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iEARN
in Action, December 14, 2006
"I wished
to let you know the wonderful result of the Teddy Bear project at a personal
level for me. At the time, I was teaching at Strathmore Primary School in
Melbourne when I joined my class up in this exciting new project. I think
it was 1997. We were matched up with a school in Skofca Loka in Slovenia
- a grade 4 class. My husband, friends and I also visited the school and
I was interviewed on the local radio station about the project. I fell in
love with Slovenia.... I can't tell you how much that project has enriched
my life and the lives of others, even in an indirect way. I thought Muriel
Wells would like to read this and to receive my thanks for a job so well
done."
- Glenice
Paulsen, Melbourne, Australia to Muriel Wells, creator of the Teddy
Bear Project.
Seeking Partners: iEARN Projects!
1. Join the iEARN-Europe: Public Art Project.
2. New forum for Electronic School Magazine Project.
3. Students in Ukraine seeking pen-pals.
4. Students in USA seeking partners for refugee forum.
5. Model UN class in USA seeking partners for discussion of sustainable energy.
Resources, Contests, Websites and Announcements!
6. Register now for the next session of iEARN online courses.
7. Schools in Georgia awarded in "iEARN Colorful Planet-2006" Ceremony.
8. Little Explorers and ENO Projects win TOP 100 eLearning awards for 2006.
9. Doors to Diplomacy 2007 contest.
10. Peace Child International Book Project.
Upcoming Events!
11. iEARN-Pakistan training-of-trainers underway in Karachi, December
10-14, 2006.
12. YouthCaN 2007, NYC, USA, April 23, 2007.
13. iEARN-Egypt to host 14th Annual iEARN International Conference
and Youth Summit, July 2007.
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1. iEARN-EUROPE:
PUBLIC ART PROJECT. The project Public Art is almost
ready to again collect pictures of public artwork from all Europe.
The URL is http://iearn.pangea.org/publicart/#english. If you want
to have the introduction in your national language/s, please send
us the translation of the English text and we will upload it to the
website. The registration is open until December 22th, and there
is no limit of schools to participate.
2. NEW
FORUM FOR ELECTRONIC SCHOOL MAGAZINE PROJECT. Students
worldwide are encouraged to to write for our educational magazine,
or they are encouraged to publish their own and send it to us
to have it as a link in our own. Facilitated by Munther Shawahneh
in Palestine. Connect to the new forum via: http://www.iearn.org/projects/eschoolmag.html.
3. STUDENTS
IN DNIPROVSKE, UKRAINE SEEKING PEN-PALS! Most of our
students don't have computers and access to Internet so they
can't participate in email projects. But they really want to
have pen-friends to improve their English and to learn new cultures.
We would be glad if someone agrees to have snail-mail pen-pals.
We live in a small village Dniprovske. It's in the south of Ukraine.
The students age are 11-12. We'll appreciate any help in this
way. Contact Diana Gette or
Galina Gavrilova (she is a teacher who
would like to have pen friends for her students).
4. STUDENTS
IN WASHINGTON STATE, USA, SEEKING PARTNERS TO COLLABORATE IN
REFUGEE FORUM. Our seventh grade students (66 of them,
ages: approximately 11-13) will begin studying the plight of
refugees around the world on January 2, 2007. We will work in
the Refugee Forum http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/refugees
and post our research on the issues that refugees face and also
what we learn about the refugees right here in the Seattle, WA
area, USA. We hope to make digital stories to share with you
and our community about this important issue. We are seeking
partners around the world to share in this study, and to share
their stories as refugees as well. Please contact Lynn Roberson
and Laura Gagner.
5. ENERGY!
GIVE YOUR STUDENTS MORE, BY TEACHING THEM TO RELY ON LESS. McKinley
Technology High School in Washington DC, USA is completing a
Model United Nations training that focuses on Energy for Sustainable
Development. Connect up with us to spark dialogue and creativity
in the iEARN Model UN Forum, under Issues and and Policies. Join
the discussion titled, Energy
for Sustainable Development.
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Check it Out! Resources, Contests, Websites, Announcements.
(This includes resources that are not part of iEARN)
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6. REGISTER
NOW FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF iEARN ONLINE COURSES (FEBRUARY 19-APRIL
22 2007)! iEARN's 9-week online courses will help you
integrate international collaborative project-based learning into
your classroom and fulfill your curriculum standards. This is a
great chance to become an active member of the global learning
community and receive a certificate as an "iEARN Master Teacher." Each
class has 25 participants and at least 10 countries represented.
Earn your professional development credits in a most effective,
exciting learning environment. Review the courses at http://www.iearn.org/professional/online.html.
Scholarship Opportunity Available for Secondary School Teachers from
the following Countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon,
Morocco, Oman Pakistan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and
USA! To request a scholarship write to onlinepd@us.iearn.org.
7. SCHOOLS
IN GEORGIA AWARDED IN "iEARN-COLORFUL PLANET-2006" CEREMONY. The
competition was organized by the Deer Leap Program in cooperation
with Georgian experts of iEARN. 24 public schools took part in the
competition from Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Telavi and Sagarejo. The teams
implemented different iEARN collaborative projects: My Country, Maths
in Our Life, Fight against AIDS, Folk Costumes, Trees Near Us, My
Name, Ancestors Photos, World without Tobacco, etc. Congratulations
to the Tbilisi Public Schools # 166 team, which consisted of Ketevan
Verulashvili and students- Ani Nadareishvili and Ani Gogichaishvili.
The team won a participation allowance for the Annual iEARN Conference
and Youth Summit, held in the Netherlands in July 2006. For more,
see here.
8. CONGRATULATIONS
TO LITTLE EXPLORERS AND ENO PROJECT. 'Little
Explorers' and
'ENO Tree
Planting Event - A Day For The Environment And Peace'
chosen to be in a TOP 100 eLearning awards for 2006 in Europe project.
See here.
9. U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND GLOBAL SCHOOLNET FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE
'DOORS TO DIPLOMACY' COMPETITION. http://globalschoolnet.org/gsh/doors/.
Deadline to submit is March 15, 2007.
10. PEACE
CHILD INTERNATIONAL BOOK PROJECT. Takes complex international
reports on important global issues and highlights the key points.
Young people are invited to write first-hand reports, paint pictures,
take photographs, and write poems and stories to reflect their feelings
about the issues. To learn more, click
here.
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Upcoming Events
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12. iEARN-PAKISTAN TRAINING OF TRAINERS UNDERWAY IN
KARACHI, DECEMBER 10-14, 2006. http://www.iearnpk.org/TOT/06/index.htm.
 13.
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.
Check out the new conference website, designed by iEARN-Egypt
students and alumni: http://www.iearn2007.net.
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For
Reference
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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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