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Edutopia Publishes the 2008 List of the "Daring Dozen" in Education: iEARN-USA Executive Director, Ed Gragert, was listed as one of the "Twelve who are reshaping the future of education," according to Edutopia, an educational magazine and resource by the The George Lucas Educational Foundation. Read more...
Register NOW for the 2008 iEARN International Conference in Uzbekistan:
This July 2008 iEARN Uzbekistan will host and celebrate the 15th
Annual iEARN International Conference and Youth Summit. All are
welcome to join educators
and youth from around the globe. Click HERE to download a PDF with complete details or REGISTER NOW
Click HERE for details on Pre-Conference Online Chats.
National Educational Computing Conference
[NECC]: If you plan on attending NECC, please contact Diane Midness. Also, if you are interested in joining iEARN members for dinner one night please contact Diane.
Download a schedule of iEARN workshops/presentations.
iEARN School Receives Excellence Award:
Hill City Elementary School and Longfellow Middle School, in Kansas, receives the World Award for Excellence in International Education. 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
Wichita, Kansas: Things are WONDERFUL here at Hadley Middle School in Wichita, KS with iEARN! It has taken a while, but the staff is slowly becoming more involved with projects offered through iEARN. I started the year off with the Christmas Card Exchange Project and the Places and Perspectives Learning Circle - the excitement spread and now we have 4 more teachers who are involved with projects...
Read more... An iEARN Reflection by Meagan Higgins
Wichita, KS
 April in Azerbaijan: iEARN teacher, Nicole Boujaber -Diederichs, from Cypress Creek High School in Florida traveled to Azerbaijan to visit a fellow iEARN teacher Farida Huseynova - a teacher at School #290. Teachers exchanged their work on iEARN projects, ideas, reflections and challenges. Both teachers hope to meet again at the iEARN International Conference in Uzbekistan. Pictured: Nicole - second from right in back - with students and teachers in Azerbaijan.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Explore these wonderful iEARN projects and connect with teachers and students around the globe.
 Daffodil and Tulip Project - Students around the world plant bulbs and
collect data on various parameters (latitude, longitude, sunlight,
temperature etc...) and track when they blossom. Students collaborate online sharing their observations and data. The project is facilitated by Amy Dwyer of the USA and Ruty Hotzen of Israel. Pictured: students from Ruxton Country School in Maryland with their blossomed tulips.
 Media Connects: Check out this screenshot taken from a videoconference between iEARN students in Japan, Canada and Taiwan for the Machinto Project. In this project, students learn how others perceive war and talk about finding ways to resolve differences.
A Vision Project: Last month teachers from Ohio piloted iEARN integrating the A Vision Project. During the pilot, students submitted various writing samples, including the following poem:
Growing and changing shape shifting in ways
You get bigger and taller and smarter each day
More responsibilities the work gets harder
But you will learn more and more as you grow older
You get acne you are growing and getting mature after all
Pimples, blemishes and black heads are here
The project is an anthology of student literary works including prose, poetry, and artwork. 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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