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iEARN

October 27, 2004

It takes many villages to make a global community

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In 1903 the Wright Brothers pioneered the first airplane flight. It...

• went only 3 meters high• traveled only 40 meters• lasted 12 seconds

Yet, it forever changed how we interact and view the world.

Similarly, in 2004 the steps we are takingtoday have the potential fordramatically re-shaping andglobalizing education andlanguage learning. Youare helping your students soar!

iEARN GoalsiEARN Goals

•To facilitate teacher-directed, student collaborative on-line international project work

•To create global, national, and local support structures to sustain educational project work

•To demonstrate that online education can enhance language and global learning and improve the quality of life on the planet

iEARN ExperienceiEARN Experience

16 years of linking schools for project work in both northern and southern hemispheres (started in 1988)

Structures and projects in 110 countries, involving 1,000,000 students annually in 20,000 schools

Collaboration with governments, NGO’s, foundations, state educational agencies, development agencies

Language skills through interaction with native speakers

iEARN ProvidesiEARN Provides a safe and structured environment for young people to

communicate and collaborate a known audience for writing and reading for a purpose--

with native speakers an opportunity to apply knowledge in service-learning

projects New technology opportunities for interaction--video-

conferencing an inclusive and culturally diverse community of

supportive educators opportunities since 1994 for educators to meet in person

- Beijing 2000, South Africa 2001, Moscow 2002, Japan 2003, Slovakia 2004, Senegal 2005, Netherlands 2006

• teacher and student driven

Keys to Interactive On-line Project Success

• interactivity, not passivity

• honor local teaching & learning styles

• collaboration with others

• adaptability to new technologies

• teacher training, support, support…

World PersonalitiesWorld Personalities

Hideki Matsui Madonna Colin Powell Suzanne Mubarak Thabo Mbeki Wangari Maathai Bill Gates Hu Jintao Tony Blair Vladimir Putin Hillary Clinton Rigoberta Menchú Tum

Partnership ExamplesPartnership Examples

Dept of State - Teacher training, teacher and student exchanges in 16 countries with significant Muslim populations (www.thebridgeproject.org)

Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ -- Water quality project (www.iearn.org/projects/waterinourlives.html)

European Union School Network Apple & HP - Digital photos/movies

(movingvoices.iearn.org) Soros Foundation - 25 countries

Collaborative Project WorkCollaborative Project Work

Curriculum areas:

Science, environment, math

Social studies, economics

Literature, creative writing

Language skills acquisition

Sample of 170+ Global Projects Sample of 170+ Global Projects Involving iEARN StudentsInvolving iEARN Students

Women in Mathematics Art Amidst Conflict Local History Child Labour A Vision - Poetry in Action The Contemporary Laws of Life Teddy Bear Day in My LifeFull List: www.iearn.org/projects

Take A Dip Project - Stevens/iEARNTake A Dip Project - Stevens/iEARN

Students… measure water quality in 18 countries on 4

continents Share results in English and Spanish Learn about local environmental issues Exchange cross-cultural information Act on the information in their communities

www.iearn.org/projects/waterinourlives.html

Tools Provided to TeachersTools Provided to Teachers

Printed guides/directoriesWeb-based DatabasesCertified Online & Face-to-Face

Professional Development Courses (www.iearn.org/professional)

Online (printable) handbookExisting community worldwide of

committed & experienced educators

Opportunities to meet International Opportunities to meet International Educators in iEARNEducators in iEARN

International Education Week November 2004 Annually at NECC, Philadelpia 2005 ACTFL 2004 NCSS 2005 Teacher & Student Exchanges International Conference - Senegal 2005,

Netherlands 2006 Regional Conference Lebanon 2005 YouthCaN Annually (www.youthcanworld.org)- April

11, 2005

iEARN-USAiEARN-USA

E-mail: iearn@us.iearn.org

http://www.iearn.org

475 Riverside Drive, #450,

New York, NY 10115, USA

Tel: 212/870-2693

Fax: 212/870-2672