Click here for an archive of Awards from 1995-2004.
2007
Council of Foundations, 2007 Critical Impact Award: for Innovative and Bold Solutions to Enhance the Common Good Presented to The Copen Family Fund. The Council on Foundations writes, "The Copen Family Fund is recognized for its efforts to encourage world peace through its International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) project. Through iEARN, students and teachers in K-12 schools are connected through the Internet so they can collaborate on projects that make a meaningful difference in the health and welfare of people and the planet across national, religious, political and social borders."
2006
iEARN Educators Receive 3 of 8 21st Century Global Educators Awards: When Global SchoolNet announced its 2006 Online Shared Learning Champions, three of the eight Champions were iEARN participants: Sharon Peters (Montreal, Canada), Judy Huynh (Michigan, USA) and Jove Jankulovski (Bitola, Macedonia).
2005
Washington
Association of Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT): has selected iEARN-USA
as the recipient of the Creative Innovation Certificate! This certificate is presented to
a person or persons who have developed and used innovative methods of
teaching in the world language classroom. This could include creative
means for teaching second language conversation, inventive ideas for
instructing students in culture and multi-cultural awareness, or new
and effective methods for developing second language reading and
writing skills. Click here for more about WAFLT.
World Affairs Council of Washington,
DC Awards iEARN Teacher: Kerry Sylvia, involved
in the BRIDGE Program, (an iEARN project made possible
through funding from the Department of State's Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs Global Connections Exchange Program), was acknowledged by the World Affairs Council as the International Teacher of the Year. Ms. Sylvia became involved
in online collaborative projects when she was selected to participate
in the first BRIDGE Regional Conference in Alexandria, Egypt. When she
returned home, Ms. Sylvia coordinated a three-week exchange program
for her students at Cardozo Senior High School and
students from Lahore, Pakistan. In November 2004, Ms. Sylvia hosted
a reception for DC teachers and Country Coordinators from thirteen
BRIDGE countries.
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