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iEARN
in Action, April 1, 2009
SEEKING PARTNERS: iEARN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. iEARN team in Sierra Leone invites participation in Helping Youth Say No to Gun Violence Project.
2. Read and contribute to Kindred, a global family history project.
3. Join schools in Morocco, Oman, Palestine and the USA in the Electronic School Magazine Project.
4. Join Connecting Math to Our Lives through Photography activities.
5. Join classes in Qatar and USA creating Solar Cookers.
6. Hello iEARN food lovers - class in Moldova seeking partners for group of adult students - ages 20 years old.
7. PEARL Online Journalism Festival.
8. iEARN schools around the world fly kites for peace.
RESOURCES, CONTESTS, WEBSITES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
9. iEARN signs MOU with Elluminate, Inc.
10. iEARN school in USA wins Goldman Sachs Award.
11. English language teacher resource features iEARN classes in Egypt and Thailand.
12. Enter the 2009 SIGtel Online Learning Award Competition.
13. Participate in Xperimania for a chance to win resources for your science classrooms.
14. Call for entries: 2009 My Hero Short Film Festival.
15. Early Childhood Education Online Tools.
UPCOMING EVENTS
16. Annual YouthCaN Conference in NYC, USA, April 4-6, 2009.
17. iEARN-India National Conference in Pune, May 2-4, 2009.
18 iEARN-Morocco (MEARN) to host 16th Annual iEARN Conference and 13th Youth Summit, July 19-25, 2009.
19. World Children's Summit in Yokohama, Japan, August 10-12, 2009.
RECENT EVENTS
20. iEARN-Pakistan celebrated World Storytelling Day on March 20, 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. HELPING YOUTH SAY NO TO GUN VIOLENCE. This project is trying to eradicate the use of guns among young people. We want others schools around the world to join the 'Student Dialogue Forum' to discuss gun violence. Join the forum now to welcome Sierra Leone teachers and students. http://media.iearn.org/projects/dialogue
2. KINDRED FAMILY HISTORY PROJECT. Students are invited to research events in the lives of members of their family or local community to find the impact of world or local history. Read recent contributions from Ukraine, USA, Australia, Pakistan, and Russia. http://media.iearn.org/projects/kindred
3. ELECTRONIC SCHOOL MAGAZINE PROJECT. Join classes in Oman, Morocco, Palestine, and the USA sharing their school newspapers in the E-Magazine Forum. http://media.iearn.org/projects/emagazine
4. CONNECTING MATH TO OUR LIVES THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY. A new activity in the Connecting Math to Our Lives project to share images, collages, drawings, and photographs related to math. The activity was proposed by a class in Kenya, and a class in UAE has recently joined. Interested? Connect in the Connecting Math to Our Lives Forum - http://foro.iearn.org/.1eacc95b For more about the project, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/math
5. CLASSES AROUND THE WORLD CREATE SOLAR COOKERS. A "Global Learning Class" at Pasco Middle School in Florida, USA created their own solar ovens, and held a bake sale and a penny drive in order to raise money to buy solar ovens for refugees in Chad. In total, over $250 was raised. For more about the Solar Cooking Project, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/solarcooking. Check out the project album to see videos and brochures done by participants in Qatar - http://media.iearn.org/v/Activities/solarcooking
6. HELLO iEARN FOOD LOVERS! A very interesting, creative, wonderful group of adult students (around 20 years old) from Moldova are looking for a partner for the Food for Thought Project! We have a blog which http://dvmunca.blogspot.com/ we are going to use as a means of communication with you! We will post videos, power point presentations, poems and nice recipes for you to read, watch and of course comment back! If you are interested, please contact Olga Ahramenco ahramenco@mail.ru
7. PEARL ONLINE JOURNALISM FESTIVAL. Secondary school students from all over the world are invited to participate in our first online journalism festival in April 2009! They will join PEARL's global team to report on issues that matter to them. Write to <pearlnews@pearl.iearn.org> as soon as possible. For more about PEARL, see http://www.pearl.iearn.org/
8. iEARN SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD FLY KITES FOR PEACE. Students from Belarus, Canada, Slovenia, Israel, Mexico, USA and more are participating in kite-flying exhibitions this month, and in upcoming months -- as part of a tradition of flying kites with personal and group images of peace. See photos from around the world in the "Talking Kites Around the World" Album. http://media.iearn.org/v/Activities/kites For more about the project, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/kites
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CHECK IT OUT! RESOURCES, CONTESTS,
WEBSITES, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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9. iEARN SIGNS MOU WITH ELLUMINATE, INC. The agreement will make 2 VClasses available to support communication and educational programs as well as special events for the iEARN network. Each VClass can accommodate 25 users. The VClasses will be available until 15/02/2010. Moderators of sessions will be required to to attend free, public training sessions hosted by Elluminate.
10. iEARN SCHOOL IN THE USA WINS GOLDMAN SACHS AWARD. The award for Excellence in International Educaiton in the Elementary/Middle school category went to the Independence Charter School in Pennsylvania. Part of their international work named in the award was engagement in iEARN projects in the 4th and 5th grades. See http://asiasociety.org/education/prizes/home.htm and http://thebulletin.us/articles/2009/03/26/news/local_state/doc49cb66521f709117808897.txt
11. ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER RESOURCE FEATURES iEARN CLASSES IN EGYPT AND THAILAND. From the Office of English Language Programs, Shaping the Way We Teach English, is a 14-module teacher training video series developed and produced in cooperation with the University of Oregon in the USA. The series incorporates classroom scenes from around the world and is accompanied by a teacher trainer manual and additional readings. "Module 03, Integrating Skills," Segment 2 features classes in Egypt and Thailand active in the iEARN Good Deeds Project and Teddy Bear Project. "Shaping the Way We Teach English is produced for overseas use and is available outside the United States only. For ordering information, contact a Regional English Language Officer in your area or your local U.S. Embassy, Public Affairs." http://oelp.uoregon.edu/shaping.html
12. 2009 SIGtel ONLINE LEARNING AWARD COMPETITION. Have you and your students been involved in an original, online learning activity? If so, we encourage you to enter the 2009 SIGtel Online Learning Award competition. Deadline April 4, 2009. Submit entry at http://www.iste.org/sigtel
13. PARTICIPATE IN XPERIMANIA FOR A CHANCE TO WIN SCIENCE RESOURCES. Is your classroom or school lab lacking electronic or scientific equipment? Take part in the Xperimania (www.xperimania.net) science competition - the winning schools from across Europe will be awarded with funds for scientific resources. Besides, each of the winning students will receive a media player. The competition is open for secondary school students aged 10-20 years old from the European Union, candidate countries and EFTA countries. Participation is possible only through the online portal www.xperimania.net. The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2009. Further information: http://www.xperimania.net/ww/en/pub/xperimania/competition2008.cfm
14. CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2009 MY HERO SHORT FILM FESTIVAL. The deadline for submissions is June 1st, 2009, for short films (ten minutes and under) that celebrate heroes from around the world. MY HERO is also proud to announce two special awards: The Ron Kovic Peacemaker Award, for the film that best addresses the issue of peace; and the Dan Eldon Activist Award, for the film which addresses the theme of activism. The My Hero Short Film Festival is a unique opportunity to showcase your work to a wide global audience. All work needs to be appropriate for children, original, and ten minutes or under on the theme of heroes and heroism. http://myhero.com/filmfestival Please note! MY HERO will waive entry fees for all iEARN submissions.
15. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ONLINE TOOLS. "Kindersite." (http://www.kindersite.org) is a website with resources, games, activities for students aged 2-7. It is looking for a place where teachers and students might interact after/while using these activities in their classrooms. Are you familiar with these activities? Do they look useful? Could iEARN be a place where Kindersite's teachers could be directed to talk? Let us know in the PreSchool Education Forum: http://foro.iearn.org/webx/.f4800f4/
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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16. YouthCaN ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 4-6, 2009 IN NYC, USA. The annual NYC event will be hosted at the American Museum of Natural History. Educators from India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, will attend to share their students' work with the Four Rivers, One World Project, and educators from Uzbekistan and Pakistan will present their digital public service announcements addressing natural disaster preparedness. 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
17. iEARN-INDIA ANNOUNCES NATIONAL CONFERENCE, MAY 2-4, 2009. For more details see http://www.iearn-india.org. The theme will be "Our Earth, Our World."
18. 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." Join the Conference Forum http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/iearn2009conference and Youth Summit Forum http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/iearn2009youthsummit/ for ongoing discussions and updates. Registered so far are participants from Azerbaijan, Brasil, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinee, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, Palestine, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Suriname, Taiwan, UAE, USA, Jordan, USA, Pakistan. Call for workshop proposals: http://www.iearn2009.ma/spip.php?page=call_form Deadline for submitting workshops is April 30, 2009. For more info about the conference, see http://www.iearn2009.ma
19. WORLD CHILDREN'S SUMMIT IN YOKOHAMA, AUGUST 10-12, 2009. iEARN-Japan is encouraging you to send entry sheets to JEARN by April 10th, and visual works by April 30th to apply "World Children's Summit in Yokohama" in August. Information site is at: http://www.jearn.jp/eng/
RECENT EVENTS
20. iEARN-PAKISTAN CELEBRATED WORLD STORYTELLING DAY ON MARCH 20, 2009. A gathering was held with Citizens Educational Development Foundation CEDF home school children in collaboration with Lincoln Corner Karachi. See photos at http://www.iearnpk.org/PD/storytelling.htm
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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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