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Day 1 Wednesday, April 13
Place: Interchurch Building, Conference Rooms C & D
Time
Content
Relevant Resources
Responsible
9:00 - 10: 30
Welcoming Note and Orientation
Introductions: Quotes that Make a Difference Icebreaker
Celia,
Diane,
Doris
10:30
Cookies and Conversation (But not always cookies!)
10:45
Backwards Planning
Celia
Outcomes
1. Agendas and Resources for future iEARN Professional Development
2. Future collaborative projects, ie. Learning Circles
Strands
 2. Curriculum Project Based Learning Graphic Organizers Classroom Integration Service Learning  Assessment                                                        
3. Community Service Youth Service Day Tool to plan an activity iEARN Pakistan's Youth Volunteerism page  Close Up Hands On New York  iEARN's Global Youth Service Day Activities
5. Professional Development Annual Conference    Best Practices     Online Classes  iEARN Workshop Toolkit
 
11:30- 12:30
iEARN Projects
What makes a good project? 
What makes a good facilitator?
Discussion of collaborative projects in which participants have been involved
Diane/Doris
12:30
Lunch Interchurch Center Cafeteria

1:30
Icebreaker
Celia
1:40 - 2:45
Collaborative Planning Time  in small groups by content area

2:45
Taiwan Student Discussion: Project Based Learning

3:15
Break

3:30 - 4:30
Building Community - Mentoring

List of the role and characteristics of good trainers/mentors.
Celia/Diane/Doris
4:30 - 5:00
Closing Thoughts, Parking Lot
Celia/
Diane/
Doris

Day 2 Thursday, April 14th
Time
Content
Relevant Resources
Responsible
8:00
E-mail and posting of reflections in forum
iEARN offices, Suite 450

9:00
KWLH Strategy - a Graphic Organizer good method to activate prior knowledge
Project Based Learning (PBL), Workshop Participants

Celia

9:15
What is Project Based Learning?
Irfan Waleed, Pakistan
9:30
Graphic Organizer:  Inspiration <three on a computer>
Micki Mannino, USA
10:30
Cookies and Conversation

10:45
Why is PBL worthwhile?
Arifa Rahman, Bangladesh
11:00
Elements of PBL
Sahar Khamis Farauk, Egypt
11:15
Common features of PBL
Shobha Panchwati and Rosemary Dolphy, India
11:30
Doris
12:30
Lunch Interchurch Center Cafeteria 

1:30-
1:40
Icebreaker Capitalize On It
Participant Handout (in Microsoft Word)
Facilitator "Answer Key" (in Microsoft Word)

Celia

1:30 - 3:00
Assessment:  Jigsaw Technique   Collaborative Learning Activity, <Three at each computer; report back>
Celia
3:00
Break

3:15
Collaborative Planning

Small Groups

4:00 - 4:30
Chat with US Cadre of Facilitators Topic: Project Collaboration with US Students. <3 at a computer, each with a specific question>

Diane, Celia

4:30
Closing Thoughts, Parking Lot,
Celia/Diane/Doris
6:00 - 8:00
Reception for New York City Area Teachers


Day 3 Friday, April 15th
Time
Content
Relevant resources
Responsible
8:00-9:00
E-mail and posting of reflections and collaborative plans in forum

9:00 - 10:00
Community Service, Examples, Details
Celia
10:30-10:45
Cookies and Conversation

10:45-12:30
Collaborative Planning Time

12:30-1:30
Lunch

1:30 -  2:00
iEARN Tech Tips - Treasure Hunt
Celia
2:00
 iEARN was honored as a Laureate in the Education category for the 2004 Tech Museum Awards
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  iEARN received a 2003 Goldman Sachs' Prize for Excellence in International Education with the Asia Society
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