storm and floods. For information on this card campaign, see here.

NEW PROJECTS FOR 2005-2006 INCLUDE:

ASTRONOMY PROJECT. A project to share information about astronomy. Facilitated by Rudi Sisyanto in Indonesia.

CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. Links classrooms together across geographic lines in dialogue and action on issues of civil rights, social justice, and people's movements. Facilitated by Ilana Sabban, Kevin Rocap, Kristin Brown in the USA.

FOOD, AIR, WATER, SHELTER: MAKING RESOURCES USE SUSTAINABLE. Students and teachers from all around the world work on sustainability projects and share their information together and with their local communities through forum discussions, video streaming, information booklets, pictures, slide shows, oral presentations, online journals, and media support. Facilitated by Aleidria Lichau in the USA.

HERE AT HOME. Students do in-depth research of cultural aspects of their local community, create a web site showing what their world is like "here at home," and respond to web sites created by their global partners. Facilitated by Mark Wagler in USA, Tabassum Fatima in Pakistan, and Liudmila Trebunskikh in Belarus.

INTERNATIONAL SIGN LANGUAGE PROJECT. A project to speak about sign language in different countries and collect the words and make a website for international sign language in different languages. Facilitated by Mandana Noroozi in Iran.

INTERNATIONAL TEEN SCRAPBOOK. This global scrapbook will reflect the culture, lives, and concerns of teens around the world. Facilitated by Nancy Kaplan in the USA.

MACHINTO - DO YOU HEAR A LITTLE BIRD CRYING? This is the project to see wars from children, and learn how wars take their lives away. Facilitated by Jennifer Geist in the USA and Yoko Takagi in Japan.

MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENTS AROUND THE WORLD. Share research and stories from mountain environments in our regions, with an emphasis on the importance of ecological, cultural, and economic sustainability. Facilitated by Rebecca Timson in the USA.

ORIGAMI. A worldwide exchange of origami designs. Facilitated by Misako Kamei in Japan.

SCHOOL THEATRE INTERNATIONAL. Focused on international cooperation between schools and on establishing cross-cultural performances. Facilitated by Halina Bednarz in Poland.

TALKING KITES ALL OVER THE WORLD. A tradition of flying kites with personal and group images of our dreams for a better world, a world of co existence, tolerance, acceptance of the "other" and peace. Facilitated by Ruty Hotzen and Adi Yekutieli and Ruty Hotzen in Israel.

TRACKING GENDER DISPARITY. In this project, developed by Alice O Education in a Global Perspective in collaboration with iEARN, pupils worldwide work with the Millennium Development Goals and consider what the consequences are if we don't educate girls. Facilitated by Margriet Jansen in the Netherlands.

TREES NEAR US. Students research and describe trees in their local communities. Pavle Tvaliashvili in Georgia.

UNIVERSAL VALUES. The purpose of the project called ?Universal Values? is the exchange of educational ideas of teachers working with the youngest children in order to establish a bank of ideas on the internet (lesson plans, teaching materials, etc.) on how to teach children about the most basic values. Ewa Kurzak in Poland.

WAYS OF WRITING. A project to connect EFL/ESL teachers in an exchange about teaching strategies that most effectively engage students in language learning. Samah Al Jundi in Syria.

For a complete listing of iEARN projects, see http://www.iearn.org/projects/.

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

EXPLORA - A European gateway to science education, run by European Schoolnet. It is aimed at teachers, pupils, scientists, science communicators and science educators, and is open to contributions from teachers, museums, EU projects and others working in science education.

Coming Soon! Upcoming Events and Projects!

2006 iEARN NATURAL DISASTERS YOUTH SUMMIT MEETING IN TAIWAN, JANUARY 6-8, 2006. For more about the project, see http://ndys.jearn.jp/.

2006 iEARN WORLD CONFERENCE AND YOUTH SUMMIT IN ENSCHEDE, NETHERLANDS, JULY 3-7, 2006. http://www.iearn2006.nl/

Recent Events!

iEARN WORKSHOP IN MOSHI, TANZANIA,SEPTEMBER 16, 2005. Lev Gavrish, volunteer of World Education Corps, together with a teacher from Kilimanjaro Information Technology Training Centre, Mary Rogati, conducted an iEARN training for Tanzanian Primary English teachers. Meet them in the Teachers Forum Thread.

iEARN MALAYSIA WORKSHOPS FOR MANDARIN TEACHERS IN DINDINGS NATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, SEPTEMBER 19-20, 2005. Send greetings and welcome them to your project by posting to the Teachers Forum Thread.