iEARN in Action, October 27, 2008

Seeking Partners: iEARN Projects!
1. Action! Animating Voices for Change.
2. Share your creative writing!
3. Connect with other Model UN classes working in iEARN.
4. Become a PEARL World Youth News Reporter.

Resources, Contests, Websites and Announcements!
8. George Lucas Educational Foundation seeking stories of digital youth.
6. Seeking youth-produced film, video and animated works on human rights issues.
7. Check out the September 2008 iEARN Global Connections and Exchange Program newsletter.
8. New public service animations from iEARN schools in Pakistan.

Upcoming Events!
9. iEARN-Morocco (MEARN) to host 16th Annual iEARN Conference and 13th Youth Summit, July 19-25.

Recent Events!
13. Update on cancellation of 2008 Annual iEARN Conference in Bukhara, Uzbekistan - cancellation letter posted.

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Seeking Partners: iEARN Projects and Activities
Download the 2007-2008 iEARN Project Book (in Arabic, Azeri, English, French, Spanish): 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. ACTION! ANIMATING VOICES FOR CHANGE. Participants are invited to use the arts, writing and journalism to create an animated public service announcement on: the environment, health, play, the arts, civic engagement, and global neighborhood. http://media.iearn.org/projects/animation. Check out examples of student animations here.

2. SHARE YOUR CREATIVE WRITING! Students around the world are invited to join "A Vision" - a global literary magazine that teaches tolerance and mutual understanding. Its purpose is to use art and the medium of creative writing to demonstrate that despite linguistic, cultural, ethnic and racial differences, teenagers around the world share the same hopes, fears, interests and concerns. See http://media.iearn.org/projects/avision

3. CONNECT WITH OTHER MODEL UN CLASSES WORKING IN iEARN. In a world full of controversy, this project requires that participants assume the roles of ambassadors to the UN to represent different countries in a discussion of global issues which threaten the world and / or cause regional conflicts and deprivations. Facilitated by Ahmed Abd-Elsattar in Egypt. See http://media.iearn.org/projects/modelun

4. BECOME A PEARL WORLD YOUTH NEWS REPORTER! Check out recent articles on the site, including the most recent, by reporter Sultan Mehmood, Pakistan, who writes "Young people in Pakistan can't vote for the next president of the United States. But like others around the world, they are watching the last days of the campaign closely." See http://www.pearl.iearn.org/

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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. DIGITAL YOUTH - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. The George Lucas Educational Foundation has received a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to produce ten multimedia portraits of youth ages 8-18 who are deeply immersed in digital media of all kinds: blogs, social networks, virtual environments, games, media-making projects, and so on. The ten finalists chosen for full profiles produced by Edutopia will receive a Flip Video Camcorder for their participation. Deadline for Submissions: October 31, 2008. See here.

6. YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE FILM SUBMISSIONS. Calling Youth Media Producers! The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices seeks youth-produced media works on human rights issues for its second annual "Youth Producing Change" program to screen in our New York, London, Boston and San Francisco film festivals in 2009-10. Currently seeking film, video and animated works on human rights issues created by youth ages 19 and younger. To download submissions guidelines, see here - (4 pages, 217 kb) The deadline for submissions is December 10, 2008. See here.

7. CHECK OUT THE SEPTEMBER 2008 iEARN GLOBAL CONNECTIONS AND EXCHANGE PROGRAM NEWSLETTER. The Global Connections & Exchange Program (GCE) is made possible through support and funding from the US State Department's (DOS) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). Countries currently participating include: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, China, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Oman, Sierra Leone, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan and Yemen. See here.

8. NEW PUBLIC SERVICE ANIMATIONS FROM SCHOOLS IN PAKISTAN. Check out a gallery of animated public service announcements created by iEARN-Pakistan schools here.

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Upcoming Events
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15. iEARN-MOROCCO (MEARN) TO HOST 16th ANNUAL iEARN CONFERENCE AND 13TH YOUTH SUMMIT, JULY 19-25, 2009 IN IFRANE, MOROCCO. "Innovative Technologies and Cross Cultural Dialogue For Quality Education." http://www.iearn2009.ma/

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Upcoming Events
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13. UPDATE - The 2008 iEARN Annual Conference in Bukhara, Uzbekistan was cancelled due to safety concerns following a series of explosions in a town neighboring Bukhara. iEARN-Uzbekistan will be working with individual registrants on reimbursements. A cancellation letter has been posted to http://www.iearn.org/news/iEARN2008confcancellation_letter.pdf

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TO 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 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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