iEARN in Action, May 2, 2007

SPECIAL NOTE:

Dear Friends,

We are following up on the message posted by iEARN's Executive Council about the "future of iEARN process" which starts today! The forum created is entitled: iEARN in the 21st Century, and is featured on the landing page of foro.iearn.org and in under "General" on the foro.iearn.org nav bar. You can join via the web http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/future or offline newsreader <apc.iearn.future>, or register to receive messages posted to your email address by emailing subscribe@us.iearn.org and requesting to be added to iearn-future@lists.iearn.org. The participation of everyone in the discussion is crucial for the success of the process; each and every one of us is part of iEARN's future!

Waiting to hear from you,
Bob C and Eliane
Facilitators,
iEARN in the 21st Century
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Seeking Partners: iEARN Projects!
1. A Vision 2007 student writing and art anthology published.
2. Write about or share pictures of a special or typical day in your life.
3. Machinto Project launches new English and Japanese websites.
4. See new articles by PEARL reporters.

Resources, Contests, Websites and Announcements!
5. iEARN Project Book in Arabic.
6. TakingITGlobal holds Take Your Classroom Global contest.

Upcoming Events!
7. iEARN-India National Conference in Pune, May 3-5.
8. iEARN Natural Disaster Youth Summit Conference in Aichi, Japan, May 3-5.
9. iEARN-Taiwan hosts "National Student Sharing and Teacher Workshop," May 4-6.
10. 14th Annual iEARN International Conference and Youth Summit, Cairo, Egypt, July 21-26.

Recent Events!
11. YouthCaN events held in Alexandria, Egypt, Beirut, Lebanon, and NYC, USA, April 23.

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Seeking Partners: iEARN Projects
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1. A VISION 2007 STUDENT ANTHOLOGY PUBLISHED. Team at Makati Science High School, Philippines publishes A Vision 2007, an anthology of student writing and artwork showcasing youth viewpoints around the world. See contributions from Austria, Belarus, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Lebanon, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, and Syria. http://www.iearn.org/avision/

2. JOIN THE ONE DAY IN THE LIFE PROJECT. New facilitator, Marta Garcia Lorea writes, "This project provides us with an invaluable opportunity to foster our students appreciation and respect towards different cultures and ways of life." Interested? Join here, or for more info, email Marta Garcia Lorea in Argentina.

3. MACHINTO PROJECT LAUNCHES ENGLISH AND JAPANESE WEBSITES OF STUDENT WORK. See recently launched websites in English and Japanese. The project is based on a picture book called Machinto and children's art in wartime: They Still Draw Pictures. Participants research what kind of wars have taken place after Hiroshima/Nagasaki, and learn about a little bird still crying somewhere in the world. They learn what wars bring us, discuss what together we can do for this little bird, and make creative picture books to present for those little birds in the world. For more about the project, see here.

4. CHECK OUT NEW ARTICLES BY PEARL REPORTERS! Twelve PEARL Reporters from Ireland, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, UK and the US came together for the first time in New York in March. They participated in and covered the Celebration of Teaching and Learning conference, organized by public broadcasters Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21. The conference attracted over 10,000 educators who attended discussions and shared resources on "Science and Global Awareness." To read their reports, and to sign up to become a PEARL youth reporter, see here.

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Check it Out! Resources, Contests, Websites, Announcements.
(This includes resources that are not part of iEARN)
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5. iEARN PROJECT BOOK IN ARABIC. Thank you to iEARN-Egypt for
this valuable resource! Versions are now available in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish.

6. TAKINGITGLOBAL HOLDS TAKE YOUR CLASSROOM GLOBAL CONTEST. A contest to recognize the best demonstrations of creative, collaborative, and technology-rich global learning from students and educators around the world. Recognized submissions will have the chance to be featured in a TakingITGlobal online showcase and print publication, as well as to win prizes including digital cameras, webcams, and voice recorders for podcasting. For additional information and to enter the contest, please visit: http://www.tiged.org/contest

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Upcoming Events
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7. iEARN-INDIA NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN PUNE, MAY 3-5, 2007. The National Conference for 2007 will have the theme" We are the World" and will feature a small film festival of short documentary and animation videos created by participants in the Adobe Youth Voices Project. Post greetings to them in the Teachers Forum.

8. "NATURAL DISASTER YOUTH SUMMIT 2007" TO HOST ITS 2007 YOUTH SUMMIT IN AICHI, JAPAN, MAY 3-5. See http://ndys.jearn.jp/2007/index.html. Over 50 students and teachers from Australia, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, Russia, Slovakia, Taiwan, Turkey, and the USA will attend, along with 100 Japanese students. Post your greetings in the Natural Disaster Youth Summit Forum for the workshop
participants, and login again to see their greetings on May 4 and interact with them. In addition, iEARN-Japan will have an annual gathering on May 4-5, and "Conference for Global Education Now and in the Future."

9. iEARN TAIWAN STUDENT SHARING AND TEACHER WORKSHOP, MAY 4-6. http://taiwaniearn.org/. Post greetings to them in the Teachers Forum.

10. iEARN-EGYPT TO HOST 14TH ANNUAL iEARN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND 11TH YOUTH SUMMIT, JULY 21 - 26, 2007 IN CAIRO. The theme of the conference is: Connecting Cultures and Respecting Differences: A Global Dialogue for Development and Sustainability. This theme will serve as an umbrella for iEARN projects and other sub-themes such as: professional development, new educational developments, new developments in ICT, iEARN initiatives and management, global dialogue and rural development. The conference is expected to attract 1000 participants. Parallel to the educators' conference, there will be an international youth summit with a focus on Leadership and Youth Empowerment. Check out the new conference website, designed by iEARN-Egypt students and alumni: http://www.iearn2007.net. General inquiries: <info@iearnegypt.org> & <dalia@iearnegypt.org>. Conference registration & call for paper: <iearn2007@yahoo.com> & <info@iearnegypt.org>. Deadline for workshop
submissions has been extended until April 25, 2007. Conference and Youth
Summit registration is open from July 1, 2006 - June 30 2007.

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Recent Events
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11. YouthCaN EVENTS HELD IN ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, BEIRUT, LEBANON, AND NYC, USA ON APRIL 23, 2007. The 2007 theme was "When Violence Causes Silence," proposed by students in Lebanon. http://www.youthcanworld.org. Check out news coverage from
the Daily Star in Beirut -- "ACS youth conference explores social,
environmental costs of war."

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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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