Project Announcements
 International Education Week 2006
- this year's celebration of international education begins November
13th through November 17th. International Education Week, or IEW,
is a joint initiative between the US Department of State and US
Department of Education that recognizes global learning
worldwide. Get involved and submit your events with IEW by
visiting the official site.
Reminder: If you're an iEARN
school, teacher or student and plan to celebrate IEW with a project(s)
or school activity don't forget to share it with the iEARN community
worldwide. Contact Christine Robinson with your IEW news, so we can post and publish it on the iEARN USA site and newsleters. |
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 The Young Scientists Tsunami Collaboration
is a project which focuses on the science of tsunamis, including the
role of science and technology in disaster relief, preparedness efforts
and examinations of the effects of tsunamis on the environment.
Involving students from the affected region and countries around the
world, the project aims to strengthen the scientific and technological
capabilities of youth involved while promoting cooperation in areas of
mutual interest for peaceful purposes.
Funded by the United States Oceans Bureau of the US Department of State, the project will be run based on the Learning Circle
approach to online collaborative learning. Teachers will create and
conduct with their classes projects related to the science of tsunamis,
and also work to establish their projects with other teachers in their
school, their country, and around the world! The LC will begin in
early September and run for ten weeks.
IEARN-USA is currently recruiting interested US high school science
teachers to work on this project. This project may be factored into
science and geography classes or be implemented as an after school
& community program.
If interested, please contact Tina Habib, Director of Government Programs or call (212) 870-2693. Visit a website created by students of Thailand for the Tsunami Project. (Pictured above: students next to a pole measuring the height of a tidal wave at 6 meters high).
 Eye to Eye Project - an iEARN Project that encourages the creation of postcard
size
images that become part of coordinated Spring exhibitions hosted around the world. The EYE TO EYE POSTCARD EXHIBITION will  be on display at the New Hampshire Art Educators Association Fall Conference in Amherst, NH on October 14, 2006. Anyone interested in hosting the exhibition of 400 postcards contact the project facilitator. On September 9, 2006 the EYE TO EYE POSTCARD EXHIBITION will be on display at Laconia Multicultural Market Day at the Belknap Mill in Laconia, NH. (Pictured Left: Postcard from a Grade 7 student in Palo, Michigan. Pictured Right: a postcard sent from India)
Project Spotlight
 The Teddy Bear Project Reaches High School Students: August 12, 2006 - It's always amazing when several iEARN projects overlap and youth are able to experience the best of iEARN projects. Students from high schools around New York City not only participate in YouthCaN - an iEARN project empowering youth to use technology to increase environmental awareness - but also are engaged with a teddy bear exchange
with a secondary school in Japan, Nanryo High School in Saitama.
The picture shows YouthCaN students with their bear, Minami, on a Hike
the World trip to Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan. The students
were taking video of the Hudson River area to share with their Two Rivers, One World
partners in Egypt, another iEARN Project. The spot where the
picture is taken has a plaque commemorating the sale of Manhattan
Island by the Canarsie Indians to the Dutch governor Peter Minuit
in 1626.
 Solar Cooking In Afghanistan:
In 2005, students from Miami Country Day in Florida presented their
iEARN Solar Cooking Project at the US State Department, as part of
Earth Day. During the presentation, a Miami Country Day student
spent time with the head of the Afghanistan Reach Back Office at the
Pentagon. As a result, solar cooking will reach Afghanistan in
November 2006.
Rowena Gerber, lead iEARN teacher at Miami Country Day, receives help
and information from Sun Ovens International, an Illinois based company
that produces solar ovens. This November, Sun Oven's President -
Paul Munsen will be visiting Afghanistan to deliver 3 village solar
ovens and 200 global sun ovens for a pilot project. Learn more
about the Solar Cooking and join this wonderful project!!
The project has gained momentum and includes
many participates worldwide including youth in Pakistan and Iran.
Also, a recent video was made highlighting project work for this year's YouthCaN Conference in New York City. (Pictured
Above: Students at Miami Country Day exhibiting their solar oven
projects. Pictured Right: Students working on activity making solar
ovens out of binders.)
Professional Development
Be sure to visit our workshop schedule and event
pages for up-to-date information on iEARN workshops, presentations or
conferences. Upcoming workshops include the Florida Language
Association Workshop, National Council for Social Studies Conference,
American Montesorri Conference, and the iEARN International Conference
in Cario, Egypt this July 2007 (dates have been changed to July 21-26, 2007). For more information on
professional development opportunities, contact Diane Midness or call (212) 870-2693.
Reminder:
If you conduct presentations on your iEARN project work at local,
national or international conferences/workshops, please let us
know. We will be happy to send you materials to share with your
audience.
Teacher Resources
 TakingITGlobal welcomes iEARN members
to try out TIGed.org: online tools designed to help educators bring
global issues into the classroom. Using TIGed, teachers create and
moderate virtual classrooms where students can interact, collaborate,
and share their work in a secure space while harnessing the power of
TakingITGlobal’s online community and global youth perspectives.
Teachers have access to a database of peer-reviewed, standards-linked
activities and resources. TIGed also features curriculum resources
developed in partnership with other educational organizations, and a
collaboration registry where teachers can post their ideas and search
for partner classrooms.
Please visit www.tiged.org
for more information and details on how to sign up. iEARN Teachers who
wish to join may use the promotional code IEARN2006 to receive one year
of free access to TIGed.
 Digital Creators Educator's Kit
now available online. The Kit is designed to help teachers and
educators working in schools, youth clubs, community centres, and
training institutes to generate and manage project-based learning
activities through creative digital practises and collaborative web
applications.
The first part of the Kit explains some basic concepts of the Young
Digital Creators teaching model. The second part introduces a detailed
lesson plan with a number of learning activities that are expected to
be implemented in sequence. It also includes a Glossary with a set of
definitions and its comes with a CD-ROM that contains a selection on
Free and Open/Source Software that can be used in creative projects.
Click HERE for more.
 Remediation and Training Institute (RTI)
is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1982 and
headquartered near Washington, D.C., in the Old Town section of
Alexandria, Virginia. RTI aims to create quality-learning opportunities
anywhere, any time, by everyone as a means to close the skills gap and
create economic and social opportunity for children, youth and adults.
Our signature program is RTI (Extralearning)
Online, which provides the "plumbing" for a variety of learning
programs in schools and the community. Our difference is how we link
extra learning effort to various incentive models.
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