REFLECTIONS AND QUOTES
iEARN Teacher: "The day I joined iEARN was a turning point in my teaching as well as in my life. iEARN has opened the world for my students and me. It's a place where everyone contributes to making our world a better place for the people. It's a place where teachers and students learn from each other, share and take actions, trying to eliminate global problems of hunger, poverty, pollution, etc. Here we are like one large family." iEARN Teacher from Siberia, Russia
iEARN Teacher: In November, a USA teacher shared the following to her colleagues in a discussion about Millennium Development Project Goals, "...I want to share a great experience I had with my students today. As a part of our involvement in the larger project, my students have been researching issues around Child Labor. Yesterday, at the end of class, I asked them each to write down one line: a statement or feeling or fact they had learned as they researched. I took each line and arranged them into a poem. In today's class, I gave them the poem and assigned a different line to each and introduced them to one form of choral poetry. It was very powerful as they blended their voices. They read artistically and confidently. They didn't realize it was their own words until they heard someone else read them. The Power in word and voice always amazes me, and today it did my 10th grade students as well."
iEARN Teacher: "IEARN has a wonderful goal of making a difference in the world. I think being part of the IEARN family helps us read the news with new eyes. Helps us think about how we teach children about the world and gives us new ways to impact teaching in an incredible way. It takes care and time and it is all worth it! Students grow to appreciate the gifts that others have to offer. There is so much to learn that can help the world and we get to be leaders in that way" iEARN USA Teacher Amy Dwyer, Delaware.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Eye to Eye Project Reaches East Jerusalem: 6th grade students from the Sawhreh Primary School, in East Jerusalem, contributed artwork to the Eye to Eye Project depicting their "picking olives season". Join this project and post a message to Sawhreh students or share your own project work!
 Students Plant Seeds for The Daffodil Tulip Project: In November, iEARN students planted seeds for the Daffadil Tulip Project. As seeds sprouted and started to grow, students recorded and compared growth rates and other relevant data. Click HERE to learn more about this project, and for iEARN members - login to join or encourage your students post messages to their peers in countries like Uganda and Iran (pictured left).
Natural Disaster Youth Summit Project: An
iEARN student who works for iEARN Trinidad and Tobago, wanted to
capture his work for the Natural Disaster Youth Summit and share it
with his iEARN peers and the world. What better way to do this than to
produce a video that visually shows his work and efforts for the
project. Click HERE to view his video on YouTube, or HERE for project information.
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(1) Project Spotlight
- Eye to Eye Project Reaches East Jerusalem Students
- Students Plant Seeds for the Daffodil Tulip Project
- Youth Makes Video Natural Disaster Youth Summit Project
- Four Rivers, One World
- Visit the iEARN Teachers Forum
- Scholastic's One World Program
- Peace Corp's World Wise Schools
(5) Professional Development
- iEARN Canada Shares a Flashvideo for the Machinto Project
- 2008 NECC Conference
- ISSA Conference
- Florida Council of Independent Schools
(7) iEARN Events/News
- iEARN Host IEW Reception in Washington, DC
- Motorola Foundation Announces Grant for iEARN's OF2 Project
- 2008 Uzbekistan iEARN Conference
- iEARN Announces the GCEP Newsletter
- iEARN Bangladesh Aids w/ Cyclone Relief Efforts
COMING SOON....
iEARN's 20th ANNIVERSARY
Stay tuned for events, how to join the celebration, activities, and more!
Want to learn more about iEARN projects, membership and collaboration? Or wish to submit your iEARN success stories or project news, please contact Christine Robinson |
 Four Rivers, One World: On
December 3-18, 2007, trainers from iEARN-USA, the Center for
Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens
Institute of Technology program, and the American Museum of Natural
History will be traveling to India, Bangladesh and Nepal to conduct workshops for
nearly 50 science educators . The trainings will be held under the
Four Rivers, One World project and will help educators develop clear guidelines for
online collaboration and strategies for building effective
communication surrounding water analysis and quality issues. The
participants will learn how to incorporate iEARN and CIESE resources to
complement and expand their existing classroom curricula, while
understanding the different cross-cultural perspectives towards environmental issues. All schools
involved with this project will receive water testing materials and
training to use them to insure valid data that can be collected,
compared and analyzed.
Results of the collaboration will be shared at the annual YouthCaN Conference at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC, an annual event open to all educators and youth around the world. For more information about YouthCaN. For more information about the Four Rivers Program, click HERE or contact Tina Habib at tina@us.iearn.org. (Pictured Above: Water testing after training in India and Bangladesh.)
Click HERE for a complete listing of iEARN Projects.
Check Out New Discussions on the Teachers Forum: Visit the iEARN Teachers forum and connect to educators around the global network! Recent discussions include how can teachers encourage students to engage and complete project-work, and a new discussion on public vs. private schooling. Click HERE to login and join these and other great discussions.
Scholastic's One World Program Offers Lessons Plans:
The One World: Connecting Communities, Cultures, and Classrooms Program
teaches students fundamentals in diversity, respect for others, and
building communities. The lessons help children develop skills to
promote empathy, dialogue, and respect. The program includes a Student
Journey Book that provide extensions and a deeper exploration of the
lessons topics. All lessons and support tools are available online for
download. Click HERE.
Peace Corp's World Wide Schools:
The Peace Corp would like to share their Coverdell World Wise Schools Correspondence Match Program. The program matches up Peace Corp volunteers in the field with US teachers that can enhance the learning for students in the classroom. Click HERE for more information.
 iEARN Canada Shares a Flashvideo: Mali Bickley and Jim Carlton of iEARN Canada recently shared a wonderful and informative Adobe flashvideo for the Machinto Project. The video takes the viewer through the ins and outs of the Machinto Project including: how to begin, curriculum integration tips, steps to engage and prepare students for online collaboration, and more. It's a great resource if you're looking for integration tips for this project and also an example of how to adapt these steps to other iEARN projects. Click HERE to download.
 NECC 2008 Conference Call for Proposals:
With a successful 2007 NECC conference behind us, planning has begun
for the 2008 conference to be held in June in San Antonio, TX.
Together, iEARN teachers and staff conducted several workshops and we
hope to replicate this and more for 2008. NECC is a wonderful
opportunity to share your students' work with fellow educators. It not
only provides teachers with a stage to showcase their use of technology
in the classroom, but also provides a venue to highlight their best
practices using iEARN online collaborative projects and tools.
If you plan to submit and present your
student showcases, or plan to simply attend the conference, or would
like be part of an iEARN presentation please contact Diane Midness - Professional Development Coordinator. We're happy to assist you with any questions when submitting your proposal.
For more NECC details and how to submit, please click HERE.
ISSA 2008 Conference - Chicago, IL: Deadline for early bird registration rate is December 21, 2007 - register NOW! The 7th Annual ISSA Conference will be held February 7-9 in Chicago. The conference gathers educators around the country and focuses international studies for K-12 curriculum. Click HERE to register.
 iEARN USA Teachers Present at Florida Council of Independent Schools Conference: November - iEARN school, Miami Country Day School, hosted educators attending the Florida Council of Independent Schools Conference by conducting workshops on iEARN global collaborative projects. Projects highlighted during presentations include: Global Art, Solar Cooking Project, YouthCaN, Beauty of the Beasts, Side by Side, and Cultural Recipes. Rowena Gerber, teacher at Miami Country Day, welcomed a special guest - Baba Ali Guyerre - a chef from New York City. Baba cooked lunch for some attendees using solar ovens and vegetables from the school's garden.
IEARN EVENTS/NEWS
 International Education Week Reception in Washington, DC: November - iEARN Hosts International Education Week Reception in Washington, DC for over 150 representatives of 50 national and international organizations. For the event, iEARN-USA teamed up with AED (Academy for Educational Development) to host the reception, which included welcome messages by Ms. Betsi Shays, US Department of Education, and Betsy Davis, of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State. Eleven iEARN Coordinators from Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, Indonesia, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Syria, and Uzbekistan attended the event as part of a 3-day event, sponsored by the Global Connections and Exchange Program.
(Pictured Above: iEARN GCEP Coordinators with Congressman Rangell and in front of the White House).
Motorola Foundation Announces Grant to iEARN: The Motorola Foundation has announced that it is providing a grant of
$25,000 to iEARN-USA for its OF2 (Our Footprints, Our Future) Project. The Motorola Foundation’s Innovation Generation Grants fund education programs that spark a love science, technology, engineering and math in today’s youth. Read more about this grant and the OF2 Project HERE.
 Register NOW for the 2008 iEARN International Conference in Uzbekistan:
This coming July 2008 iEARN Uzbekistan will host and celebrate the 15th
Annual iEARN International Conference and Youth Summit. All are
welcome to join be educators
and youth from around the globe to discuss collaborative projects and
technology in the classroom. It's a wonderful opportunity to
participate in various workshops, meet educators from around the world,
and build partnerships. Click HERE to download a PDF with complete details.
iEARN Announces GCEP Newsletter: iEARN USA is proud to unveil the September-November 2007 edition of the Global Connections Exchange Program [GCEP] newsletter! GCEP is made possible through support and funding from the US State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. It is part of iEARN USA's BRIDGE project which is committed to connecting students and teachers in the US to those in countries with significant Muslim populations. The newsletter highlights program activities from GCEP countries including: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, United States, and Uzbekistan. Click HERE to download the newsletter (PDF 1012.36 KB).
iEARN Bangladesh Aids with Cyclone Relief Efforts: A team of iEARN Bangladesh staff, friends, teachers and youth joined together in relief efforts for victims devastated by the cyclone that hit Bangladesh on November 15th. Click HERE to view photos shared bEARN.
iEARN-USA is a member of iEARN
(International Education and Resource Network), the world's largest
K-12 non-profit global network that enables young people to use the
Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative
educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference
in the world. To learn more about iEARN USA click HERE.
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