Write articles and send press releases

Sample articles about iEARN .

Tell your story far and wide and right home. Send press releases out to local and state newspapers and television stations. Write articles for state and national professional journals. iEARN will publish requests for articles in the regular iEARN in Action http://www.iearn.org/news/index.html and iEARN-US newsletters.

Suggestions for an iEARN making a difference story /case study

Different publications will be interested in different content. Below are some points you can consider using.

• Introduce your school and community, including the class age of the students, etc.
• Briefly describe your project and how it helped you achieve curriculum standards; mention the curriculum standards.
• What were the outcomes? Talk about outcomes and results, both tangible  and affective outcomes. Were there any unexpected outcomes/successes as a result of your involvement in iEARN? Share a few examples, web links or references.
• How did your students respond as they participated? Include some students’ quotes.
• How is teaching through an iEARN project different from teaching the same subjects/topics in a traditional/regular way?
• What were the responses of Principal, curriculum leaders, parents etc.?
• What challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?
• Make recommendations to your fellow teachers about online project based learning with iEARN.
• Attach lesson plans for the iEARN project.
• Share how you assessed your students' work.
• Add some pictures of students and your classrooms. Please get permission from the parents and school to publish them and submit that written permission along with all pictures.
• The vision and purpose of iEARN is to enable young people to undertake projects designed to make a meaningful contribution to the health and welfare of the planet and its people. Please describe how you feel the project has helped to make the world a better place.

Articles Written about iEARN can be found at: http://us.iearn.org/press_room/press_coverage/index.php

Magazines and websites to submit articles to can be found out: http://us.iearn.org/professional_development/curriculum/magazines_for_teachers.php

Sample Press Releases can be found at:
http://us.iearn.org/press_room/press_releases/index.php

The PR Web web page has press release tips and guidelines and a sample template
http://www.prweb.com/pressreleasetips.php