GCE Newsletter
NEWS AND EVENTS
Eye to Eye Project Spotlighted at Boston College: Teaching for Global Understanding in the 21st Century was the theme of the Primary Source Institute at Boston College July 14-18,2008 and iEARN's Eye To Eye Project was spotlighted because of its success in helping educators increase their awareness of the challenges of our changing world... Read more
iEARN Teacher Wins Award:
Ann Lambert, a veteran teacher of iEARN, won 3rd prize for the SiGTEL Online Learning Award. Winners were announced at NECC 2008 in San Antonio, TX. Congratulations Ann!
iEARN Canada's Mali Bickley and Jim Carleton Provide Keynote Address at NECC
[NECC]: Watch a video of Mali and Jim's keynote conversation with Lester Holt, of NBC News.
Baton Rouge in Uzbekistan:
From July 6-19, 3 educators and students from Baton Rouge were
sponsored by the U.S. Department o State to travel to Uzbekistan as
part of the Community CATALYST program. They participated in an
animation training led by AnimActionto produce animated public service
announcements on natural disaster preparedness... Read more
Adobe Youth Voices in Uzbekistan: On July 10-12th educators from 11 different countries traveled to
Bukhara, Uzbekistan to participate in a face-to-face media training
aimed to help teachers develop their digital media skills... Read more
Four Rivers One World Project Looking for Teachers:
Interested
in traveling to Bangladesh this fall? IEARN-USA is looking for science
teachers from the greater NY/NJ area to participate in the Four Rivers,
One World project... Read more
Conducting an iEARN Workshop for Your School or District? iEARN-USA has new materials including a full color brochure and poster. If you need materials for your workshop, please email Christine Robinson
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TEACHER SPOTLIGHT
 Smithtown, New York: This summer teacher, Darlene Peelle, of Branch Brook Elementary School in Smithtown, NY toured Japan stopping by an iEARN Japan school, Ashihara Elementary School. She was able to meet the Principal of Ashihara, tour the school, and meet parents and students. Darlene was also able to meet Sonoko Ogawa, teacher at Saitama Prefectural Nanryo Upper Secondary School - an active iEARN school. In 2007, iEARN USA conducted a workshop for
the Smithtown School district and since teachers have jumped right into
using global projects to enhance their students' learning experience. Pictured: Darlene with Sonoko in front of the Nanryo Upper School.
Chicago School Celebrates 2 Years of iEARN: "During the 2007-2008 school year our schools successfully planned and completed ten projects with over 12 different countries. There were four outstanding schools that shined in our 2nd Annual iEARN Display fair. .." Read more
Amina Sayeed, Chicago Public Schools
Karachi, Pakistan Connects to Chicago, Illinois: "This year we had a chance of conducting TBP [Teddy Bear Project] with 4 partner schools 3 of them in Chicago...and one in Canada. I commenced this project for the first time, and as a teacher I think it was a huge success. Although there is a long list of learning experiences the most important of all is how students' abilities were polished and enhanced because of having a live audience responding to their work. The students who hated reporting events using a notebook and a pencil loved emailing, taking photographs and comparing their culture... I’m thankful to iEARN for giving a platform experiment new things and providing them an extensive learning opportunity."
Mehwish Raza, Karachi, Pakistan
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Explore these wonderful iEARN projects and connect with teachers and students around the globe.
PEARL World Youth News: A new "user-feedback" feature has been added to the PEARL website. This allows visitors to share their comments after reading articles posted by youth around the world. The PEARL project encourages secondary students to become youth journalists and share their work internationally. PEARL serves as on online international news service providing students with web-based resources and materials to write, share and edit their publications. Check it out! Pictured: Youth journalist working from Israel.
Kindred Project: In June, aboriginal students at the Gunbalanya School in Australia, posted heartfelt and thought-provoking stories about how government policies have affected their families' lives. The project ask students to interview family, friends, or local neighbors to explore how experiences in their lives have been affected by events in history. This year, the project has connected students in Australia, France, Pakistan, Ukraine, and the United States. Read stories from Gunbalanya or join this project!
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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