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TV, Periodicals, Books, Reports, and Videos on iEARN

2009
 
Keetan, Thameen. Jordanian, American high school students propose solutions to combat climate change. The Jordan Times, Oct. 10, 2009. 
 
Carleton, Jim and Mali Bickley, Students Without Borders: Global Collaborative Learning Connects School to the Real World, Learning and Leading with Technology, November 2009.
 
Peters, Laurence,  The rise of the globally connected student.  eSchoolNews, October 21, 2009.

Ali, Syed Intikhab, Pakistani Students to Participate in International Event, The Nation, October 11, 2009.
 
Ali, Syed Intikhab, FM100 airs Achay Dost for youngsters, The Nation, September 30, 2009.
 
Gragert, Edwin, Partners in Success: Creating International Education Collaborations, ASCD Education Update.  August 2009, Volume 51, Number 8.

Glod, Maria, Students Without Borders:Online Communication Facilitates Global Collaboration at Area Schools, Washington Post. June 24, 2009.

Llewellyn, Courtney,  Glenbrook students share passion for recycling.  The Reminder. East Longmeadow, MA, May, 2009.
 
Parsavand, Shirin, "Ramona High School videographers frame issues for global Web project."  The Press-Enterprise, pe.com.
 
Rao, Rajesh, "City students take the plight of Pune rivers to New York City," Digital News and Analysis (India), May 4, 2009.

Wasti, Tahreem, "Humanising Our Future," Dawn.com (Pakistan), April 19, 2009.
 
Srinivas, Suchitra., "Mera Bharat Mahan," Express Buzz (Chennai, India), February 1, 2009. 

Chicago Public Schools, video "Chicago Schools in iEARN," (Video) January 2009.
 
Shofar, Cassandra, "Root students get green," The Gazette (Medina, Ohio), January 28, 2009.
 
Sloan, Willona M.,  "Creating Global Classrooms," Education Update ASCD, Vol 51, No. 1, January 2009.
 
Reimers, Fernando M.," Global Competency, "Harvard International Review," Winter 2009. 
 
Shinde, Swati.  "Americans get Hindi lessons in Pune," The Times of India.  January 6, 2009.
 
2008
 
The Teachers’ Podcast -Dr. Kathy King & Mark Gura featuring  interview with iEARN-USA Executive Director, Ed Gragert at the NECC Conference, 2008.
 
"iEARN in Omani Schools," Times of Oman, December 14, 2008.
 
 Pincus, Ted.,"Reinventing The Pen Pal For The Digital Age," Chicago Sun-Times. December 5, 2008.
 
Reimers, Fernando M.," Preparing Students for the Flat World, "Education Week," October 3, 2008. 
 
Ibrahim, Saleem.  "Telling Tales: Pakistani Students Share Their Culture's Lore Online."  George Lucas Educational Foundation's Edutopia. February 2008. 

Mero, Ted. Teaching Hindi in Schools Converge Online. Spring 2008. 
 
2007
 
Sturgeon, Julie.  Around the World with Technology.  EdTech Magazine.  November/December 2007.
 
2006
 
 
2005 
 
New York City Students Provide Tech Assistance to Jordan. Government Technology. March 30, 2005.
 
Del Rosario, M. (2005, May 1). Moving Voices: Digital Video Making in the Global Classroom, Technology and Learning Magazine. 
 
Aicher, R., Educators and students click with online learning, The Daily Star (Lebanon), July 11, 2005.
 
Ames, Ann Marie. "Teens play ambassador.  Verona students break down cultural barriers in Lebanon."  The Capital Times,  November 1, 2005.
 
Ryavec, Carole.  "International Education and Resource Network in the Arab World."  Abana Review, published by the Arab Bankers Association of North America. Click here to download a pdf of the article. Winter 2005
 
Solomon, C. (2005). "Bellevue students forge ties with Mideast schools," Seattle Times.
 
2004
 
Peerwijk, Ingrid. "Computer Knowledge - the first step to development." Feature on iEARN in Suriname. December 13, 2004 
 
Wiske, M., Breit, L., Rennebohm Franz, K. (2004) Teaching for Understanding with Technology, Jossey-Bass, MA. 

2003
 
Gordon, David (Ed.). Better Teaching and Learning in the Digital Classroom (2003). Harvard Education Publishing Group: Cambridge

2002
 

Kern, Honey. An End to Intolerance Online Student Magazine Encourages Global Learning. ASCD Curriculum-Technology Quarterly. Volume 12, Number 2. Winter 2002.
 
Armstrong, Sara. "Rural Washington Students Connect With The World." Edutopia. A Publication of the George Lucas Educational Foundation. June 6, 2002.
 
Ellis, Ken, "New Technologies Link Ancient Cultures." Edutopia. A Publication of the George Lucas Educational Foundation. June 6, 2002.
 
Gragert, Edwin. "Learning from the other." learningchannel.org. Opinion - July 2002


Branzberg, Jeffrey. Learning on a Global Scale. Technology and Learning Magazine. November 15, 2002.
 
2001
 
Kulezich, Mihaela. "The Visit of Mrs. Miles." Journal for Youth - Online Newspaper, Edited by Kids and Supported by MIT. January 2001.  
 
Abdou, Nyier. Students Without Borders. Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 14 - 20, November 2002 Issue No. 612 

Faustova, Galina, "From Kazakhstan: Opinions about Terrorism,"techlearning.com, February 1, 2001.

Faustova, Galina, "New Areas of Motivation in Teaching Second-Language Writing," techlearning.com, October 1, 2001

 
2000
 
Issues in Global Education. Journal of the American Forum for Global Education. Guest-edited by Lisa Jobson and Aylin Kaya of iEARN-US. 2000-2001. 
 
White, Noel. Student Creators- Helping students develop meaningful projects online. George Lucas Educational Foundation. June 1, 2000.

Gragert, Edwin, "Expanding International Education Through the Internet: No longer Limited to the Global Studies and Language Curriculum," White Paper prepared for the Secretary of Education's Conference on Technology in Education, Washington, DC, September 2000.

Gragert, Edwin. "It Takes Many Villages to Make a World." The George Lucas Educational Foundation Newsletter. October 5, 2000.

"Web: A Global Playground." The International Herald Tribune. November 29, 2000

"Student Voices from Around the World: Profile on Youth Group: iEARN." The Global Student Voice-UN Publication. May/June 1997: 1. Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet. Prepared by iEARN-US as part of the US Department of Education's International Education Initiative. November 2000.
 
1999
 
Brown, Justine K. "Indigenous Connections through iEARN." Converge Magazine, April 1999. 
 
Mendels, Pamela. "Sowing Technology's Seeds in Developing Countries." The New York Times. April 21, 1999. 
 
1998
 
Zehr, Mary Ann. "Opening Up the Classroom--The World Is Their Teacher." Education Week. October 1, 1998 (pp. 65-66). 
 
1997
 
Gragert, Edwin. "The Internet Offers the Potential for an 'Education of Hope." School Board News. Oct. 13, 1998: 2. 
Potter, David. "Sister Schools on the Superhighway: Linking sister cities to the 21st century." Sister City News. Winter 1997: 7-8.
 
Kasman Valenza, Joyce. "Going Online to Learn about and Help Others." The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 22, 1997: 1.  

Reines, Sara and Esther Lopata. "Teaching about the Holocaust: Programs to Be Proud Of." AMIT. Spring 1997: 38-43. 
 
"It's the World on the Line" Headstart section of the Courier Mail (anewspaper in Queensland, Australia) on Tuesday, April 22 1997. 
 
"International Program Shows Children How to Change the World." School Board News. June 1997: 6.
 
Kern, Honey. "Students' Grass Roots Work Goes Global: The iEARNHolocaust / Genocide Project (HGP)." Journal of Online Learning. Volume 9 / Number 1. 1997: 5.  
 
Moed, Andrea. "What Technology Can Do For Youth: Defusing the Hype." Who Cares. Nov/Dec 1997: 19-22. 

1996
 
Rosenoff, Julie. "A Glimpse of Technology in Action at Spokane Valley HS." Changing Schools. February 1996: v. 24 n.1, 10-13. 

LaTurner, Gary. "The World as a Classroom." The Washington Art Educator. February 1996. v. 13 Winter: 1-2)

Magana, Sonny. "Virtually Exploring the World." Changing Schools, v. 24 n.1, February 1996: 3-5.

Rennebohm-Franz, Kristi and McLane, Jane. "Exploring Waterworlds: Telecommunications for Young Students." Green Teacher. Fall 1996: 27-29.

Rennebohm-Franz, Kristi. "Toward a Critical Social Consciousness in Children: Multicultural Peace Education in a First Grade Classroom." Theory into Practice. Autumn 1996: 264-270.

Rennebohm-Franz, Kristi. "Real Teaching in the Social Context of the Virtual School." 1996. 
 
1995
 
Copen, Peter. "Connecting Classrooms through Telecommunications." Educational Leadership. October 1995: 44-47.

1994
 
Solomon, Gwen. "Special Report: Interdisciplinary Language Arts-Worldwide Writing." Electronic Learning. May/June 1994: 98. 

1993
 
Holland, Matt. "Planetary Networking for Kids." In Context: A Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture. Winter 1993: 43-45.

1992
 
Morton, Chris. "Children Communicating." Online Connection. February 1992: 3.
 
1991
 
Gragert, Edwin. "International Telecommunications Network expands to K-12." Telecommunications in Education News. Summer 1991: 6.
 
1990
 
Gragert, Edwin. "High Tech in High School Exchanges." Transitions Abroad. November/December 1990: 40-41.    

1988
 
Tessa Melvin. "A Computer Project Links Students with Soviet Partners." New York Times. December 4, 1988    

Books

Wiske, Martha Stone, with Kristi Rennebohm Franz and Lisa Breit, Teaching for Understanding with Technology, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.  
 
Gordon, David (Ed.). Better Teaching and Learning in the Digital Classroom (2003).Harvard Education Publishing Group: Cambridge. Includes chapter "Global Education for Today's World: Creating Hope with Online Learning Communities," byKristi Rennebohm Franz and Edwin Gragert.
 
Lafontaine, Ellen, unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, "The Implementation of the International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) by Argentine Teachers," New York University, New York, NY, 1999. 

Bodin, Joanne Susan, unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, "Proximate Human Contact Through the Internet: A Technography of an Intercultural Global Electronic Learning Network, iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)," The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1998. 

Anderson, John, unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, "The International Education and Resource Network: Building A Sustainable Virtual School," University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1995.

Cummins, Jim and Dennis Sayers. Brave New Schools: Challenging Cultural Illiteracy Through Global Learning Networks. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995.
 
Brown, Kristin, Jim Cummins, Enid Figueroa, and Dennis Sayers. "Global Learning Network: Gaining Perspective on Our Lives with Distance." Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development, edited by Enid Lee, Deborah Menkart and Margo Okazawa-Rey.

Reports

Copen, Brent, "Evaluation Report: Program Impact on Teachers and Students Who Attended the 9th Annual International iEARN Conference in Moscwo, Russia 2002," Unpublished paper at Columbia University, November 2002.A PDF version is available on the WWW: http://www.iearn.org/surveyreport.pdf (4.7mb).
 
UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights issues final report, "Educating Children and Youth Against Racism," highlighting iEARN's role in combatting racism through Internet-based education. 2001. (download pdf)

Conte, Christopher. "The Learning Connection: Schools in the Information Age." Prepared as part of theWhat's Going On series through the Benton Foundation's Communications Policy and Practice program. 1997.

Itzkan, Seth. "Student recommendations for global networking in schools." Washington, DC: World Future Society General Assembly. 1993.

MAGI Educational Services, Inc. "Evaluation of the New York State/Moscow Schools Telecommunications Project." Prepared for: New York State Education Department, Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. February 1992.

Videos

International Education and Resource Network: A Global Gateway for Kids. Southwest Educational Development Lab. A 12 minute videotape produced by SEDL for the US Dept of Education.

iEARN: Linking Communities to Make a Difference. [contact iEARN] An 8 minute videotape produced by Back to Back Productions sharing iEARN voices from across the globe.

iEARN-USA: A Tech Museum 2004 Laureate Recipient video A short video on why iEARN was selected as a Laureate winner in the Education category: Technology Benefiting Humanity (2004).

New Technologies Link Ancient Cultures video A George Lucas Educational Foundation Feature. The First People's Project enables indigenous students on five continents to share the wisdom of their respective cultures (2002).

Intel Innovation Odyssey Features:

Building Bridges of Understanding: Egyptian students connect with distant peers to study global water issues.

Lessons from Siberia: Online projects connect Russian students with the world

Finding Treasure: Australian students connect with the world of online learning.
 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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