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iEARN
in Action, October 8, 2009
SEEKING PARTNERS: iEARN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. New project - The Way We Play.
2. Register now for the Holiday Card Exchange.
3. Participate in the Local History Project.
4. Join One Day in the Life Project special event on November 10th.
5. French teacher in Ghana seeking partner classes.
6. Contribute to global Friends Book.
7. Interested in connecting with other principals/administrators at schools
involved in iEARN?
RESOURCES, CONTESTS, WEBSITES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
8. iEARN-Pakistan teams up with UNICEF and Ministry of Social Welfare on radio
program.
9. iEARN-Pakistan July-September 2009 newsletter.
10. iEARN-USA September 2009 online newsletter.
11. iEARN-Liberia pilot project chosen in youth employment grant program.
UPCOMING EVENTS
12. YouthCaN Environmental Conference, April 24-26, 2010 in NYC, USA.
13. iEARN-Canada to host 17th Annual iEARN Conference and 14th Youth Summit,
July 12-17, 2010.
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SEEKING PARTNERS: iEARN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
Download the 2009-2010 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. NEW "THE
WAY WE PLAY" PROJECT. Participating classrooms research and discuss ancient and modern toys, dolls
and play activities and the socio-cultural contexts in which they occur.
Facilitated by Mbarek Akaddar in Morocco.
2. REGISTER NOW FOR THE HOLIDAY
CARD EXCHANGE. Teachers and students prepare
an envelope with holiday cards to send to the other participants prior to December.
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.
3. LOCAL
HISTORY PROJECT. Join students around the world in an exchange of information about local
history. Facilitated by Rimma Zhukova, Russia, Scott Parker, USA, and Shukufa
Najafova, Azerbaijan.
4. ONE
DAY IN THE LIFE PROJECT - SPECIAL NOVEMBER 10th EVENT. Students describe a day in their life
- describing typical days in their lives, or vacations, birthdays, graduation
or other experiences, including celebrations and holidays. 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. In addition to ongoing activities, the Photo Diaries
will have two OneDay events this year, the first on Tuesday November 10th,
and the second in April/May.
Facilitated by Marta Garcia Lorea in Argentina, and Chris Baer in the USA.
5. FRENCH TEACHER
IN GHANA SEEKING PARTNER CLASSES. "My name is Felicia
and I teach French. I need pupils between the ages of 12 and 15 to communicate
via email with my junior high pupils." Interested? Contact Felicia Amegbor
in Ghana.
6. FRIENDS
BOOK. A global
project inviting students to draw images of themselves, their homes and their
dreams, and then to exchange and discuss them with new project friends. From
these images, we will compose Friends Books of participants, and make both
hard and virtual copies of each book with contacts and pictures instead of
photos. By drawing themselves, we believe both young people with disabilities
and without them from all over the world will make a step towards each other
and help each other to overcome various barriers appearing in their lives
and communities. Facilitated by Liudmila Trebunskikh in Belarus.
7. INTERESTED IN
CONNECTING WITH OTHER PRINCIPALS/ADMINISTRATORS AT SCHOOLS USING iEARN? Contact Steve
Carr, Principal, Ron Hockwalt Academies, Walnut CA, USA or
join in the discussion on this topic in the iEARN
Teachers Forum.
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CHECK IT OUT! RESOURCES, CONTESTS,
WEBSITES, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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8. iEARN-PAKISTAN
TEAMS UP WITH UNICEF AND MINISTRY OF SOCIAL WELFARE ON RADIO PROGRAM. The
project ‘Achay Dost’ (Good Friends), includes an FM radio program
that raises awareness about various issues affecting children. See coverage
in The Nation, a leading English newspaper in Pakistan, by clicking here.
9. JULY-SEPTEMBER
2009 iEARN-PAKISTAN NEWSLETTER.
10. SEPTEMBER
2009 iEARN-USA ONLINE NEWSLETTER.
11. iEARN-LIBERIA
PILOT PROJECT SELECTED IN YOUTH EMPLOYMENT GRANT PROGRAM. The
pilot project, Creative Arts For Sustainable Empowerment (CASE), has been
selected by the Youth Employment Network Competitive Grant Scheme for Youth
Empowerment within the Mano River Union Basin(West Africa). Fifteen projects
have been chosen by a regional selection committee made up of representatives
from government, youth groups, and multilateral agencies. See here.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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12. YouthCaN ENVIRONMENTAL
CONFERENCE, APRIL 24-26, 2010 IN NYC, USA. The
New York City event will be held on April 26th 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.
13. iEARN-CANADA
TO HOST 17TH ANNUAL iEARN CONFERENCE AND 14TH ANNUAL YOUTH SUMMIT IN BARRIE,
CANADA, JULY 12-17, 2010. Stay tuned for more details.
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For
Reference
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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
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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