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iEARN
in Action, October 6, 2006
Please Note: Dates of 2007 iEARN Annual
Conference in Egypt have been moved to July 21-26. See below for
details.
Seeking Partners: iEARN Projects!
1. Download new 2006-2007 iEARN Project Book.
2. Join a Christmas Card Exchange.
3. Peace and Justice Project seeking partners.
4. Fight against Child Labor Project launches new website.
5. Think, Act, MDGs!
6. Join students in Palestine in an exchange about how young people
spend their summer holidays.
7. Daffodil and Tulip Project.
8. Interested in helping to start a new music project in iEARN?
9. Want to collaborate on a project in Arabic with a primary school?
Resources, Contests, Websites and Announcements!
10. New PEARL Online Journalism Course for teachers starts October
9.
11. 5th Annual Daniel Pearl Music Days.
12. "Greetings from America" Radio Program features iEARN-Pakistan
students.
13. UNEP International Children's Painting Competition on the environment.
14. United Nations Programme on Youth (UNPY) seeking student artwork.
15. iEARN teachers in Russia receive Presidential Award.
16. Get involved in National Geographic's My Wonderful World Campaign.
Upcoming Events!
17. iEARN-Macedonia to host workshop for 10 schools.
18. iEARN-USA to host workshops in Florida and Texas.
19. YouthCaN Environmental Conference in New York City, April 23,
2007.
20. iEARN-Egypt to host 2007 iEARN International Conference and Youth
Summit in Cairo, July 21-26 + iEARN 2007 Conference. Related: iEARN-Egypt
Conference Planning Committee seeking nominations for "iEARN
Pathfinders."
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Seeking Partners: iEARN Projects
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1. DOWNLOAD THE NEW 2006-2007 iEARN
PROJECT BOOK! An 83 page collection of currently
active iEARN projects from teachers and students
around the world.
2.CHRISTMAS
CARD EXCHANGE. Would you like to receive Christmas
cards from around the world to display in your school at the
end of the year? Please register your interest now to be placed
in a group with teachers from other countries. The project can
be found in the Language Arts> Holiday forum or you can email
Judy Barr in Australia for more details.
3.
PEACE
AND JUSTICE PROJECT. Join
students and teachers from Iran, Egypt, Israel, and the US in discussing
the history and culture
of the Middle East, and analysis and opinions about the conflicts
taking place in this and other regions of the world. This is an
opportunity for students to explore critical world issues with
open, honest dialogue in a safe place. Students will begin posting
their research and questions next week. Teachers, please join them
with your thoughtful student peace scholars!
 4.
iEARN FIGHT AGAINST CHILD LABOUR PROJECT HAS LAUNCHED NEW PROJECT
WEBSITE. The project facilitators invite iEARN
youth to submit designs for a new project logo. This logo will
be used on the project web site and other project publications.
The logo should be no larger than 200 pixels X 200 pixels and
should be on a transparent background. The logo should be multi-coloured
and, in some way relate to the fight against child labour,
represent freedom and/or the rights for children. We cannot
offer a prize or reward but we will send a certificate acknowledging
your contribution. Please submit your logo by November 12,
2006 as a jpeg or gif image to Bob Carter in Australia.
 5.
THINK, ACT, MDG's. An
attempt to implement internationally ideas that we've been developing
in Belarus in 2005/2006. The idea is to make a virtual consulting
center for young people who are positive about making a difference
in the world but have an issue about how ideas can be implemented.
Facilitated by Dmitry Savelau and Sofia Savelava in Belarus.
6.
JOIN
THE "GIVE US WINGS TO FLY" PROJECT. In this project, students share photos, drawings or writings
about their summer holiday to be collected in a CD and brochure
for the project. Contact Kahraman Arafa, iEARN-Palestine Representative.
 7.
PLANT DAFFODILS AND TULIPS WITH PARTNER CLASSES WORLDWIDE. Classrooms
around the world choose Daffodil and/or Tulip bulbs to plant during
the same week in November. Students will be asked to collect temperature
data throughout the experiment and report to the group - in addition
they will report when the blooms appear etc. Contact Ruty Hotzen
in Israel, and Amy Dwyer in the USA.
8.
WANT TO HELP START A NEW MUSIC PROJECT IN iEARN? There has been
increased interest recently in creating music projects. Please
come to the Teachers'
Lounge and join the conversation about designing
a new music project.
9. WANT
TO COLLABORATE ON A PROJECT IN ARABIC? Gladys Abuelezam,
Co-Coordinator of iEARN-Israel writes, "Dear teachers, is
there anyone who is interested to work on a project using the Arabic
language? An Arab elementary school from east Jerusalem is very
much interested in working with Arab students." Contact Gladys
or reply on the iEARN
Teachers Forum.
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Check it Out! Resources, Contests, Websites, Announcements.
(This includes resources that are not part of iEARN)
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10.
NEW PEARL ONLINE JOURNALISM COURSE. REGISTRATION EXTENDED TO October
13th, 2006. The course enables high/secondary school teachers
to integrate journalism and international reporting into their
curricula.
The course is based on the PEARL
World Youth News project. For
more information, click
here.
 11.
5TH ANNUAL DANIEL PEARL MUSIC DAYS. Inspired by the legacy
of Daniel Pearl, World Music Days has united thousands of musicians
from
over 60 countries in a global network of concerts. If you have
a scheduled performance, or would like to plan an event between
October 6-15, 2006, you can participate by adding a dedication
to your program. For more information, visit http://www.music-days.org/
12.
GREETINGS FROM AMERICA RADIO PROGRAM FEATURES YES STUDENTS FROM
iEARN-PAKISTAN. Farah Kamal, iEARN-Pakistan Coordinator,
shares -- This radio program follows the adventures of four students
from
iEARN Pakistan who are currently participating in the YES (Youth
Exchange and Study) Program. Join Samina, Huma, Syed and Muhammad,
3 days a week on FM-100 stations in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad/Rawalpindi.
These students share their experiences of U.S. culture, customs,
values and lifestyle. Listen as they give you the inside story
on life in the United States from the big city to the small town.
Learn what it is like to become part of a new family, walk the
streets of big cities and small towns, go to football games and
school dances, or just hang out with friends. Click
here
13.
UNEP INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S PAINTING COMPETITION ON THE ENVIRONMENT. An
annual competition for children ages 6-14.
Organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the
Japan-based Foundation for Global Peace and Environment, Bayer and
Nikon Corporation, the competition aims to give children an opportunity
to express their concerns and dreams for the environment. The theme
of this year's competition is "Climate Change." Submission
deadline: 31 December, 2006. Winners of the competition will be invited
to the World Environment Day Celebrations in Tromso, Norway on 5
June 2007 and will receive cash prizes of $2,000 for the top global
winner and $1,000 for each of the 6 regional winners. See
here.
14.
CALL FOR DESIGN WORK TO BE USED IN WORLD YOUTH REPORT. In
the coming weeks, the United Nations Programme on Youth (UNPY)
will be finalizing the World Youth Report 2007, which is scheduled
for release in February 2007. This year, they would very much like
to feature the work of young artists and designers for the book's
cover and on the first page of each of the seven regional chapters
it will include. Students can volunteer their art to be featured
in this global publication. Specifications can be downloaded here:
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/wyr07.htm or contact UNPY for
details of the proposal and design specifications at youth@un.org.
The deadline for submissions is 9 October 2006.
15. CONGRATULATIONS TO iEARN TEACHERS IN RUSSIA! iEARNers Nina Koptyug
of Lyceum-school # 130, and Elena Rekichinskaya, of Gymnasium # 3,
both in Novosibirsk, Russia, became recipients of the Best Teachers
of Russia Presidential Award. Lyceum-school # 130 also received the
national grant for Innovations in Education.
16. GET INVOLVED WITH MY WONDERFUL WORLD! A National
Geographic led campaign to increase global awareness among students.
Sign up: http://mywonderfulworld.org/get_involved.html.
Through the campaign's partnership with iEARN-USA, teens across the
USA and around the world can connect and ask each other "how
do you learn about the world?" as part of the PEARL project.
For more information, contact Anindita Dutta Roy in the USA.
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Upcoming Events
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17. iEARN-MACEDONIA
(IMOR) ORGANISING INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS AND DIRECTORS
FROM 10 SCHOOLS, OCT 7-8. Rada, Mimoza, and
Jove of iEARN-Macedonia will introduce
iEARN to the teachers and directors. Please them your greetings.
Email: Jove Jankulovski .
18. SEND GREETINGS FOR TWO UPCOMING WORKSHOPS IN THE USA. Florida
Foreign Language Conference, Oct. 12 --> greetings can be posted here.
Lowery Freshman Center, Allen, Texas, USA, Oct. 16 --> greetings
can be posted here.
 18.
YouthCaN 2007 EVENT TO BE HELD IN NEW YORK CITY ON APRIL 23,
2007.
Watch http://www.youthcanworld.org for
details of this and other YouthCaN events happening around the
world. YouthCaN is a year-round
network within iEARN of students using telecommunications technologies
to undertake and/or share environmental work locally and around the
world.
 19.
iEARN-EGYPT TO HOST 14TH ANNUAL iEARN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
AND 11TH YOUTH
SUMMIT, JULY 21 - 26, 2007 IN CAIRO. Connecting Cultures...Respecting
Differences. A global dialogue for development and sustainability.
Stay tuned for details. http://www.iearnegypt.org/
Special
conference related info:
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Special conference related info: iEARN PathFinders
As much as iEARN has contributed to millions of lives around the
world, also it has flourished through many ideas, people, and organizations.
The iEARN 2007 Conference Planning Committee is inviting all of
the iEARN community to nominate/recommend a teacher, student, parent,
organization, etc., that has contributed in making a difference
in your iEARN life, on the personal, professional, and/or a global
level. Through this special recognition for the landmarks in iEARN's
life, we are trying to share and visualize with our students and
global community the path of iEARN and how we need to extend our
recognition to the past as much as to look into the future for
development. In 2007 iEARN Conference, we plan to publicly recognize
some of your recommendations and nominees. We hope we would be
able to invite them in person. If not, at least we will try to
connect through ICT facilities.
If you are interested to share with us who is your iEARN PathFinder,
kindly fill out the following form and send to dalia@iearnegypt.org or info@iearnegypt.org with a message title: iEARN PathFinder no
later than October 31, 2006.
Your Information (Nominator):
1) Name
2) Position
3) Institution
4) Country
5) Telephone
6) Fax
7) E-mail
Person being nominated:
1) Nominee Name
2) Position
3) Institution
4) Country
5) Telephone
6) Fax
7) E-mail
Kindly share with us in not more than 250 words how this nominee
has affected your iEARN life and became your iEARN PathFinder.
Kindly be advised that there will be no accepted nominations or
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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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