Agenda for Ionia County Intermediate School District

  8:30        Ice breaker and introductions
                      
                    World Figures, My Name project

  9:00       Greetings from around the world - What is iEARN?

                     20th Anniversary Video

                    Oxfam "Mapping Our World"
                           
  9:45       Workshop Packets 

• Project book
• Brochure
  
• Poster
• Multimedia Guide to iEARN CD and 8 Simple Steps
  
• Postcard
• Pin
• Getting Started in iEARN
  
• Rubric for Responding to iEARN Project Forum Postings
• iEARN Buddy Support Contract
  

10:00      Jigsaw activity for Multimedia Guide to iEARN CD         

11:15    Tour of iEARN Websites 

                   www.iearn.org

                   us.iearn.org

                   media.iearn.org

                   Scavenger Hunt

 

12:00     Lunch   

 

media.iearn.org 

Collaboration Center Tutorial 

Rubric for Responding to iEARN Project Forum Posting

 

                 Buddy Contract                  Thinking about other cultures  

2:00      Sample Project Work     (Hands on Activities)               

    A Vision

    Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger

        http://www.feedingminds.org/

    Folktales  
    Kindred

    Machinto

      http://www.machinto.org/

      www.iearn.org/news/newsflash_179.html

    Laws of Life

    Our Footprints, Our Future (OF)2

    Pearl World Youth News

       http://www.pearl.iearn.org/pearlnews

3:00     Explore projects and plan classroom participation        
               Project books
               www.iearn.org/projects
               us.iearn.org Professional Development, curriculum integration
               Projects mentioned in greetings

3:20       Reflections, Q&A, and Evaluation