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iEARN
in Action, December 5, 2008
SEEKING PARTNERS: iEARN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. Sign up for the January-May session of iEARN Learning Circles.
2. Register now for the February-April session of iEARN Online Professional Development Courses.
RESOURCES, CONTESTS, WEBSITES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. Volvo Adventure Awards.
4. Eco group in Oman creates blog.
5. See My Name Project contributions from East Jerusalem.
6. Inclusive Learning Circles between Suriname and the Netherlands grow.
7. Schools in Pakistan create Public Service Animations.
UPCOMING EVENTS
8. Annual YouthCaN Conference in NYC, USA scheduled for April 4-6, 2009.
9. iEARN-Morocco (MEARN) to host 16th Annual iEARN Conference and 13th Youth Summit, July 19-25, 2009.
RECENT EVENTS
10. See photos from iEARN Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) Gulf Workshop, November 18-20, 2008.
11. iEARN-Armenia nears completion of two 9-week online professional development courses.
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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. SIGN UP NOW FOR THE JANUARY-MAY SESSION OF iEARN LEARNING CIRCLES. Learning Circles are highly interactive, project-based partnerships among a small number of schools located throughout the world. Next session runs from January 30, 2009 - May 18, 2009 (15 weeks with a 1-week break in Spring). Learning Circle Placement forms are due on January 15, 2009. See http://www.iearn.org/circles/ for more info, or register now at http://media.iearn.org/coursereglc.
2. 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.
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CHECK IT OUT! RESOURCES, CONTESTS,
WEBSITES, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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3. VOLVO ADVENTURE AWARDS. Arranged in collaboration with the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), the Volvo Adventure Award rewards young people who run their own environmental projects. We are now looking for the 2009 winners – and the 31st January 2009 deadline is approaching fast. If you know of any 13-16 year olds working in groups on an environmental project they only have a few weeks to enter. All they have to do is to do is register and enter their project now by visiting http://www.volvoadventure.org and the adventure can begin.
4. ECO GROUP IN OMAN CREATES ENVIRONMENTAL BLOG. Inspired by iEARN and VOLVO Adventures, Environmental Co-Op Group (ECO-Group) has been the first environmental group founded in Oman consisting of teachers and students. Aims: 1- Make people aware of the environment. 2- Share ideas and experience with people around the world in the field of environment & discuss environmental issues. In this blog we will be showing our activities with some interesting pictures. http://omaneco.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html
5. MY NAME PROJECT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SILWAN SCHOOL IN EAST JERUSALEM. http://www.silwan.net/Default.aspx?tabid=448 For more about the My Name Project, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/myname
6. INCLUSIVE LEARNING CIRCLES SURINAME AND THE NETHERLANDS GROW. Based upon the success of the February – May 2008 inclusive Learning Circle by iEARN Netherlands and iEARN Suriname, coordinators Betty Burgos and Bob Hofman managed the collaboration in 2009 to grow to 40+ schools in 3 Dutch language-based Learning Circles. The Global Teenager Project is the umbrella for two Primary/Special needs education Learning Circles and one Learning Circle dedicated for students from lower vocational schools. All Learning Circles will be wiki-based and allow students to include multimedia to enrich their learning. The UTSN project (special twinning program for Surinam and The Netherlands) and the Dutch Ministry of Education support the iEARN/Global Teenager Project Learning Circles project and will fund 25 Dutch teachers to visit Paramaribo in January for professional development, while 20 Surinam teachers and 7 students are invited to visit The Netherlands at the end of the Learning Circles in May 2009 to celebrate the successes.
7. SCHOOLS IN PAKISTAN CREATE PUBLIC SERVICE ANIMATIONS. As part of the iEARN CATALYST project, students from several schools of Pakistan have produced Animations carrying Public Service Messages. Take a look at these animations at: http://www.iearnpk.org/catalyst/animation_gallery.htm
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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8. 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
9. 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
10. SEE PHOTOS FROM iEARN ADOBE YOUTH VOICES (AYV) GULF WORKSHOP, NOVEMBER 18-20, 2008. Hosted by iEARN-Bahrain in Manama at the University of Bahrain, E-Learning Center. In attendance were educators from Bahrain, Oman, and UAE. See http://us.iearn.org/AYV_GulfWorkshop/ For more about iEARN educators' participation in AYV, see http://www.adobeyouthvoices.org.
11. iEARN-ARMENIA OFFERS ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES IN ARMENIAN. Armenia nears completion of two 9-week online professional development courses offered in Armenian on "Educational Standards in Armenia" and "Europe at the School" using the iEARN Moodle course space. 35 teachers from all regions of Armenia took part in the courses.
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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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