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April 2008
iEARN-Azerbaijan
Newly Trained GCE Teachers Conduct GCE Workshop
GCE teachers from Ganja, who were introduced to the program at
iEARN-Azerbaijan’s Spring GCE Workshop in Baku, held their own GCE
workshop for teachers and students in Ganja at the city’s Educational
Center this April. The teachers received support from the director and
staff of the center, as well as from Peace Corps Volunteers in the
region...
GCE Students Going the Extra Mile to Collaborate on Projects
GCE students have been working with their teacher at Isa Town
Commercial School to collaborate with American students as part of the
Moving Voices online course (Unsung Heroes theme). As part of this
collaboration, the GCE students visited people with special needs at
the Creation Center in Bahrain and interviewed them in order to make a
film that tells their stories of courage and the many challenges they
have overcome...
iEARN-Egypt
GCE Participants Take Part in Egypt’s Fourth YouthCaN Conference
Delegations of students and educators from 15 GCE schools in
Alexandria, Cairo, Giza, and Monofia participated in iEARN-Egypt’s
Fourth Annual YouthCaN Conference at El Sadat City School on April 7,
2008. The students presented their research on environmental issues
such as global warming, clean energy, and air pollution...
GCE Mini-grant Funds Educational Activities for Youth in Refugee Home
Ten students from Al-Azhar High School, who had never before been
involved in any sort of community service activity, used a GCE
mini-grant for $250 to organize a visit with some educational
activities to a refugee home for youths in Depok on March 30, 2008. The
refugee home, called the Aswain (The Braver) Timor Foundation, is for
those displaced by the conflict with East Timor and houses about 50
youths from 4-16 years old in 3 rooms...
iEARN-Iraq
GCE Students and Teachers Celebrate Earth Day and GYSD
GCE students and teachers from the Agriculture Bakrajo Secondary School
in the city of Sulemany participated in a combined Earth Day and Global
Youth Service Day (GYSD) environmental activity on April 22, 2008. The
two teachers and their students visited the public spaces and parks
around the city...
iEARN-Israel
GCE Students Interview Hero
As part of the My Hero project, 5 GCE students in grade 6 conducted an
interview with author of short stories Mahmoud Shukair and posted
information about the experience to a website created to share their
work. The My Hero project is interdisciplinary and challenges students
to make a positive difference in the world by recognizing the heroes
around them as well as the heroic attributes within themselves...
GCE Classroom Integrates Community Service Into Curriculum
Ten GCE students in grade 9 and their science teacher at the Al Uhkuwah
School have started working on a community service project fixing up a
piece of land in front of their school as part of the Students
Unlimited project...
iEARN-Lebanon
GCE Students and Teachers Participate in Seventh Annual YouthCaN Med Conference GCE educators and students have been working on the YouthCaN Med
project since January of 2008, and all their work culminated in
YouthCaN Med’s Seventh Annual Conference hosted by iEARN-Lebanon at the
American Community School in Beirut on April 7, 2008. The theme of this
year’s conference was “H2O: Helping Ocean Habitats”...
iEARN-Morocco
GCE Students Showcase Work at National Forum
iEARN-Morocco (MEARN) brought together 70 GCE students and 70 GCE
teachers from 11 GCE schools throughout Morocco to present the
community service projects they implemented in their regions as part of
the Students Unlimited project at MEARN’s third National Forum from
March 31–April 4, 2008 in Ifrane...
Educator Discovers New World of Learning Through GCE Program
GCE English teacher Mbarek Akaddar completed iEARN’s online Moving
Voices course this month with a GCE scholarship and found the
experience to be of tremendous benefit to both him and his students.
Moving Voices is an interdisciplinary project that integrates digital
video-making into the curriculum and teaches related technical skills...
iEARN-Oman
GCE School Hosts “English Week”
GCE teachers Mahmoud Al-Waili and Salim Al-Busaidi worked to organize
an “English Week” event consisting of 6 days of activities promoting
the learning of English at the Osama Bin Zaid School in Adam from April
15-22, 2008. During the week of activities, GCE students from the school presented
the GCE program and hosted an exhibition of their GCE work...
iEARN-Pakistan
U.S. and Pakistan See “Eye to Eye”
GCE teacher Sadia Kazmi and her students in grade 6 at the Al Murtaza
School in Karachi have been collaborating with students in grade 10 at
the University Preparatory School in Seattle, WA on the Eye to Eye
project...
Pakistani Youth Celebrate GYSD Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) has inspired about 1,000 GCE students
from almost 50 schools across Pakistan to work on community service
activities focusing on a wide range of issues...
iEARN-Uzbekistan
GYSD Celebrated Throughout Uzbekistan
Thirty GCE students from the Parvoz School gave up their Sunday to
celebrate Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) on April 20, 2008. Students
renovated the site for the summer camp “Yoshlarobod” in the village of
Vodil in preparation for the coming summer’s activities...
iEARN-USA
Edutopia Honors iEARN-USA’s Executive Director as one of the Daring Dozen in Education
The George Lucas Education Foundation’s (GLEF) magazine Edutopia named
Dr. Ed Gragert one of its 2008 “Daring Dozen: Twelve who are reshaping
the future of education” this April...
American TEA Teacher Travels to Azerbaijan and Meets GCE Colleague Nicole Boujaber-Diederichs, an American teacher from Cypress Creek High
School in Orlando, Florida, visited Baku on April 4, 2008 to meet with
Farida Huseynova, her GCE collaborator from School #290...
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Global Connections & Exchange Program (GCE) is made possible through support and funding from the US State
Department's (DOS) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). It
is a 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 |
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July 12-18, 2008
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
All are welcome to attend.
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