iEARN in Action, October 19, 2007

Seeking Partners: iEARN Projects!
1. MDGs Project Action Guide.
2. From Revolution to Civil War - a cross-country comparison.
3. Global HeART Warming Mural Project.
4. Pieces of Peace Mosaic.
5. Transatlantic Slave Trade Project.
6. New My Identity, Your Identity project idea.

Resources, Contests, Websites and Announcements!
7. More photos from 2007 iEARN International Conference in Egypt.
8. Future Teachers Forum.
9. Congratulations to iEARN-Italy and iEARN-Morocco for recognition in
Stockholm Challenge.
10. Congratulations to iEARN-Senegal for recognition in Global Junior
Challenge.

Upcoming Events!
11. iEARN-Taiwan co-hosts project-based learning conference (October 2007).
12. iEARN Workshop in Australia (November 2007).
13. YouthCaN Environmental Conference (April 2008).
14. Natural Disaster Youth Summit (April 2008).
15. 15th Annual iEARN International Conference, Bukhara, Uzbekistan (July
2008).

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Seeking Partners: iEARN Projects and Activities
Download the 2007-2008 iEARN Project Book:
http://www.iearn.org/projects/projectbook.html for a full listing of iEARN projects, see: http://media.iearn.org/projects/.
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1. MDGs-ONLY WITH YOUR VOICE FACILITATOR TEAM DESIGNS ACTION GUIDE. The guide is meant to help teachers implement the project with their students. This Action Project is scheduled to run for 8 months starting the first week of October. It's available on the MDGs forum. If you are interested in themes related to the MDGs contact the team: Muhammad Salman (Pakistan), Mostafa Nejati (Iran), Shaimaa Atef (Egypt), and Ms.Naila (Pakistan). For more about the project, see here.

2. FROM REVOLUTION TO CIVIL WAR PROJECT STARTING ACTIVITIES IN ONE MONTH. Look for activities in the project forum starting in mid-November. We will be looking at revolutions (causes, results etc.) in different countries. http://media.iearn.org/projects/conflict. Contact Andrea Perrin in the USA.

3. GLOBAL HeART WARMING MURAL PROJECT. This project will produce a large scale permanent mural that will inspire and educate young people about global warming and their responsibility to preserve the environment. Contact Tsipi Ben-Haim in the USA. http://www.cityarts.org.

4. PIECES OF PEACE MOSAIC WITH YOUTH FROM AROUND THE WORLD. Designed to build bridges of international understanding by bringing together children to create an online mosaic of tile-size drawings, paintings, and poems. Contact Tsipi Ben-Haim in the USA.

5. TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE PROJECT DISCUSSIONS BEGINNING SOON. Join in a serious examination of the legacy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade ( TST) to increase awareness, study its causes and its consequences which include the immense contributions made by Africa to the social, cultural and economic development of the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe, and to help eliminate modern forms of slavery and racism. See here or connect directly to the Transatlantic Slave Trade forum. Contact Wendy Nelson-Kaufmann in the USA.

6. NEW PROJECT IDEA -- MY IDENTITY, YOUR IDENTITY. Students talk about their traditional celebrations and the famous monuments and landmarks in their countries. Interested? Contact Said Belgra in Morocco and Nagwa Hussein in Egypt.

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Check it Out! Resources, Contests, Websites, Announcements.
(This includes resources that are not part of iEARN)
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7. MORE PHOTOS FROM iEARN 2007 CONFERENCE IN EGYPT! From Egypt: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/yooosha.

8. FUTURE TEACHERS FORUM FOR iEARN PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS AND TEACHERS IN TRAINING. Join discussions by posting to the Future Teachers Forum.

9. CONGRATULATIONS TO iEARN-MOROCCO AND iEARN-ITALY FOR RECOGNITION IN STOCKHOLM CHALLENGE 2007-2008. See info about the Project Narnia Art Mural here or here, and about iEARN Morocco (MEARN) here.

10. CONGRATULATIONS TO iEARN-SENEGAL FOR RECOGNITION IN GLOBAL JUNIOR CHALLENGE! Digital Exchange Project is an opportunity for teachers and students to receive training in how to use information and communications technologies to improve their skills and make friends around the world.

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Upcoming Events
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11. 2007 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEARNING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING IN THE E-SOCIETY. In cooperation with National Science and Technology Museum and National Kaohsiung Normal University, iEARN-Taiwan will co-host this gathering from Oct.20 and 21. In this conference, about 80 Taiwan teachers, educators, gradate students and also international teachers from Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia will gather together to discuss various topics on PBL, Learning Program Development in the E-Society. More information can be found at
http://iearntaiwan.nknu.edu.tw. Post greetings in the Teachers Forum.

12. iEARN-AUSTRALIA PRESENTING WORKSHOP AT LATROBE UNIVERSITY, NOVEMBER 13. Please welcome them to the world of iEARN by posting a message in the Teachers Forum.

13. YOUTHCAN 2008. Event scheduled for April 7, 2008 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, USA. See 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 for environmental project work. Join the YouthCaN forum.

14. NATURAL DISASTER YOUTH SUMMIT 2008. This year's theme: Global Warming and Disaster Reduction. NDYS 2008 International Conference will be held in Trinidad and Tobago in April 2008. For more about the project, see http://ndys.jearn.jp/ and to join discussions, http://media.iearn.org/projects/ndys.

15. JOIN iEARN-UZBEKISTAN JULY 12-18 IN BUKHARA FOR THE 15TH ANNUAL iEARN CONFERENCE. Check out the new conference website, developed by iEARN-Uzbekistan youth with help of iEARN-Uzbekistan team! http://www.iearn2008.uz/. Be patient as the site loads, and you will be rewarded with a version of "Hotel California" played on the national Uzbekistani musical instrument called "rubab." An html version of the website will be available soon.

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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 2007-2008 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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