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iEARN
in Action, August 13, 2009
SEEKING PARTNERS: iEARN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. Join the next session of iEARN Learning Circles.
2. New "My City and Me" Project.
3. One Day in the Life Project announces new digital photography exchange activity.
4. New Debunk Stereotypes Project.
5. Register now for the Holiday Card Exchange Project.
6. New forum for Listen to the Walls Talking Project.
7. New project proposal - students sharing information about libraries in their
communities.
8. First Peoples Project relaunches.
RESOURCES, CONTESTS, WEBSITES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
9. TELAR (iEARN-Argentina) Online Professional Development Courses for Educators
- Registration Open (offered in Spanish).
10. Register now for the September 28-November 29 session of iEARN Online Professional
Development Courses for Educators (offered in English).
11. Scholarships available for Sept. - Nov. session of iEARN Online Professional
Development Courses.
12. iEARN educator in Russia publishes article in ICT in Education Journal.
13. iEARN-USA director has guest editorial in ASCD Education Update, August
2009.
14. ASCD E-Book features iEARN and is available as free download until August
16.
15. ISTE Webinar - Learning With the World...Using Technology to Foster Global
Collaborations.
UPCOMING EVENTS
16. iEARN-Canada to host 17th Annual iEARN Conference and 14th Youth Summit,
July 12-18, 2010.
RECENT EVENTS
17. iEARN educators and students from Argentina, Belarus, Canada, Brazil, Egypt,
Pakistan, Russia, and Uganda attend Adobe Youth Voices Summit in California,
USA, July 29-August 1, 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. JOIN
THE NEXT SESSION OF iEARN LEARNING CIRCLES! Register now for the September
30, 2009 - January 11, 2010 Session of Learning Circles (15 weeks with a 1-week
break in December). Learning Circles are highly interactive, project-based
partnerships among a small number of schools located throughout the world.
http://iearn.org/circles/ There are two sessions each year, September - January
and January - May. Learning Circle Placement forms are due September 15, 2009.
All interested participants should fill out an online iEARN Learning Circle
placement form at http://media.iearn.org/coursereglc. If you have questions
about Learning Circles please check our Frequently Asked Questions at http://iearn.org/circles/fqs.html.
After you fill out an online registration, you will be contacted on or around
September 15th with more information on how to finalize your registration and
confirm your project choice and placement.
2. MY CITY AND
ME. A project
to support young people to participate in civic life, learn more about their
local government, and learn about how they can communicate with their governments
about improvements they would like to see in their own communities. Facilitated
by Olga Prokhorenko in Russia.
Languages: English and Russian. For more info, and to connect to the iEARN
forum, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/mycity
3. ONE DAY IN THE
LIFE PROJECT. Students describe a day in their life. You may write
stories about typical days in your life, or vacations, birthdays, graduation
or other experiences in your life, including celebrations and holidays.
Facilitated by Marta Garcia Lorea in Argentina. In addition to written
descriptions, students are invited to share visual images of their days
through the "A
Day in the Life: Photo Diaries," a digital photography exchange facilitated
by Chris Baer in the USA. Chris writes, "we are
planning two "OneDay" events in the next year - the first on Tuesday
November 10th, and the second in April/May - when students around the world
will document parts of this specific day using photography, writing, and other
media. It's very easy to participate - ask your students to document their
routines on this day - November 10th - such morning chores, breakfast, getting
to school (if it falls on a school day), school routines, after-school activities,
evening activities at home, etc. Then students will post and discuss their
work in the One Day forum. We hope some of your students can join us!" For
more info about the One Day Project, and to connect to the iEARN forum, see
here.
The One Day Project is also active in Spanish (Un
Dia en La Vida).
4. DEBUNK STEREOTYPES. Stereotypes
are not usually true because they are based on inaccurate generalizations.
In this project, students collect information about the stereotypes of their
countries and debunk them. Languages: English and Arabic. Facilitated by
Saeed Al Abdulsalam in Oman.
For more info, and to connect to the iEARN forum, see here.
5. HOLIDAY CARD
EXCHANGE. Teachers and students prepare an envelope with holiday
cards to send to the other participants prior to Christmas. Students that
do not celebrate Christmas are encouraged to join the project. The project
may be called the Greeting card exchange and students would send Chinese
New Year, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Eid greeting cards. Each school will be
placed in a group with approximately seven other schools and will prepare
either handmade or purchased cards (decorations may be included) to send
to each of the other schools. Facilitated by Judy Barr in Australia.
For more information and to connect to the iEARN forum, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/holidays
6. LISTEN TO THE
WALLS TALKING. An open, image-based project and an experiment
in online collaboration. The idea behind it is to 'listen' to the graffiti
talk around us and to record and share interesting finds utilizing the
project main site,
Flickr group,
and wiki.
Facilitated by Sasa Sirk in Slovenia For more information
and to connect to the iEARN forum, see here.
7. NEW PROJECT
PROPOSAL - STUDENTS SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT LIBRARIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. The
Libraries project invites teachers and students and librarians of all ages
to participate in creating an online library and to create web pages for
this library. Participants will discuss - Is there a library in their school?
How often do they go to libraries? What kind of books could they find in
their school/university library? Does it subscribe to any newspapers and
magazines? Do they like to read books? Interested? Respond to this topic
in the Teachers Forum or
email Sabuhi Ahmedov in Azerbaijan.
8. FIRST PEOPLES
PROJECT RELAUNCHES. The First Peoples’ Project allows
indigenous students to explore their own culture and create art and writing
about their own culture to share. Schools can establish links with other indigenous
students in an exchange of art and/or writing. Suggested topics for investigation
are listed on the project website. Students’ work will be published on
the project website and will contribute to the expanding resource created by
other indigenous students since 1995. The project website http://www.iearn.org.au/fp can
provide a valuable resource for iEARN members who want to investigate indigenous
cultures. Facilitator: Virginia King in Australia.
For more information and to connect to the iEARN forum, see here.
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CHECK IT OUT! RESOURCES, CONTESTS,
WEBSITES, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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9. TELAR
ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES FOR EDUCATORS - Registration opened.
Telar courses bring together participants from Spanish speaking countries -
the next session starts on August 17, 2009. This is a twelve-week generic course
designed to introduce K-12 teachers in the incorporation of online collaborative
projects to their classes. More information at http://tiny.cc/7Kx2g
10. REGISTER NOW FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF iEARN ONLINE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT COURSES FOR EDUCATORS. iEARN courses bring together participants
from around the world - the next session will run from September 28-November
29, 2009. Each course 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). The enrollment
deadline is September 10th. We advise you to enroll early because there are
only 25 places available per course. Read
more and register now to save your spot.
11. SCHOLARSHIPS
AVAILABLE FOR SEPTEMBER 28-NOVEMBER 29, 2009 SESSION OF iEARN ONLINE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT COURSES. Online course scholarships are available
through the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art for educators from Egypt,
Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Pakistan, UAE, USA, and Uzbekistan.
The mission of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art is to promote the
study and understanding of Islamic arts and cultures. Please contact your Country
Coordinator or Rustin Crandall at for more information.
12. iEARN EDUCATOR
IN RUSSIA PUBLISHES ARTICLE IN ICT IN EDUCATION JOURNAL. In the article "Internet project based activity as part of curriculum," published
in March, Rimma Zhukova describes her first steps in project-based learning
and iEARN. "I chose IEARN projects because they seemed to be simple and
easy to start with. And what is very important they fit my curriculum. "Global
Art - A Sense of Caring" was very meaningful in my work and for my students.
We found global friends from San Jose (USA) and Cote D'Ivoire (West Africa).Our
students exchanged letters, art, poems and friendship bracelets. If you want
your students to become part of global community there is only one simple thing
to do - come up to the computer, click the button and type www.iearn.org Read
the article (in Russian) here.
13. iEARN-USA
DIRECTOR GUEST EDITORIAL IN ASCD EDUCATION UPDATE, AUGUST 2009.
14. ASCD E-BOOK
FEATURES iEARN AND IS AVAILABLE AS FREE DOWNLOAD UNTIL AUGUST 16. The
book, "Challenging the Whole Child: Reflections on Best Practices
in Learning, Teaching, and Leadership," has a section on Creating Global
Classrooms that highlights iEARN, featuring quotes from Alla Shushkoskaya (Russia),
Ed Gragert and Christine Kola (USA), and Yoko Takagi (Japan). Go here and click on buy this book. It is free until Aug. 16. You do not have to give
any credit card information or sign in as an ASCD member. You will receive
an e-mail that gives you the code you need to download the book from the link "purchased
downloads" on the left of the page above.
15. WEBINAR --
LEARNING WITH THE WORLD....USING TECHNOLOGY TO FOSTER GLOBAL COLLABORATIONS. Hosted by ISTE on Wednesday, September 9, 2009. 1:00 PM Pacific/4:00
Eastern/ 07:00:00 UTC/GMT. Cost: $50 ISTE members/$125 non-members. Facilitated
by Mali Bickley and Jim Carlton, iEARN-Canada Co-Coordinators. Register here.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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16. iEARN-CANADA
TO HOST 17TH ANNUAL iEARN CONFERENCE AND 14TH ANNUAL YOUTH SUMMIT IN BARRIE,
CANADA, JULY 12-18, 2010. Stay tuned for more details.
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RECENT EVENTS
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15. iEARN
EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS FROM ARGENTINA, BELARUS, CANADA, BRAZIL, EGYPT, PAKISTAN,
RUSSIA, AND UGANDA ATTEND ADOBE YOUTH VOICES SUMMIT IN CALIFORNIA, USA, JULY
29-AUGUST 1, 2009. The Summit, a three-day digital media immersion event for
100 specially selected international youth and educators, brought together
youth from communities around the world for creative workshops focused on all
aspects of digital media. Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) is a global philanthropic
initiative launched by Adobe Inc. that empowers youth worldwide to comment
on their world using multimedia and digital tools to communicate and share
their ideas, exhibit their potential, and take action in their communities.
iEARN is currently administering Adobe Youth Voices programs in 21 countries
around the world - Brazil, Russia, Turkey, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Egypt, South
Africa, Poland, Mexico, Romania, China, Japan, Argentina, Belarus, Uganda,
Botswana, Pakistan, India, Canada, and the USA. For more, see iEARN-USA and
Adobe For press coverage of one of
the iEARN delegations (from Argentina), see here.
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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
2,000,000 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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