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iEARN
in Action, April 25, 2006
Featured Quote!
"My
participation in these online collaborations has really had an
impact on my teaching and my professional involvement and emphasis.
I have always felt that it was important to internationalize my
curriculum and teach my students about the people and places in
the world and to help them see themselves as part of the global
community. However, once I became involved in iEARN, and particularly
in the refugee project, I discovered that my students were much
more motivated to learn about the world, and they began to think
more globally. I became a more impassioned and inspired teacher,
and I wanted to share what I was doing with everyone because I
was so excited. Around the same time, I began using service learning
as a teaching methodology. I found that linking service to the
global community was a perfect opportunity to get my students involved
in social justice issues and help them to become global citizens,
excited about doing their part to change in the world".
-
Judy Huynh, Social Studies teacher of the year in Michigan, USA
(2003). For more about Judy's iEARN experience, see here
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Special Announcements!
1. iEARN Annual
World Conference and Youth Summit, Netherlands, July 3-7, 2006.
2. Number of
iEARN News Flash readers passes 23,500
Seeking Partners: iEARN Projects!
3. April
deadline for submissions to the Oral History-Kindred Project
4. School Linux Project
5. Join an around the world video-conference
6. Poverty and Homelessness Project
7. Second International iPeace Painting Awards held by Mamea Group
8. Seeking partners for Bird Flu Environmental Project
9. Breaking Stereotypes Project
10. New Albanian language forum
11. International Flavors Food Project
Resources, Contests, Websites and Announcements!
12. iEARN educators receive 3 of 8 21st Century Global Educator Awards
13. Fight Hunger: Walk the World on May 21, 2006
14. The GOI Foundation Essay Contest
15. April 2006 BRIDGE (Building Respect through Internet Dialogue
and Global Education) Program Newsletter
Upcoming Events!
16. Megaconference, Jr.
17. Walk the World Event, United Nations World Food Programme
18. eLearning Africa Conference
19. Knowledge for Global Classrooms 2006 International Summer Institute
20. iEARN Annual World Conference and Youth Summit
21. iEARN at NECC (National Educational Computing Conference) in
San Diego, USA, July 4-7.
22. iEARN-Asia and Pacific to hold first regional conference
23. Role of ICT in Bridge-Building and Social Inclusion Conference
24. Australian Computers in Education Conference
Recent Events!
25. YouthCaN Environmental Events
26. Global Youth Service Day (GYSD)
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Special Announcements
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1.
iEARN ANNUAL WORLD CONFERENCE AND YOUTH
SUMMIT IN ENSCHEDE, NETHERLANDS,
JULY 3-7, 2006! CONFERENCE
NEWS >> Countdown to July 3rd.
Only
72 days to the start of the 13th
iEARN World Conference in Enschede
Netherlands. The Conference committee is happy to announce
that already 185
participants and 70 Youth
Summit participants have
registered for the conference. Largest delegation till now is from
the USA. Together these participants already have submitted
56 workshop proposals, indicating that A Learning World’ is
the right motto indeed. On the Wednesday of the Conference week
several outings will be organised. In a few weeks participants
will be able to make a choice and to register for these outings:
Choices can be made then for the following trips, which will be
organised
in the morning as well as in the afternoon:
- Visits to Primary and Secondary schools. The schools have already
made programs to receive delegations: presentations, workshops, tours
in the schools, all related to ICT.
- Touristic tour in the area around the Conference venue. The touristic
tours include a visit to a wooden shoe factory, a candle factory,
a traditional Dutch village and a rural estate.
- A visit to Amsterdam.
The visit to Amsterdam includes a boat trip on the canals and a walking
guided tour through the oldest parts
of Amsterdam. On the way back from Amsterdam to Enschede a stop will
be made for dinner.
Transport (coaches) will be available. The school visits are free.
For the touristic tours and Amsterdam a fee will be asked. Further
detailed information will soon be available on the site.
Kees Nelisse / Organisation Committee iEARN 2006
Two new forums have been created for discussions of the 2006 iEARN Conference
and Youth Summit:
2006 iEARN Conference Discussion
2006 iEARN Youth Summit
July 3-7 2006, be there!
2.
NUMBER OF iEARN NEWS FLASH READERS PASSES 23,500 NUMBER! With
new educators and education officials joining iEARN daily around
the
world, the number of people receiving the iEARN News Flash is growing
rapidly. In addition, a number of networks share the News Flash
with their members. It is also translated into Spanish and circulated
around Latin America. If every teacher shares the News Flash with
100 students....., just think how many students could be impacted.
And if all these students were the leaders of the planet, just
think how respectful the world would be of other cultures!
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Seeking Partners: iEARN Projects
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3. SUBMIT YOUR FAMILY HISTORY STORIES TO THE
ORAL HISTORY-KINDRED
PROJECT. The closing date for Oral
History - Kindred project is approaching. The editors require
all stories
for this year's publication of the family history anthology by
April. Students are required to interview a family member about
an event in their life that was affected by world or local history.
Submissions can be read and submitted on Culture and Society > N
to W > Oral History - Kindred forum. Many countries are still
not represented so please write to Judy Barr
if you need more information to participate.
4. SCHOOL LINUX PROJECT. The Schoolinux project supports
the use of GNU/Linux OS and promotes free software in schools.
The
project is not limited to those people interested in computers
or programming. Everybody is invited! There's no age restriction
for the project. If you're interested in in math, there are amazing
software waiting for you. If your passion is science, physics
or chemistry, sure you don't want to miss the collection of attractive
software! And if you love astronomy and gazing at the stars,
take a look at the most powerful planetariums and calculators.
In this project we'll benefit from contributions from other communities
around Linux and free software. Contact Saeed in Iran.
Website Coming Soon: http://www.schoolinux.com.
 5. JOIN AN AROUND THE WORLD VIDEO CONFERENCE. A
school in the USA is looking for students from other countries
to take part in its 4th annual Around the World Videoconference.
On May 10-11,
students from Passaic Valley High School will stay in school
and videoconference with students "around the world" one
country at a time. Middle and high school students from outside
the US are invited to join them to discuss a variety of topics.
For more information and registration, please click here or contact Matthew Conforth
6. POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS PROJECT. Teachers and students from
the Calgary Board of Education and various schools from around
the world are about to embark in a "Telecollaborative" journey
to examine the complicated issue of Poverty and Homelessness.
Primary to grade 12 teachers and students are invited to take
part in online discussions, sharing resources and knowledge about
the issue of homelessness in their community and to connect with "experts" in
order to design and implement social activism projects or activities.
See http://www.thehomeless.ca or contact Michelle Speight in
Canada.
 7.
SECOND INTERNATIONAL iPEACE PAINTING AWARD HELD BY MAMEA GROUP. Everyone is welcome to join. All participants will receive a certificate
and best paintings will be awarded in the coming iEARN conference
in the Netherlands and will be shown in a painting Exhibition there.
For more information see here
8. SEEKING PARTNERS FOR BIRD FLU ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT. Contact
Noha Bkheet in Egypt.
9.
BREAKING
STEREOTYPES PROJECT. Join students from Pakistan,
India, Uganda, the USA, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ukraine, Germany,
Armenia,
Egypt, Kenya, Lithuania, and Japan in their effort to know more
about other countries, and also their own.
10.
ALBANIAN LANGUAGE FORUM CREATED. At the request of iEARN-Albania,
a forum has been created to enable students and teachers to work
together in Albanian. A link to the Albanian forum (and other languages
too!) is available on the iEARN
Language Resources page
11. INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS FOOD PROJECT. There are 3 steps to completing
the project: 1) Exchange recipes; 2) Cook the food, and take photographs
(while food is being made, and the final product; 3) Share the food
with students and take photographs of students eating the food. Contact
Ines Pearson in Florida, USA.
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Check it Out! Resources, Contests, Websites, Announcements.
(This includes resources that are not part of iEARN)
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 12.
iEARN EDUCATORS RECEIVE 3 OF 8 21ST CENTURY GLOBAL EDUCATOR AWARDS. Global SchoolNet announced its 2006 Online Shared
Learning Champions this week and we are pleased to note that three
of the eight Champions are iEARN participants: Sharon Peters (Montreal,
Canada), Judy Huynh (Michigan, USA) and Jove Jankulovski (Bitola,
Macedonia). Congratulations on this validation of your online collaborative
project work! http://www.globalschoolnet.org/award/
 13. FIGHT HUNGER: WALK THE WORLD ON MAY 21, 2006. Take an important
first step to fight child hunger. How? Just visit http://www.fighthunger.org and click to feed a child. US$.19 (cost of feeding a child for one
day) will be donated by one of the sponsors of Walk the World to
the United Nations World Food Programme's School Feeding projects.
So click away! You will also find out how to join a walk in your
area (there are walks in all the 24 time zones) or organize a walk
yourself if there isn't one near you. We will guide you though it!
 14. THE GOI FOUNDATION ESSAY CONTEST. Young people from around the
world are invited to enter our essay contest on the theme of "Learning to
live together: promoting tolerance and diversity in globalized societies." First
prize winners will receive a cash award and a trip to Japan. The
deadline for entry is June 30, 2006. You can find the complete guidelines
here.
To read winning essays from last year's contest, click here.
15. APRIL 2006 BRIDGE (BUILDING RESPECT THROUGH INTERNET DIALOGUE
AND GLOBAL EDUCATION) PROGRAM NEWSLETTER. http://us.iearn.org/collaborate/programs/bridge/news.php.
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Upcoming Events
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16. MEGACONFERENCE, JR.
2006 - MAY 18. An Event For
and By students of the World. See
streaming from previous years here.
 17.
WALK THE WORLD, MAY 21. A global event organised by
the United Nations World Food Programme and its partners in which
hundreds
of thousands of individuals across the globe take to the streets
to call for the end of child hunger. http://www.fighthunger.org.
18.
eLearning AFRICA CONFERENCE, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, MAY 24-26. http://www.elearning-africa.com.
Girma Mitiku, iEARN-Ethiopia
Coordinator and Conference Advisory Committee member (http://www.elearning-africa.com/partner_advisory.php)
writes, "All iEARNers are supposed to participate, especially
the African iEARNers!"
19.
KNOWLEDGE FOR GLOBAL CLASSROOMS 2006 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER INSTITUTE,
UNIVERSITY
OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, USA, JUNE 18-23. Theme:
People, Places, and Patterns: Teaching World Geographies & Cultures.
See here or
contact Jamie McGowan.
20. JOIN US AT THE 2006 iEARN ANNUAL WORLD CONFERENCE
AND YOUTH SUMMIT IN ENSCHEDE, NETHERLANDS, JULY 3-7! REGISTER
BEFORE APRIL
1 FOR AN EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DISCOUNT. See top of
News Flash for details.
21.
iEARN AT NECC (NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING CONFERENCE) IN
SAN DIEGO,
USA, JULY 4-7. iEARN-USA and Orillas will be hosting many sessions,
as well as the NECC International Reception on July 4. Presenters
from Australia, Canada, Iran, Japan, Lebanon, The Netherlands,
Pakistan, Russia, Taiwan, and Trinidad and Tobago will join by
video conference from the iEARN Annual Conference in Enschede,
The Netherlands.
 22.
iEARN-ASIA AND PACIFIC TO HOLD FIRST REGIONAL CONFERENCE, AUGUST
1-3, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF EMERGING SCIENCE AND INNOVATION. Theme: "How
to Initiate Collaborative Interactive Learning in iEARN-Asia." 20
countries in Asia Pacific will be represented. For more info
click here.
23.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ROLE OF ICT IN BRIDGE-BUILDING
AND SOCIAL INCLUSION CONFERENCE, NORTHERN IRELAND, SEPTEMBER
10-16. Further details here.
24.
AUSTRALIAN COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE (ACEC), CAIRNS,
FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND,
OCTOBER 2-4. Organised by iEARN Australia and the Asia
Education Foundation. If any iEARN members are interested in
attending
or presenting, contact iEARN Australia iearnoz@iearn.org.au.
For details, see http://www.acec2006.info
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Recent Events
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 25.
YOUTHCAN EVENTS IN APRIL. Congratulations to students and
teachers in Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, the United States (Florida and
New York), and Taiwan for a successful series of 2006 YouthCaN
events! Join a network of youth using technology throughout the
year for environmental activism. http://www.iearn.org/projects/youthcan.html.
Photos from the New York City event at the American Museum of Natural
History can be found at http://us.iearn.org/collaborate/projects/YouthCaN2006/
 26.
GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY (GYSD), APRIL 21-23. iEARN teachers
and students shared GYSD activities in the Students
Unlimited Forum.
Several iEARN Centers are GYSD National Lead Agencies, including iEARN-Pakistan and
iEARN-Trinidad
and Tobago, and iEARN-Egypt.
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For
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TO
SUBMIT AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE NEWSFLASH: Send your
announcement (2-3 lines) to newsflash@us.iearn.org.
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iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is a
global non-profit network that empowers teachers and students
to undertake projects designed to make a meaningful contribution
to the health and welfare of the planet and its people. Started
in 1988, iEARN is currently active in over 120 countries, with
1,000,000 students participating as part of their education.
iEARN-International: http://www.iearn.org
Download the 2005-2006 iEARN Project Book: http://www.iearn.org/projects/projectbook.html (available in Arabic, English, French, and Japanese) or for
a full listing of iEARN projects, see: http://www.iearn.org/projects/
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