IEARN Telecollaborative Projects
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Al Amria High Scool -Beni Mellal Saturday , Feb 20th , 2010
Technology supported Learning Projects
Mr Mbarek AkaddarHassan II High School
Beni Mellal
What’s telecollaboration ? What’s telecollaborative project
work ? What’s IEARN ? Characteristics of IEARN projects The Way We Play Project Steps to start a project on IEARN Tips for IEARN project
management
The main points of the presentaion
Telecollaboration is a structured activity in which students use Internet tools such as e-mail, chat, Web pages, blogs,wikis ,forums , podcasts, etc. to access, process and share data and to communicate, cooperate and collaborate.
What’s Telecollaboration?
Telecollaborative project work is a term that has developed to describe online student project work that combines the use of telecollaboration and some form of a project-based activity.In other words , it is technology supported learning projects
Telecollaborative Project Work
International Education and Resource Network
over 30,000 schools and youth organizations
in 130 countries. Over 2,000,000 students each day are
engaged in collaborative project work worldwide.
an inclusive and culturally diverse community
a safe and structured environment in which young people can communicate
an opportunity to apply knowledge in service-learning projects
a community of educators and learners making a difference as part of the educational process
iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologies.
• To facilitate teacher and student-directed collaborative on-line project work
• To create global, national, and local support structures to sustain project work
• To demonstrate that on-line education can enhance learning and improve the quality of life on the planet
iEARN Goals
a safe and structured environment for children to communicate
a known audience for writing and reading for a purpose
an opportunity to apply knowledge in service-learning projects
an inclusive and culturally diverse community of supportive educators
opportunities to meet f2f– Morocco 2009
iEARN Platform
Stimulate students’ engagement and service in their community.
Develop civil awareness and responsibility. Build a supportive community of educators that
share the latest teaching methodologies. Integrate technology in the curriculum in
meaningful projects. Improve learning and teaching practices.
iEARN Project Objectives
Address a real life question or problem thatis interesting & exciting to you AND your students.• Have accessible & age appropriate resources to
investigate the topic.• Provide opportunities to make connections to
other classes as well as in and out of school and enhance critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Involve students in team work.• Can be addressed through a variety of strategies
& activities.• Help students with various strengths and
inclinations.
iEARN Project Requirements
Child Labor Children’s rights Environment and
Ecology Gender equity Globalization Human rights Peace
Prejudice and discrimination
Racism Refugees,Conflicts and wars Tolerance, Women’s rights
and role in societyPoverty
iEARN Project Themes
The Way We Play Project
The Way We Play Project
The Way We Play Project
The Way We Play Project
The Way We Play Project
Step One: Complete iEARN Registration Step Two: Choose a project that fits your curriculum,
timeline, ages of your students, appropriate languages, etc.
Step Three: Create a list of your objectives for choosing and joining a project.
Step Four: Contact the project facilitator. Step Five: Introduce the project to your students. Step Six: introduce yourself and your class in the project
forum. Have students respond to other students before posting their own work.
Step Seven: Have students publish their work. Step Eight: Share your work locally, and continue
participation in iEARN.
How to Start?
describe the essence of your message in the Subject line
write the most important things in the first paragraph
Limit the number of attachments you post to the forums
Try to configure your mailing software so that it sends out only plain text
Tips for Posting on Forums
Try to create a globally aware classroom/school environment
Create a system for peer-editing in your class
Communicate so that your participants know that you are still interested
Ensure language is cross cultural
Tips for Successful Participation
Thank you very much Your questions are
welcome