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iEARN
in Action, November 18, 2008
SEEKING PARTNERS: iEARN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. MDGs-Only With Your Voice team announces Action Project Guide, Phase II.
2. Energy for You and Me Project.
3. Class in Pakistan looking for partner to collaborate in One Day in the Life Project.
4. Join classes in Qatar and the USA in Solar Cooking Project.
RESOURCES, CONTESTS, WEBSITES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
5. Register now for the next session of iEARN Online Professional Development Courses.
6. "Doors to Diplomacy" 2009 Web Project Competition.
7. Celtx Against Malaria Student Challenge.
8. Pulse of iEARN Update - over 31,000 educators registered! -- check out new features in iEARN's Online Collaboration Centre.
UPCOMING EVENTS
9. Bullying Awareness Week, November 16-22, 2008.
10. International Education Week, November 17-21, 2008.
11. Annual YouthCaN Conference in NYC, USA scheduled for April 4-6, 2009.
12. iEARN-Morocco (MEARN) to host 16th Annual iEARN Conference and 13th Youth Summit, July 19-25, 2009.
RECENT EVENTS
13. iEARN Workshop in Moldova, November 7, 2008.
14. iEARN/Global Connections and Exchange Program Workshop in China, October 18-19, 2009.
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SEEKING PARTNERS: iEARN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
Download the 2008-2009 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 TEAM ANNOUNCES ACTION PROJECT GUIDE, PHASE II. This is an 8-month guide for teachers, which they will be implementing with their students. It covers all the activities with a time line. To view the guide, see http://foro.iearn.org/.1ea1154f or download it here. We are looking forward to your contribution. For more about the project, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/mgdswithyourvoice.
2. ENERGY FOR YOU AND ME PROJECT. A project about alternative energy sources, in which students describe their visions of the future of energy - especially how to provide/generate enough energy for all the people in the world. We are planning to work on the project from December to April with students aged between 15 - 20. The working language is English, and the results will be published on a website. Anyone interested to join us? See http://media.iearn.org/projects/energy
3. CLASS IN PAKISTAN LOOKING FOR PARTNER TO COLLABORATE IN "ONE DAY IN THE LIFE" PROJECT. A grade 4 teacher from Pakistan, Samina Naz, is looking for a partner to work together on the project. Interested? Connect in the One Day in the Life Project Forum. For a description of the project, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/onedayinthelife
4. JOIN CLASSES IN QATAR AND THE USA IN SOLAR COOKING PROJECT. Participants are invited to experiment with alternative energy uses by making, testing and using solar cookers. Recipes, construction tips, experiments and research findings will be shared on line and compiled on a web site. See http://media.iearn.org/projects/solarcooking
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CHECK IT OUT! RESOURCES, CONTESTS,
WEBSITES, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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5. REGISTER NOW FOR THE FEBRUARY 23-APRIL 26, 2009 SESSION OF iEARN ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES FOR EDUCATORS. Each course brings together educators from around the world and is designed so that, by the end of nine weeks, you will have outlined how you will use a standards-based iEARN project in your classroom. Courses include: Creative Arts, Language Arts/Writing, Social Studies/Contemporary Affairs/Geography, Science/Environment/Math, Teaching of Foreign and Second Languages, Learning Circles, Moving Voices (making digital documentaries), and PEARL (integrating journalism skills into the classroom). Read more and register now to save your spot: http://www.iearn.org/professional/online.html.
6. "DOORS TO DIPLOMACY" 2009 WEB PROJECT COMPETITION. The US Department of State and the Global SchoolNet Foundation announce the 2009 "Doors to Diplomacy" award competition, recognizing the student-created Global SchoolNet Web projects that best teach others about the importance of international affairs and diplomacy. To qualify, middle school and high school students will work in small teams with teacher-coaches. Projects must be completed by March 15, 2009, and winners will be announced in May 2009. For a complete description and information about eligibility and judging criteria, visit http://globalschoolnet.org/gsndoors/.
7. CELTX AGAINST MALARIA - STUDENTS CHALLENGE. Celtx media writing and pre-production software has teamed up the Against Malaria Foundation to challenge students to create any type of media that will encourage others to donate $5 to buy a life-saving malaria bednet. Three projects will be selected by Against Malaria for special recognition and 10 projects will receive a Celtx prize pack. Deadline for Submissions: December 31, 2008. See: http://pc.celtx.com/camstudentschallenge
8. PULSE OF iEARN UPDATE -- OVER 31,000 EDUCATORS IN SEARCHABLE PARTNER DATABASE IN iEARN's COLLABORATION CENTRE. Several new features have been added to the iEARN Collaboration Centre (http://media.iearn.org).
Forums [http://media.iearn.org/forums]: By clicking on a name in the iEARN forums, a participant can see if the message was posted by an Educator or Student. Student email addresses are not displayed on the forums. Beside each student name is the educator who registered them, with a link to that educator's email address. Clicking on the student's name displays recent and all that student's messages posted in the forums.
People [http://media.iearn.org/people]: Educators can now search for other educators by "subject area" to find potential project partners, as well as by "position" so that teachers can find other teachers and principals can find other principals. Please be sure to update your profile in the Manage Account section so that others can find you by the subject area you teach and by the position you hold. Have you uploaded a photo and placed yourself on the iEARN Google map?
Gallery [http://media.iearn.org/gallery]: Educators are now able to make any piece of media that they or their own students upload into the Gallery "Public" to anyone on the web. Media marked "Public" does not require a login to be viewed, so it's a great way to share student work with communities outside of iEARN. Educators can mark media public when originally uploaded, or they can go to a piece of media they or their students posted and see an "Edit" link.
Questions or comments about iEARN's Collaboration Centre? Please email support@us.iearn.org.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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9. BULLYING AWARENESS WEEK, NOVEMBER 16-22, 2008. This year's theme is "Stand Up to Bullying!". Please visit www.bullyingawarenessweek.org for more information and supporting resources.
10. INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK, NOVEMBER 17-21, (IEW) 2008 WEBSITE LAUNCHED. Includes promotional materials, an interactive quiz, and opportunities to post and view planned events around the world. In addition, IEW has a Facebook page and group this year, both of which can be accessed through the IEW website. http://iew.state.gov/
11. YouthCaN ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 4-6, 2009 IN NYC, USA. The annual event will be hosted 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 - http://media.iearn.org/projects/youthcan
12. 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/
RECENT EVENTS
13. iEARN WORKSHOP IN MOLDOVA, NOVEMBER 7, 2008. Daniela Munca, a Muskie alumna, assisted by the English Teaching Resource Center and the U.S. Embassy Alumni Resource Center, organized an introduction to iEARN and online-based project learning. Over 30 school teachers from Chisinau interested in learning about different tools for online learning came to the event.
14. iEARN/GLOBAL CONNECTIONS AND EXCHANGE PROGRAM WORKSHOP IN CHINA, OCTOBER 18-19, 2008. The workshop was conducted alongside the Asia-Pacific Conference on International Education. Facilitating the workshop were iEARN-China Coordinator Sihong Huang, former Coordinator Subude and iEARN-Taiwan Coordinator Doris Wu. Peter Copen addressed both the conference and workshop as a special invited presentor. Countries currently participating in GCE include: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, China, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Oman, Sierra Leone, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan and Yemen. Check out the iEARN/Global Connections and Exchange September 2008 newsletter at http://us.iearn.org/collaborate/programs/bridge/news.php.
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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 2008-2009 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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