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iEARN
in Action, October 23, 2009
SEEKING PARTNERS: iEARN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. Join the Get to Know Others Project.
2. A Vision Creative Writing Anthology.
3. Would your students like to be part of a Pen Friends Club?
4. International Intercultural Mural Exchange (IIME) 2009.
5. Harmony 4 Humanity Project organizes fundraiser for earthquake victims.
6. Join a global exchange of handmade greeting cards.
RESOURCES, CONTESTS, WEBSITES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
7. Free Webinar - Adding Multimedia to iEARN Projects.
8. iEARN-Pakistan teams up on radio program.
9. Connect with other Portuguese speakers in iEARN.
10. iEARN-USA partners with public television.
11. Educator in Ghana seeking partners.
UPCOMING EVENTS
12. Adobe Youth Voices Workshop in Botswana, October 23, 2009.
13. YouthCaN Environmental Conference, April 24-26, 2010 in NYC, USA.
14. iEARN-Canada to host 17th Annual iEARN Conference and 14th Youth Summit,
July 12-17, 2010.
RECENT EVENTS
15. iEARN Workshop in Oman, October 19-20, 2009.
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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. JOIN THE GET
TO KNOW OTHERS PROJECT. "Dear friends, I am writing
to invite you and your students to join the Get to Know Others project for
the 2009 / 2010 academic year. This year our focus is Swine Flu and Clothes
with Religious Meanings." From Ahmed Abd-Elsattar in Egypt. Get to Know
Others is a project in which students study their own culture, traditions,
and ways of life. Students make comparisons of their culture and other cultures
to find similarities and differences.
2. A
VISION CREATIVE WRITING ANTHOLOGY. Join students from Belarus, Oman, and Suriname who are currently
sharing their creative works in the project forum. A Vision is an anthology
of students' writings on various literary genres- essays, stories, poems,
and poetical sketches, which aims to showcase young people's thoughts, viewpoints
and insights of the things around them and even across borders, regardless
of cultural and racial diversity. Its purpose is to use art and the medium
of creative writing to demonstrate that, despite differences, teenagers around
the world share the same hopes, fears, interests and concerns. This magazine
is dedicated to a vision of cooperation and friendship among the people and
governments of the world, and to the myriad of personal visions that make
us all human. To join, visit the forum!!!!
3. WOULD YOUR STUDENTS
LIKE TO BE PART OF A PEN FRIENDS CLUB? The Pen Friend Clubs of Japan are
organizations of young boys and girls exchanging letters with friends within
and outside the country and thus enjoying various activities through friendly
correspondence. The members are mainly elementary, junior or senior high
school students. For over 50 years, the Pen Friend Clubs of Japan has matched
wonderful pen friends for Japanese and non-Japanese boys and girls from all
over the world. Would you like to connect with them? Post your message in
the new Pen Friends forum, linked from http://media.iearn.org/projects/penfriends.
For more information, Contact Emiko Asada in
Japan.
4. INTERNATIONAL
INTERCULTURAL MURAL EXCHANGE (IIME) 2009. Already, 72 classes
of 61 elementary/high schools from 15 countries have joined us this year.
15 countries - Canada, Cyprus, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Morocco,
Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, USA and Zambia. This
year's registration is already over but as we are preparing for IIME 2010,
please let me know if you are interested in joining us in 2010. I know
many schools are looking forward to participating next year. Please submit
your entry sheet for IIME 2010 to Atsuko Shiwaku in Japan. See JAM's
website. http://www.artmile.jp and to connect to the iEARN forum, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/iime
5. HARMONY 4 HUMANITY
PROJECT SEEKS SUPPORT FOR PROJECT PARTNERS IMPACTED BY RECENT EARTHQUAKE
IN INDONESIA. From Becky Ivory at Riverview Jr. High in Utah,
USA. "Hello friends! As you know, Padang, Indonesia was recently
severely damaged by an extremely large earthquake. Unfortunately, one of our
classrooms that we exchange videos with is located in that very city. Fortunately,
they all survived, but their school is destroyed and many are left homeless." See
their fundraising
video and help us them raise awareness and funds. Fore more about
the Harmony 4 Humanity Project, see here.
6. NEW PROJECT
PROPOSAL - HANDMADE GREETING CARDS. Interested in a new project exchange among students
creating greeting cards and then trading them globally to learn about arts
and culture? Contact Cassie Raynel in the USA.
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CHECK IT OUT! RESOURCES, CONTESTS,
WEBSITES, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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7. FREE WEBINAR! "ADDING MULTIMEDIA TO iEARN PROJECTS - IT'S EASIER
THAN YOU THINK!" Using freely available, collaborative tools, sharing
voices and visuals with partner schools around the world can be very easy.
Take a few minutes to learn how you can add these components to your projects,
and see how readily kids get engaged in projects when using multimedia! Guest
Presenter Rushton Hurley of nextvista.org - facilitators of the Video Introductions
to Communities Project. To register for the Webinars go to http://media.iearn.org/webinar/register . After registering, you will receive information on how to join the webinar.
8. iEARN-PAKISTAN
TEAMS UP ON RADIO PROGRAM. iEARN Pakistan partners with UNICEF
and Ministry of Social Welfare for the project ‘Achay Dost’ (Good
Friends). This project 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. CONNECT WITH
OTHER PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS IN iEARN. Participants around the world
are encouraged to join the Portuguese
Forum, including participants from
Portugal, Angola, Brasil, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Moçambique, São
Tomé e Príncipe.
10. iEARN-USA
PARTNERS WITH PUBLIC TELEVISION. iEARN-USA
has signed MOUs with the PBS NewsHour and WorldFocus on Channel Thirteen/WNET,
to enable iEARN youth journalists around the world, including those who
have become certified PEARL Reporters, to have their news and stories featured
on these premier news programs seen throughout the USA. The first story
featured is by Matthew Ewusi Nyarkoh in Ghana.
11. EDUCATOR IN
GHANA SEEKING PARTNERS. "This is Richard Malcalm from
Accra – Ghana. I am interested in partnering with others schools from
different countries to start an exchange programme with. I will like that our
students and teachers have the opportunity to learn and share information with
each other on a regular basis via the internet and other sources. We could
collaborate to embark on many exciting activities under the exchange programme
such as visits and doing projects in each others schools. Together we would
build good relationship among the schools." Contact Richard at or
respond in the Teachers
Forum.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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12. ADOBE YOUTH
VOICES WORKSHOP IN BOTSWANA, OCTOBER 23, 2009. iEARN-Botswana
is coordinating an orientation training with educators enrolling in the next
Adobe Youth Voices 8-week online course, which will be offered February 15
- April 12, 2010. The workshop will be held at Moselewapula Community Junior
Secondary School on Friday, October 23rd.
13. 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.
14. 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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RECENT EVENTS
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15. iEARN WORKSHOP
IN OMAN, OCTOBER 19-20, 2009. The Batinah-North iEARN team
conducted their first workshop for this year on October 19-20. Meet them in
the Teachers
Forum.
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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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