iEARN in Action, November 6, 2007

Seeking Partners: iEARN Projects!
1. New "My Identity, Your Identity" project activity.
2. See video by Taiwanese youth participants in Natural Disaster Youth Summit Project.
3. November is the month to plant your bulbs for the Tulips and Daffodil
Project!
4. Local History Project Facilitator has new email address.
5. World We Live In Project is underway - discuss your experiences with student exchange programs.
6. Connecting Math to Our Lives starting project activities.

Resources, Contests, Websites and Announcements!
7. iEARN educators - functionality for changing email/password available.
8. iEARN student in Botswana recognized as Global Teen Leader.
9. iEARN teacher in USA wins education award.
10. Join in the iEARN Anniversary (1988-2008) discussions.

Upcoming Events!
11. iEARN workshop in Baton Rouge (November 2007).
12. iEARN workshop in East Jerusalem (November 2007).
13. iEARN Workshop in Australia (November 2007).
14. iEARN-USA to co-host International Education Week reception in Washington DC.
15. MEARN (iEARN-Morocco) to organize Students Unlimited project training
workshop (November 2007).
16. YouthCaN Environmental Conference (April 2008).
17. Natural Disaster Youth Summit (April 2008).
18. 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. NEW MY IDENTITY, YOUR IDENTITY ACTIVITY. Check out this new project activity, facilitated by Said Belgra from Morocco and Nagwa Hussein from Egypt. In this activity, students discuss their traditional celebrations and the famous monuments and landmarks in their countries. The activity is part of the My Country Forum, a project designed and facilitated by Salimate Sene <sallsenma@yahoo.fr> in Senegal. For more info, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/mycountry.

2. VIEW NEW NATURAL DISASTER YOUTH (NDYS) SUMMER VIDEO FROM TAIWAN! The video captures the work of Taiwanese youth in the NDYS Little Ambassador Program. For more about the NDYS Project, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/ndys. To view the video, see the iEARN Collaboration Center Media Gallery.

3. PLANT YOUR BULBS IN NOVEMBER FOR THE DAFFODIL AND TULIP PROJECT. Teachers and students participating in the Daffodils and Tulips project - be prepared in the last week of November to plant your bulbs. Please join us to the 4th year of the project. For more info, see here.

4. NEW EMAIL ADDRESS FOR LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT COORDINATOR. Please note change of coordinator e-mail! Nina Koptyug . For more info, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/localhistory.

5. WORLD WE LIVE IN PROJECT IS UNDERWAY! Student Project Facilitator, Maria Rusak in Belarus (and alumnus of the Youth Cultural Opportunity (YCO) exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State) invites a discussion of the value of student exchange programs, writing -- We invite to discussion those who had experience of participation in educational exchange programs and those who wish to join in such programs, those who never collided with other worlds and cultures and those who simply sometimes think about how that world in which we live is created.-- Contact Sofia Savelava, project organizer or Maria Rusak, WWLI 07-08 session coordinator. For more info, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/worldwelivein.

6. CONNECTING MATHEMATICS TO OUR LIVES PROJECT STARTING ACTIVITIES. Students are invited to a) explore how math is used in their families and communities; and b) use math skills to investigate community, social, or environmental concerns and then take action to promote greater equity in the world around them. We invite you to participate in a planning discussion for our next activities.

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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. iEARN EDUCATORS - FUNCTIONALITY FOR CHANGING EMAIL/PASSWORD IS AVAILABLE. Click the --Manage Account-- link in the top right of http://media.iearn.org and look for --Reset Password-- in the left navigation bar, or educators can find a field for changing their email contact information in the --Contact Information-- link.

8. iEARN STUDENT IN BOTSWANA NAMED GLOBAL TEEN LEADER BY WE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION. Congratulations to Omphile Masuku, iEARN Student at Gaborone Senior Secondary School -- selected as a Global Teen Leader for the We Are Family Foundation (WAFF) Three Dot Dash Initiative. See more about the initiative&#8217;s inaugural Just Peace Summit on March 29th April 4, 2008 in New York City, USA at http://wearefamilyfoundation.org

9. US HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WINS EDUCATION AWARD. Connie Detjen, a social studies and Spanish teacher at Meridian High School in Haslett, Michigan, USA, has been named winner of the 2007 Loy LaSalle Global Education Award. The award was presented at the Greater Lansing United Nations Association International Awards Dinner on Oct. 21. Connie was honored for her international activities, including a --Books for Africa-- project in 2006 and 2007 that collected about 3,000 books each year in the Haslett Public Schools and sent them to African schools and libraries. She introduced Meridian High School students to iEARN in 2004.

10. JOIN IN THE iEARN ANNIVERSARY (1988-2008) DISCUSSIONS! Share your experience of iEARN, and read about those of others. Most recent post -- Lumaphones in London -- about a partnership between Walworth Schoo in London, UK and Foster High School in Tukwila (near Seattle), Washington, USA. http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/anniversary/.

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Upcoming Events
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11. iEARN WORKSHOP IN BATON ROUGE, November 7-9. Farah Kamal and Diane Midness will be organizing a 3 days workshop November 7-9 in Baton Rouge- Louisiana, USA as part of the CATALYST Program. (http://us.iearn.org/collaborate/programs/catalyst.php). CATALYST is a partnership between iEARN-Pakistan, iEARN-USA, iEARN Uzbekistan, in partnership with AnimAction and The Red Stick Animation Festival. Welcome new teachers in the Teachers Forum

12. iEARN WORKSHOP IN EAST JERUSALEM, NOVEMBER 8. Ruty Hotzen and Gladys Abu Elezam will conduct a workshop for educators and administrators on November 8. Welcome them in the Teachers Forum.

13. 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.

14. iEARN-USA TO CO-HOST INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK RECEPTION IN WASHINGTON DC, NOVEMBER 14. In partnership with the US Department of Education, US Department of State, and Academy for Educational Development (AED), iEARN-USA will be hosting a reception on November 14th for iEARN National Coordinators from Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Israel, Oman, Uzbekistan and Bahrain, coordinators of other Global Connections countries of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and the West Bank, as well as representatives from Embassies from these countries, and students and teachers from the District of Columbia! For more info about this and other iEARN-USA events during iEW, see http://us.iearn.org/events/iearn_event.php.

15. MEARN (iEARN-MOROCCO) TO ORGANIZE STUDENTS UNLIMITED PROJECT WORKSHOP, NOVEMBER 16-17. 20 teachers, along with students, from 10 Moroccan cities, will come together on November 16-17 at the MEARN office in Rabat. The workshop will focus on how to integrate project-based learning and community service into the classroom, using the iEARN Students Unlimited Project as a model. As a follow up, students will share their projects in a national conference that will take place in April 2008.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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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