The 2024 iEARN Virtual Project Exhibition was a true celebration of students’ collaborative action around the SDGs.
On May 23, 2024, 27 students and 18 educators from 11 countries presented about 8 iEARN projects and how they worked with their global peers to address the most pressing issues of their time. More than 65 people from over 21 countries attended the sessions.
A huge Congratulations to all of the presenters! We also give special thanks and Congratulations to our hosts: Arya from Iran, Ildana and Daniel from the United States, Maliheh Mohseni from iEARN-Iran, and to the educators who supported them: Minoo Shamsnia from iEARN-Iran and Bryan Peters from the United States.
View the programs and listen to and watch the recordings from both sessions below.
The 2023 iEARN Virtual Project Exhibition was a great showcase of student Collaboration!
We were so honored to connect with the iEARN global community at the 2023 Virtual Project Exhibition. During two sessions on May 25, students and educators from around the world presented their outstanding project work, collaborations, and outcomes. Below are some stats that illustrate the impact of this event, which has become a very special annual tradition. If you weren’t able to join, but would like to view the inspiring presentations for yourselves, links to the video recordings on our YouTube channel and images from the event are also below.
We wish to thank our guest hosts, iEARN educator Ekaterina Bozdogan and her students, Ela and Beren, from Turkey. We also wish to thank the following presenters, along with their students. It was truly amazing to hear directly from the students about the incredible project work they engaged in this past year, and how that work made a difference in their lives and their local and global communities!
VPE Session 1 Program and Video Recording
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VPE Session 2 Program and Video Recording
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If you missed out on presenting at the 2023 VPE, but are interested in participating in a future VPE, please be on the lookout for our call for submissions around March/April of next year. Keep in mind the following criteria as you prepare your proposal:
iEARN Project – The project must be an official iEARN project housed within the Collaboration Centre.
Quality of Media – If using video, try to keep the video to under five minutes, checking the audio quality. For powerpoints and photos, make sure that you have permission to use the photos and images are not copy-written.
Project Story – Does your project submission include a clear description of the activities completed and the connection with the SDGs? We encourage participants to share their whole project process including how they did the project, why the project is important, and final outcomes.
Exchange Story – Does your submission reflect your cultural exchange experience in connecting with global partners? Presentations that include project partners, examples of collaboration, and represent work completed by multiple classes are encouraged.
Student Voice – We love to give students the opportunity to present during the exhibition! If it’s not possible for students to join, submissions that include student voice, such as students recording messages or student quotes, will be prioritized.
We are excited to present the 2022-2023 iEARN Project Book with a new easy-to-explore design! Learn about the iEARN network and discover global projects to connect your students with classrooms across the world.
Thanks to all project facilitators for your contributions to the project descriptions, and your ongoing hard work and enthusiasm, and to all the students and teachers who make these projects a success. We are excited to continue another year of global collaboration through iEARN projects!
DSL Engineering Club Closing – Abelardo DÃaz Morales School, Caguas, Puerto Rico (April 2022) / Cierre del Club de ingenierÃa DSL , Esc. Abelardo DÃaz Morales, Caguas, Puerto Rico (abril 2022)
During the weeks of March 7 to April 19, the pilot of the Design Squad Latinx (DSL) project was carried out by two schools in Puerto Rico, called DSL Engineering Clubs. Design Squad Latinx is a collaboration with GBH, iEARN-USA and iEARN Orillas, with funding from the National Science Foundation.
The purpose of this initiative is to create a curriculum in English and Spanish to organize engineering clubs with 10 to 13 years old, which hopes to motivate Latinx students to consider engineering fields as professional studies in their future.
The pilot project tested materials and activities in the Abelardo DÃaz Morales School in Caguas, Puerto Rico and SU Pedro Fernández in Naranjito, Puerto Rico. During the pilot period, students explored the field of engineering from their prior knowledge and family experiences, known as Funds of Knowledge. In the activity design, cases of situations to be solved are presented to a client. The solution possibilities are explored and the necessary devices are created to solve the problem, such as a pulley. Both the students’ open-module creations and the ingenious problem-solving creations are fascinating.
The enthusiasm and energy that was unleashed in the classroom with these engineering activities is captured by Rosalyn Colón Rivera, a teacher from SU Pedro Fernández School in Naranjito. She comments that the DSL Engineering Club,
“…was a very growing experience for the students and for her. The students loved the process. When they arrived they took their materials and continued working in a very natural way. If they had not finished the task, they continued working when they arrived at the room with hardly any instructions until they finished their project. They were blown away, they traveled, and they believed that they could be the engineers from the video. They loved the Cell Phone Module, the Pulley Module, and the Create their Own Engineering Challenge Module. The reality is that they did an excellent job and they liked it.†– Rosalyn Colón Rivera
Likewise, Aileen RodrÃguez and Mildred Torres, a librarian and a teacher from Abelardo DÃaz Morales School in Caguas, tell us about the impact of the engineering clubs both on them and on the students.
“Seeing our students grow, enjoying the process, recognizing themselves as great inventors, and beings capable of finding solutions to everyday problems was wonderful. After this experience, I know that the children are not the same. Neither is this instructor.†– Aileen Rodriguez
“…my children began with doubt, with fear of not being able to do something. However, as the workshops went on, they had more confidence and they came up with new ideas…my children grew up.†– Mildred Torres
With these insights from our experience and learning, we will head into the implementation phase of the Design Squad Latinx engineering clubs this fall.
DSL Engineering Club Club – SU Pedro Fernández, Naranjito School, Puerto Rico (April, 2022) / Club de ingenierÃa DSL, Esc. SU Pedro Fernández, Naranjito, Puerto Rico (abril, 2022)
Durante las semanas del 7 de marzo al 19 de abril se llevó a cabo el piloto del proyecto Design Squad Latinx (DSL) en dos escuelas en Puerto Rico, llamado Clubes de IngenierÃa. DSL, es una colaboración con GBH, iEARN USA y iEARN Orillas, con fondos de la National Science Foundation.
El proyecto piloto puso a prueba materiales y actividades en las escuelas Abelardo DÃaz Morales en Caguas y SU Pedro Fernández en Naranjito. Durante el periodo del piloto, los estudiantes exploraron el campo de la ingenierÃa desde sus conocimientos previos y experiencias familiares, conocidas como Funds of Knowledge (Fondos de Conocimiento). En el diseño de la actividad, se presentan casos de situaciones a resolver a un cliente, se exploran las posibilidades de solución y se crean los aditamentos necesarios para resolver el problema, como puede ser una polea. Fascinante, la creación de los estudiantes en el módulo abierto con creaciones ingeniosas para solucionar un problema.
El entusiasmo y la energÃa que se desató en la sala de clases con estas actividades de ingenierÃa, lo plasma la maestra Rosalyn Colón Rivera, de la SU Pedro Fernández en Naranjito. Ella comenta que el Club de IngenierÃa:
… fue una experiencia de mucho crecimiento para los estudiantes y para ella. A los estudiantes, les encantó el proceso. Cuando llegaban ellos cogÃan sus materiales y continuaban trabajando de manera muy natural. Si no habÃan finalizado la tarea, cuando llegaban al salón, continuaban trabajando sin apenas instrucciones hasta culminar su proyecto…a ellos se les vuela mente, viajan, se creen sà la pelÃcula de los ingenieros que pueden ser. El módulo del celular les encantó, el módulo de la polea, de crear su propio desafÃo de ingenierÃa, la realidad es que ellos trabajaron excelente y les gustó. (Rosalyn Colón Rivera)
Asà mismo la bibliotecaria Aileen RodrÃguez y la maestra Mildred Torres, de la Escuela Abelardo DÃaz Morales, en Caguas nos comentan sobre el impacto de los clubes de ingenierÃa, tanto ellas como en los estudiantes:
…mis niños comenzaron con dudas, con miedo a no poder realizar algo. Sin embargo, según fueron pasando los talleres, tenÃan más confianza, llegaban con nuevas ideas…mis niños crecieron. (Mildred Torres)
Con estas reflexiones de la experiencia y del aprendizaje, nos dirigimos hacia la fase de implantación de los clubes de ingenierÃa Design Squad Latinx en otoño.
Registration is now open for the September 2016 to January 2017 session of iEARN Global Learning Circles. Learning Circles are highly interactive, project-based partnerships among a small number of schools located throughout the world. The next session begins on September 30, 2016, and ends on January 15, 2017.
To join iEARN Learning Circles, please complete the online placement form at https://collaborate.iearn.org/space-29 before September 15, 2016. This session will feature Global Issues Circles along with our traditional projects: Computer Chronicles, Places and Perspectives, My Hero, Mindworks, and the Early Peoples Symbol Project. For more information or questions, please contact Barry Kramer at [email protected].
Looking for a way to connect your students with global peers? Sign up by September 25 for the upcoming session of iEARN Learning Circles, which will run from September 30, 2015 to January 15, 2016 (15 weeks with a 1-week break in December).
Deadline for submitting Learning Circle Placement forms has been extended to September 25th, so sign up now to secure your spot!
Learning Circles are highly interactive, project-based partnerships among a small number of schools located throughout the world. There are two sessions each year, September – January and January – May.
Over 15 weeks, you’ll have a chance to work with a small number of classrooms from around the world on a Learning Circle theme of your choice. The structure of a Learning Circle comes from its design of phases. The first phase, “Getting Ready” at the start of the course, prepares you for participation in the project. In subsequent phases you get to know other circle members and progress to working together under your selected theme, but with your own curriculum. Your circle closes with each classroom presenting a final product that demonstrates the quality of learning that has taken place.
In addition to hands on support throughout the session, educators have access to a comprehensive Learning Circles Teachers Guide.
To participate in an iEARN Learning Circle, educators must first register in iEARN, and then fill out a special Learning Circles Placement Form.
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