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ContentsiEARN Country Coordinators, Representatives and Contact People........................................................Using iEARN's Online CollaboratonCentre...................................................................................................How to Start Working on iEARNProjects.................................................................................................Suggestions for Successful Project Participation andFacilitation..................................................................Tips for Posting to the iEARNForums...........................................................................................................iEARN Professional Development, Online Teachers' Forum and "Future Teachers"Forum.................... Projects are grouped into subject areas in order to help teachers find projects in their subjects of interest.Please note thatbecause of the interdisciplinary nature of many iEARN projects, these groupings are only meant to serve asa guide.

Creative & Language ArtsA Vision...............................................................................................................................................An international literary magazine that promotes tolerance and mutual understanding.

Let's Live WithoutProblems....................................................................................................................Participants share problems together, give advice to each other, and practice problem-solving skills.

My Name Around the World....................................................................................................................Students research and exchange information about their own name.

Electronic SchoolMagazine....................................................................................................................An educational magazine designed by and for students and teachers.

The Art Miles..........................................................................................................................................Students create murals painted on canvas to promote global harmony.

Global Art: Images ofCaring...................................................................................................................Students create and exchange artwork and writing on a sense of caring.

Video Introductions to Communities.......................................................................................................Students represent their own communities through video.

Talking Kites all Over theWorld..............................................................................................................A tradition of flying kites with images of dreams for a better world.

Write OnProject.....................................................................................................................................Students express themselves and develop their writing skills by responding to various writing prompts.

"For Me, Writing is Something Awesome" - From Bat-Chen Diaries......................................................A project that exposes young people to the values of writing a diary.

School Theatre

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Focused on international cooperation between schools and establishing cross-cultural performances.

Beauty of theBeasts..............................................................................................................................A traveling international wildlife art and poetry exhibit.

Eye toEye.............................................................................................................................................Create postcard-sized images communicating friendship and understanding.

Origami...................................................................................................................................................An exchange of origami activities.

Food for Thought: RecipeBook...............................................................................................................Students produce a recipe book that celebrates foods from around the world.

Action! Animating Voices forChange......................................................................................................Using arts, writing, and journalism, students create an animated public service announcement or call toaction.

What Is Sacred To

Me.............................................................................................................................Students discuss and share ideas about things that are sacred to them.Dolls forComputers................................................................................................................................Students learn to make dolls and other objects which will be sold over the Internet to buy educationalmaterials.

FolkTales................................................................................................................................................Students study and share folk tales in their communities and beyond.

Tagging My

World...................................................................................................................................Participants express an aspect of teen life through creative arts.

MyHero..................................................................................................................................................A project that celebrates the best of humanity through stories, photos, artwork and multimedia.

Visions of Me: SelfPortraits.....................................................................................................................Students manipulate their self portraits using avalable software programs.

SpecialPlace.....................................................................................................................................

.....You are invited to write or draw about a local place that is precious to you.Side BySide...........................................................................................................................................Students create elongated portraits of themselves with symbols of their past, present, and future.

One Day in theLife................................................................................................................................Students describe a day in their life.

Teddy BearProject.................................................................................................................................An international teddy bear exchange using email and postal mail.


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Christmas/Holiday CardExchange..........................................................................................................Participants prepare an envelope containing cards and send them using snail mail to other schools.

Laws of Life: Virtues Essay Project........................................................................................................Students write essays about their personal values in life, and respond to those of their global peers.

PEARL-Prepare and Educate Aspiring Reporters forLeadership...........................................................A global news service run by students.Music Around theWorld..........................................................................................................................A global discussion and exchange of music.

Narnia and CSLewis.............................................................................................................................Students who know this book can create a global community by speaking about it.

Humanities & Social SciencesMDGs - Only With YourVoice.................................................................................................................A project aimed at mobilizing young people to be part of the effort to achieve the Millennium Development

Goals.What My Country is forMe......................................................................................................................Participants analyze their comprehension of what their countries/nations mean to them.

MyCountry.............................................................................................................................................Share images and information about population, culture, agriculture, industry, economy, and environment.

Get to Know Others...............................................................................................................................An educational endeavour to give students the chance to learn about their own culture as well as others.

Friends Book - Let's

go...together!..........................................................................................................Participants draw and exchange pictures of themselves and their life and discuss their drawings.

Water 4 Water/Water forSudan.............................................................................................................A project to support the building of wells in Sudan.

Women in MyCountry............................................................................................................................An exchange about the role of women in society.

The BullyingProject...............................................................................................................................A collaborative attempt to address the issues of bullying, teasing and school violence.

Give Us Wings toFly..............................................................................................................................Share how youth spend vacations in your region of the world.

Sport - Is itFair?....................................................................................................................................A project examining all levels of sport and fair play.

My DreamWorld....................................................................................................................................A warm and open place for all students to share their ideas about their ideal world.

We AreTeenagers.................................................................................................................................

Youth learn about popular fascinations of their peers and choose possible new hobbies for themselves.


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Future CitizenProject............................................................................................................................A project focused on civic responsibilities and engagement.

Breaking the Silence: The Trans-Atlantic SlaveProject..........................................................................A study of the connections among people in the Americas, Africa, and Europe that are legacy of the TST.

BEST Project: Building Economies Strong Together.............................................................................Partner schools organize fundraising events promoting their virtual companies that sell recycled goods.World We Live In(WWLi)........................................................................................................................Students reflect on how we interact with others, and how we integrate ourselves into a global society.

CIVICS: Youth Volunteerism andService...............................................................................................An collaborative project in which young people have an opportunity to evaluate and act on social issues.

My Identity, YourIdentity........................................................................................................................Participants talk about their traditional celebrations and famous moments and landmarks in their countries.

Helping Youth Say "NO" to Gun

Violence...............................................................................................Help eradicate the use of guns among young people/sudents in the world, especially in post-conflict areas.JustVision..............................................................................................................................................Learn about peace-building through the eyes of Palestinian and Israeli peace and nonviolence activists.

Tours Around the World........................................................................................................................Students research interesting routes of their cities, villages, and countries.

Good DeedsProject..............................................................................................................................Share a simple good deed(s) you have achieved, showing the details and motives behind this act.

StudentsUnlimited................................................................................................................................A collaborative community-service project.

Voyage: Volunteer of YouthProject.........................................................................................................We invite teachers and students to develop sympathy and charity, and serve others as volunteers.

My School, YourSchool.........................................................................................................................Students compare school life in different countries around the world.

Machinto: Do You Hear a Little Bird Crying

...........................................................................................Using the Japanese fictional character, Machinto, students look at the consequences of wars.Kindred..................................................................................................................................................An exchange of family stories around the world.

UNESCO World HeritageSites...............................................................................................................Students exchange information about heritage sites in their countries.

Eradication ofMalaria...........................................................................................................................Students analyze causes, effects, prevention and treatment of malaria worldwide.

United Beyond our

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A project focused on similarities/differences in our attitudes towards the challenges that we face.

Outstanding Persons of the ArmenianDiaspora.....................................................................................An exchange among students worldwide who are interested in learning more about the Armenian Diaspora.

Folk Costumes Around theWorld...........................................................................................................Send pictures and descriptions of folk costumes in your country.

My Talented Coeval

(Contemporary).....................................................................................................Students share positive stories about their contemporaries around the world.

Learning CirclesLearning Circles include Primary, Middle, and High School (Secondary) age groupings and are a greatstarting point for teachers new to online project collaboration since they provide both a very clear structureas well as a set schedule and number of partners. A Learning Circle is made up of a team of 6-8 teachersand their classes joined in the virtual space of an electronic classroom for 14 weeks. At the end of the termthe group collects and publishes its work. Each session begins with new groupings of classes into LearningCircles. See www.iearn.org/circles/ for more details about the circles. To join a Learning Circle, you mustcomplete a Learning Circle placement form two weeks before the beginning of the session.September to January Session (2008: Session 2): Begins September 30, 2008, and ends on January 12,2009 (15 weeks with a 1-week break in December). Learning Circle Placement forms are due September

15, 2008.January to May Session (2009: Session 1): Begins January 30, 2009, and ends on May 18, 2009 (15 weekswith a 1-week break in Spring). Learning Circle Placement forms are due on January 15, 2009.

Language Resources iniEARN...........................................................................

iEARN(International Education and Resource Network)Thank you to all project facilitators for your contributions to the project descriptions, and your ongoing hard work andenthusiasm, and to all the students and teachers who make these projects a success.

Please note that many new projects are continually beginning, while some projects are ending. This booklet is an effortto list projects active at the time of printing in September 2008. Although every attempt was made to provide acomprehensive project listing, some projects may have been unintentionally left out. For the most accurate and up-to-date listing of iEARN projects throughout the year, see media.iearn.org/projects. In addition to online collaboration,iEARN Centers worldwide host a range of local, national, regional, and international meetings for teachers and studentsthroughout the year. For updates on such events, seewww.iearn.org/news/news_meetings.html.In July 2009, iEARN-Morocco (MEARN) will be hosting the 16th Annual iEARN International Conference and13th Annual Youth Summit. This is a gathering open to all, which typically brings together teachers and studentsfrom over 70 countries. It builds upon previous conferences in Argentina (1994), Australia (1995), Hungary (1996),Spain (1997), USA (1998), Puerto Rico (1999), China (2000), South Africa (2001), Russia (2002), Japan (2003), Slovakia(2004), Senegal (2005), the Netherlands (2006), and Egypt (2007). Check www.iearn2009.ma/for updates about the July 2009 Conference in Ifrane, Morocco.

Celebrating 20 Years of Global Collaboration!

iEARN Country Coordinators, Representatives, and ContactPeopleAlbania # Florian Bulica, florianbulica @ hotmail.comAndorra # Alex Jerez, alexj @ andorra.adArgentina * Rosy Aguila, rosyaguila @ infovia.com.ar, Paula Perez, paulap @ telar.orgArmenia ^ Karine Durgaryan, karine @ childlib.amAustralia * Teacher Management Team, iearnoz @ iearn.org.auAustria # Maria Bader, maria.bader @ aon.atAzerbaijan # Ulker Kazimova, ulker @ jaazerbaijan.org, and Irada Samadova irada_sam @yahoo.comBelarus # Lyudmila Dementyeva, dem @ user.unibel.byBahrain # Amany Mustafa Amer, amani_amer2001 @ yahoo.comBenin ^ Hyacinthe Tossou, iearnbenin @ yahoo.ca

Botswana # Bushy Mmatli, bmmatli @ gov.bw


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Brasil # Almerinda Borges Garibaldi, almerbg @ gmail.comCameroun ^ Francois Donfack, donfackfr @ yahoo.frCanada * Mali Bickney mali @ iearn-canada.org; Jim Carleton jim @ iearn-canada.org; and Anita Townsendanita @ iearn-canada.orgChile # Jorge Valenzuela, jvalen @ sumet.clChina * Ruifeng Wu, rfwu2004 @ yahoo.com.cn, Subude, subude @ yahoo.com and Sihong Huanghh00112003 @ yahoo.com.cnColombia # Patricia Ochoa, mpochoav @ telar.orgCongo, Dem. Republic ^Didier Lungu, dikiendo @ yahoo.fr

Costa Rica # Maritza Monge, marmonge @ yahoo.comCzech Republic * Tamara Kohutova, kohutovat @ post.czEcuador # Samuel Sangueza, ssangueza @ hotmail.comEgypt * Dalia Khalil, dalia @ iearnegypt.orgEl Salvador # Maira Serrano, maira.serrano @ mined.gob.svEstonia * Terje Tuisk, terje @ archimedes.eeEthiopia # Girma Mitiku, girmamitiku @ yahoo.comFinland # Helena Rimali, helena.rimali @ kolumbus.fiGeorgia # Paata Papava, paata @ sfsa.org.ge & Pavle Tvaliashvili, pavle @ iatp.org.geGermany # Hans Georg Henkel, hans.georg @ henkel-hi.deGhana * Doreen Agbodja, doreen agbodja@ yahoo.comGreece # Kostas Magos kmago @ tee.grGuatemala # Azucena Salazar, hudeth @ intelnet.net.gt & Rodolfo Morales, rodomorales @ hotmail.com

Guinea # Mamady Lamine Traore, m.traore @ lycos.comHungary # Istvan Szabo, szaboi @ mail.gyfk.huIndia * Sunita Bhagwat, bhagwat.sunita @ gmail.comIndonesia ^ Hasnah Gasim, aspnetind @ cbn.net.idIran # iEARN-Iran Managing Committee, iearn-iran @ schoolnet.irIraq # Bina Jalal binabayan @ gmail.comIsrael * Ruty Hotzen, eh2y @ netvision.net.il & Gladys Abu Elezam, gladys_172 @ yahoo.comItaly ^ Giuseppe Fortunati, fgiusepp @ libero.itIvory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) # Oscar Seka kidsyouthallies @ hotmail.com

Japan * Yoko Takagi, yoko @ jearn.jpKazakhstan # Talgat Nurlybayev, tnurlyb @ gmail.comKenya # Angule Gabriel, angule2001 @ yahoo.com ; Grace Mulei, kenyasaphanage @ yahoo.co.uk ;Ombajo Edward,

emisombajo @ yahoo.comKyrgyzstan # Chinara Esengul, debate @ kyrnet.kgLatvia * Ligija Kolosovska, lika_kolos @apollo.lvLebanon * Eliane Metni, eliane.metni @ gmail.comLithuania * Daina Valanciene, valthailand2002 @ yahoo.comMacedonia * Jove Jankulovski, jovej @ freemail.com.mkMalaysia # Zait Isa, zaitisa @ gmail.comMali ^ Sounkalo Dembele, nkosounkalo @ hotmail.comMexico # Nuria de Alva, nuriadealva @ gmail.comMongolia # J Baasanjav, baasanjav @ mea.org.mnMorocco * Mourad Benali, mbenali @ mearn.orgNamibia # Joris Komen, joris @ schoolnet.naNepal ^ Binita Nepal Parajuli, binita @ iearn.org.np

Netherlands * Bob Hofman, b.hofman @ ict-edu.nl and Gerard Lommerse, g.lommerse @ aliceo.nlNew Zealand/Aotearoa # Lulu Maitai, lulu.maitai @ gmail.comNigeria # Olaolu Shashore, laolu @ snng.org and Ronke Bello ronke @ schoolnetng.netOman # Issa Khalfan Al-Unqoodi, najmawee9 @ hotmail.comOrillas * Enid Figueroa, efigueroa @ orillas.org and Kristin Brown krbrown @ igc.orgPakistan * Farah Kamal, farah @ iearnpk.orgPalestine ^ Kahraman Arafa, kahraman_arafa @ hotmail.comParaguay ^ Rosi Rivarola, rosir @ telar.orgPeru # Juan Gomez jgomez @ abaco-corp.edu.pePhilippines # Maria Luisa H. Larcena, maloularcena @ yahoo.comPoland * Marek Grzegorz Sawicki, miyankimitra @ gmail.comPortugal ^ Ana Roque, ana.roque @ dgidc.min-edu.ptQatar ^ Cherie Clark-Moore and Pascal Siegel iearn @ rotaknowledgenet.org

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Russia # Nina Koptyug nkoptyug @ yandex.ru and Olga Prokhorenko olgap1129 @ mail.ruRwanda # Nsozzi Williams craftsforeducation @ yahoo.comSenegal ^ Aminata Kole Faye, Ndiaye kolefaye @ hotmail.com and Salimata Mbodji Sene, sallsenma @yahoo.frSerbia # Katarina Mihojevic, katarinam @ beotel.yuSlovakia # Katarina Pisutova-Gerber, katarina @ susnow.orgSlovenia * Alenka Adamic, alenka @ mirk.si; and Nives Kreuh nives.kreuh @ zrss.siSpain * Josep Torrents, torrents @ pangea.org, Carmina Pinya, cpina @ pie.xtec.es & Moiss Anguera,manguera @ uoc.edu

Sri Lanka # Lakshmi Attygalle, larttygalle @ yahoo.comSudan # Amel Saeed, aisns_12 @ hotmail.comSuriname # Dave Abeleven: dave-aa @ surimail.sr and Betty Burgos betty_burgos2003 @ yahoo.comSyria # Samah Al Jundi, jundi_63 @ maktoob.comTaiwan * Doris Tsuey-ling Wu, doris21.wu @ msa.hinet.netTanzania # Onesmo Ngowi, onesmongowi @ hotmail.comThailand # Sonthida Keyuravong, sonthidak @ yahoo.comTogo ^ Abotchi Yao, anemany @ yahoo.frTrinidad & Tobago ^ Gia Gaspard Taylor, marabe @ tstt.net.ttTunisia ^ Hela Nafti, hela.nafti @ yahoo.fr & Najah Barrah, najah.barrah @ inbmi.edunet.tnTurkey # Burcu Alar burcualar @ gmail.comUganda * Daniel Kakinda, dkakinda @ yahoo.comUkraine * Nina Dementievska, nina_dementievska @ yahoo.com

United Kingdom *Cheryl Morgan, cmorgan @ iearnuk.com and Mary Gowers mary @ iearnuk.comUnited States of America * Ed Gragert, ed @ us.iearn.org and Lisa Jobson, ljobson @ us.iearn.orgUzbekistan * Anatoly Kochnev, akochnev @ iearn.uzVietnam # Thai Hai Wan Nguyen, ng-thai-hai.van @ unilever.com

Yemen # Hana Alkibsi, hana_alkibsi @ yahoo.comZambia # Oliver Sepiso Shalala, ssepiso @ yahoo.co.ukZimbabwe # Justin Mupinda, wldnat @ ecoweb.co.zwInternational Youth Representative to the Assembly: Kapil Joshi, India, [email protected] Country Coordinators, Representatives and Contact People / All international decision-making iniEARN is carried out by an Assembly, consisting of iEARN Center Coordinators, all with one vote. Anycountry can apply to be on the Assembly, which meets online throughout the year, and face-to-face once ayear at the Annual iEARN Teachers Conference and Youth Summit, held in a different country each July.

There are three levels of representation in iEARN:

* Coordinator. Countries/Groups who have applied and been approved by the iEARN InternationalAssembly as a Center and therefore a voting member of the iEARN International Assembly.^ Representative. Representatives who have applied and been approved by the iEARN InternationalAssembly, recognizing them to represent iEARN in their country.# Contact Person. Countries in which there is no official iEARN representation, but which have schoolsactively involved in iEARN project work and who have a person or persons who have expressed an interestin helping others in their country become involved.Every attempt is made to ensure that this list is up-to-date and includes currently active iEARNCoordinators, Representatives, or Contact Persons in each country. Information published in the iEARNProject Book is current as of September 2008.Up-to-date contact information can also be found at http://www.iearn.org/globe/countrycoordinators.html.Please contact us if your country is not listed here. You are invited to contact the [email protected] to learnmore about becoming an iEARN Contact for your country.

iEARN International Executive Council:The Executive Council consists of three persons from threedifferent iEARNCenters , who are elected for a term of two years. In order to ensure prompt and effective action by iEARN,its Members conferon the Executive Council primary responsibility for the day-to-day decisions on behalf of the Assembly, inaccordance with theConstitution of iEARN.iEARN Executive Council: Bob Hofman, Netherlands, Farah Kamal, Pakistan, Lisa Jobson, USA.Email: [email protected].

iEARN Collaboration Centre

Logging in:To enter the iEARN Collaboration Centre, go to http://media.iearn.org/. Click "Login" at the

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User Name. For example, Jose_Garcia. To retrieve your login information, seehttp://media.iearn.org/forgot_passwd.

There are 4 primary areas of the iEARN Collaboration Centre. (media.iearn.org)1) MANAGE ACCOUNT SECTION (for educators): All registered educators have a personal "Profile"page. This page contains your current contact information, and information on the students who have beenregistered by you. After logging in, you can update and complete your personal profile by clicking on"Manage Account" next to the "log-out" link. In your profile, you can upload a photo or image, andcomplete or change your personal contact information. You can also add yourself to the iEARN Google Map!Giving Students their own User Names

By clicking on "Add Students," educators can give students their own iEARN User Names and Passwords toaccess the project discussion forums. Student User Names become active in about 15 minutes from whenyou "submit" them. User Names cannot be changed once created. To give a student a different User Name,a new User Name must be created in the "Add Students" section. Passwords can be changed at any time byediting a student record in the "My Students" section. Note: Information on students cannot be searched oraccessed by iEARN members or anyone outside of iEARN.2) PEOPLE SECTION (media.iearn.org/people) A place to find colleagues worldwide who share commoninterests, obtain their contact information and to get to know the people with whom you are working.3) GALLERY SECTION (media.iearn.org/gallery) A repository for youth-produced photos, videos,documents, and other files that are available for viewing at any time by logged in iEARN participants. Mediais only viewable to a wider audience if educators choose to release it for public viewing.4) FORUM SECTION (media.iearn.org/forums) Forums are the heart of interaction in iEARN. When images,photos, videos, documents, etc are uploaded from within the forums, a thumbnail of the file is placed in the

forum topic, with a link to the actual file which is in an album in the GALLERY. When in the GALLERY, if theimage is uploaded from the forums, a link is provided to enable the viewer to go directly to the forumdiscussion topic from which it was posted. Please note: There are 3 ways to access the iEARN Forums/ project discussions:Option 1: Via web-based discussion forums (media.iearn.org/forums).Access to the forums is limited toiEARN members (ie those who have validated User_Names and Passwords).Option 2: Via offline news readers. Participants who prefer to access the discussions this way must stillhave a User Name and Password registered via media.iearn.org. Configure your news reader to point to thenews server: foro.iearn.org. Select the forums inthe "iearn" folder.Option 3: Via email. Write to [email protected]. In the message, tell us which forum you would like toreceive via e-mail. Once subscribed, please use your e-mail software to "Reply" to a received message sothat your response will be automatically addressed back to the forum and placed under the correct

discussion topic.

How to Start Working in iEARN ProjectsIntroduction

The key to successful project work is developing effective relationships with educators around the iEARNnetwork. Many educational systems do not emphasize or even encourage collaborative project work -- evenwithin the same school. Therefore, it is extremely important to establish relationships among teachers tofacilitate the difficult task of collaborating on projects across diverse educational systems, time zones andschool year schedules, cultural differences, linguistic obstacles, and the non-oral and non-visual learningmedium of telecommunications. iEARN places a high priority on building these relationships -- both onlineand during face-tofacemeetings of teachers and students.

1. Welcome PhaseParticipants are invited to introduce themselves and greet new members on our forums for connectingpeople. Two good places to startare the following forums:

foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/teachers (apc.iearn.teachers) - A place for teachers to meet and share projectideas in order to find otential partners to develop a project. Teachers new to iEARN are encouraged to posta message to introduce themselves on the Teachers Forum (apc. iearn.teachers), and to describe brieflyany special interests they or their class have.

foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/youth (apc.iearn.youth) - In this forum, young people can meet each other,share ideas and topics of interest, and consider ways they can work together. All forums are shown in theirweb-based format, example: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/ teachers (accessed via http://foro.iearn.org),followed by the format in which they appear when accessed via offline newsreaders, example:apc.iearn.teachers (news server: foro.iearn.org).

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Many languages are represented among iEARN's global network of participants. Seehttp://www.iearn.org/globe/globe_language_gateway.html, which includes links to iEARN country websites worldwide, project forums, and translations ofmaterials such as theproject description book, newsflashes, etc. Though all iEARN forums can be multilingual, there are also anumber of special languageforums for connecting people. iEARN is also open to hosting additional language forums as interest isexpressed. Among the languageforums active at the time of printing are (type foro.iearn.org/iearnforums before any of the forum names

below. For example,foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/albanian:

albanian (apc.iearn.albanian) arabic (apc.iearn.arabic) armenian - Armenian languageforums.

azeri (apc.iearn.azeri) bengali (apc.iearn.bangladesh) chinese (apc.iearn.chinese) dutch (apc.iearn.dutch) espanol - Spanish language forums

francais (apc.iearn.francais) chinese (apc.iearn.chinese) german (apc.iearn.german)

hebrew (apc.iearn.hebrew) hindi (apc.iearn.hindi) indonesian (apc.iearn.indonesian)

italian (apc.iearn.italian)japanese (apc.iearn.nihongo) kartuli (Georgian) (apc.iearn.kartuli) kiswahili (apc.iearn.kiswahili)

korean (apc.iearn.hangul) macedonian (apc.iearn.macedonian)

persian (apc.iearn.persian) polish (apc.iearn.polish) portuguese (apc.iearn.port) russian (apc.iearn.russian) sinhalese (apc.iearn.sinhala) slovenian (apc.iearn.slovenian) thai (apc.iearn.thai)

ukrainian (apc.iearn.ukrain) urdu (apc.iearn.urdu) uzbek (apc.iearn.uzbek) vietnamese (apc.iearn.vietnamese) welsh/Cymraeg (apc.iearn.welsh)

2. Learn About Projects and Find PartnersThere are several resources that will help you find out which projects are currently taking place in iEARNand how to get started in project work.News FlashesEvery two weeks an online newsletter called "iEARN in Action" is sent to all iEARN participants via email. Itdescribes new projects and people looking for collaborators, gives updates on continuing projects, and is aplace to make general announcements. To receive the iEARN Newsflash, write to [email protected]. orgrequesting to be added to the newsflash distribution list.Annual Project Description Book

The publication that you are currently reading (English and translated versions) is available for downloadingby all iEARN members atwww.iearn.org/projects/projectbook.html. Up-to-date project descriptions can be found at

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People SearchAt media.iearn.org/people, educators can search for other educators who are part of the iEARN community.Please update your own record in the "Manage Account" section! Project SearchAt media.iearn.org/projects, educators and youth can search for projects by various categories, includingkeyword, languages, and age level.

3. Become Involved in a ProjectWe encourage all iEARN teachers and students to participate in existing projects before initiating a projectof their own.

1) Educators should choose a project that fits their curriculum. It is best to do this by reading through theproject descriptions atmedia.iearn.org/projects, and also reading through online messages in the project's forum. Visiting the

Teachers' Forum (foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/teachers) will keep you informed on what other teachers are working on or areplanning to get started on.2) Contact the facilitator and write an initial email introducing yourself and your students. Share where youare from, and share your objectives for joining the project. All facilitators are listed beside the description ofthe project found here in the Project Description Book, and in the project's online forum.3) Introduce the project to your students. Talk about what iEARN is and prepare them for onlinecollaboration. Introduce your students to the forums and have them read other students' writing alreadyposted from that particular project.4) Have students respond to other students' writing using an agreed upon writing process. Remind them to

make connections and ask questions of their online partners to keep the conversation moving forward.Review Internet etiquette and go over what it means to be engaging the discussion in a meaningful way.Encourage them to contribute their own ideas and perspectives to the discussion. Some educators use"buddy contracts" to ensure that student messages are peer rviewed before being posted (www.iearn.org/professional/contract.html). Remember, all students want and need responses to their messages. Werecommend that your students post at least two responses for every new message they post.A good place to start in iEARN if you are new to online project collaboration is Learning Circles.Learning Circles are highly interactive, project-based partnerships among a small number of schoolslocated throughout the world. Each session is 14 weeks long. Participants who wish to join these structuredcircles must fill out a registration form at least two weeks prior to the start of the circle sessions in order tobe placed in a group. See p. 53 or www.iearn.org/circles for more details.

4. Creating a New ProjectOnce you have made contacts in iEARN and are familiar with how the projects are conducted on the

forums, these are the suggested steps for developing your own project.Please note that proposed project ideas that relate to existing projects will be encouraged to collaboratewith those that are already underway in order to ensure the highest level of interaction in each projectforum.1) Announce your idea by posting it on http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/teachers orhttp://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/teachers to see if there are other people interested in the topic and toallow for possible collaboration on the actual design of the project, or to see if such a project already existsthat you might get involved in instead.2) If you find other people who are interested in joining the project, fill out the Project Idea Template Formbelow, and email it to [email protected]) Once your project has been assigned to a project forum, it will also be posted as a topic on the onlineforum in which it will be happening. Project facilitators are encouraged to start an Introductionsdiscussion topic in which new members can introduce themselves as they join the project.

4) Project facilitators should submit updates and announcements to [email protected] to be includedin iEARN's twice monthly online newsletter, "iEARN in Action." (to see a sample News Flash, seewww.iearn.org/news

Project Idea Template1) Name of Project: Project Idea Template2) Brief one-sentence description of project:3) Full description of project:4) Age/level of project participants:5) Timetable/schedule:6) Possible project/classroom activities:7) Expected outcomes/products:8) Project contribution to others and the planet:9) Project language(s):


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10) Curriculum/Subject Area:11) Names/email of initial participating groups:12) Name of facilitator(s):13) Email of facilitator(s):14) iEARN Forum where it will take place or is taking place(or leave blank and one will be assigned):15) WWW page of project (not required):Once completed, email to [email protected]

Suggestions for Successful Project Participation Create a global classroom/school environment. Projects come to life through maps and a basicunderstanding of the background and culture of students' online peers. Create a system for peer-editing in your class. Preparation and transmission should be seen as twodifferent tasks. Preparing the message, researching and creating material to be transmitted, is a veryimportant part of the whole process. Students will be writing with a real purpose for a very real audience.Create a feedback process where students have the opportunity to comment on each other's work, peeredit, and then revise accordingly. Communicate. Even if you can't contribute for weeks, send a note to say so. That way, your partnersknow that you are still interested in participating. Ensure that language is cross-cultural. How much of what is being sent needs explanation ordescription for an audience from a different culture? Slang or colloquial language needs to be usedcarefully. Translating student writing into a context that is most universally understandable can openinteresting discussions in your classroom.

Suggestions for Successful Project Facilitation1) Before starting a new iEARN project, participate in an existing project first. Participating inother iEARN projects is a great way to meet other participants. Once this experience is gained, facilitatorsare encouraged to still involve their class in other iEARN projects, just as they would like other classes toparticipate in their project activities.2) Emphasize the collaborative aspect of the project. Make sure that there is collaboration andinteraction among participants, and that teachers do not simply develop the project with their classes andreport back what they did, but that they actually worktogether and build on what the other classes do.3) What's the project's impact? In addition to meeting specific educational goals, every project

proposed by teachers and students in iEARN must answer the question, "How will this project improve thequality of life on the planet?" This vision and purpose is the glue that holds iEARN together, enablingparticipants to become global citizens who make a difference by collaborating with their peers around theworld.4) Use iEARN's online forums for project discussions and exchange of student work. BecauseiEARN forums are archived, new participants can join more easily than in exchanges happening overprivate email. In addition, iEARN forums are distributed via mailing lists, web-based forums, and offlinenewsreaders, thus keeping cost to a minimum for those with limited connectivity.5) Login to iEARN on a regular basis and stay active in the project's online forum (at leastweekly).Those listed as project facilitators are expected to monitor forum discussions, and to welcomenew participants. If your class will be offline for a period of time, please post a message to the projectforum to alert the team of this, and if possible, designate others to assume the role of facilitation.6) Update project information periodically. Posting periodic updates to your project forum will helpexisting participants, and will ensure that new participants will not be referring to outdated projectinformation. In addition, project facilitators are encouragedto share project news in the Teachers Forum (http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/teachers)and students can do the same in the Youth Forum (http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/ youth).7) Involve students in project facilitation and other leadership roles. Appointing international

student editorial boards and facilitators increases the opportunities for all students to receive feedbackfrom other students on their writing, so that the soleresponsibility of responding to messages does not fall on project facilitators. Our goal is that every studentwho posts a message will receive a response from another student. This can be attained if participantscommit to respond to two other messages for everyone that they post.8) Exhibit and share student work. Projects generally involve a final "product" or exhibition of thelearning that has taken place as part of the collaboration. These have included magazines, creative writinganthologies, websites, reports to government officials, arts exhibits, performances, and many more


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examples of youth taking action as part of what they are learning in the classroom. In some projects,facilitators may choose to share the role of compiling project materials into a final publication, thusallowing a variety of classrooms the experience of analyzing and presenting a piece of the project's "finalproduct."9) Link to iEARN on project website, if one exists. See http://www.iearn.org/about/ iearn_logos.htmlfor more about linking to iEARN, and write to [email protected] if you have questions about the exact linkto your iEARN project page and forum.

Suggestions for Successful Forum Participation (media.iearn.org/forums)CREATING MESSAGES TO POST TO THE iEARN FORUMS:

Jay Holmes of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, USA, and a facilitator for theYouthCaN project, gave the following advice to create postings that will elicit responses. There are manypeople who have trouble getting responses on the forum. Remember, dialogue goes both ways. To getanswers you have to give answers and you have to lead people into dialogue with questions and responses.

There are a few suggestions to consider:1) Always have a subject line or title to your message that explains what your message is about -- waterpollution, endangered species, recycling....2) Ask your readers one or two specific, easy questions that they can answer.3) Read other postings in the forum and respond to them, answer their questions and then ask them aquestion or suggest that they read your messages in the forum and give them the exact subject line ofyour message so they can find it easily.ETHICAL USE OF MATERIALS: GIVING CREDIT FOR RESOURCES:iEARN project work encourages students to share information as they collaborate. This often requires online

research or in school libraries. The World Wide Web has made it increasingly easy for students to share withothers by copying and pasting into forum postings. This information may come in the form of pictures,graphs, text, videos and even original ideas. It is important to understand that all print and online materialbelongs to someone. The rights of these individuals are protected under copyright laws in many parts ofthe world where, once something is printed or published, it is automatically copyrighted without any formalprocedure. There are Fair Use Guidelines that make it legal to share material with others for educationaluse. David Warlick in his book Redefining Literacy in the 21st Century has created a Students and

Teachers Information Code of Ethics. This points to four areas of concern, and lists proactive considerationsthat students and teachers should apply to every information decision that they make. It can be found at:www.us.iearn.org/professional_development/curriculum/copyright.php. Also on this page are tools forcreating citations for material used and information on the Fair Use guidelines and copyright.

iEARN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTiEARN offers both online and face-to-face professional development designed to provide teachers with thetechnology, collaborative and organizational skills needed as they integrate projects into their classroom.Online Professional Development CoursesiEARN's online professional development program is a collaboration among a number of iEARN countriesand began in 2001 with five subject-specific courses. Offered two times during the year, each nine weekcourse, or "virtual workshop," brings togetherteachers from around the world. The courses are primarily asynchronous. This means participants workin their own time from home or school to complete weekly assignments. However, courses are veryinteractive and communication is continuous during the course period. Each course has approximately 25participants and two facilitators. Participants communicate with one another through the iEARN discussionforums to discuss assignments and readings, and can expect frequent feedback from their facilitators andparticipants throughout the course period. Each course is divided into nine modules (one lesson per week)with readings, discussions,

individual and group assignments. Lessons and assignments take participants stepby- step through theprocess of integrating an online collaborative project into their classroom. Participants select a project thatmatches their local/state/national standards and begin integrating it into their classroom during the courseperiod. For more information visit www.iearn.org/professional/online.html.Face-to-Face WorkshopsiEARN workshops can be designed to cover the technical, collaborative and organizational skills needed toparticipate fully in Internet-based learning programs. They may introduce basic computer and Internet skillsfor newcomers, or review this information for more experienced participants. They will most certainly focuson the skills needed to engage in collaborative activities, such as peer review, team-building, and joiningregional and international learning communities. Finally, where appropriate, iEARN workshops might tacklespecific organizational issues, such as computer lab scheduling, organizing school-wide and localcommunity Internet training workshops, and developing school/parent/business/municipal partnerships. Bythe end of the workshops, participants will be able to assist their classes in joining Internet-based


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collaborative learning projects. For more information about professional development opportunities in yourarea, please contact your country or center coordinator. www.iearn.org/globe/countrycoordinators.html.Additional online professional development resources such as handbooks and workshop toolkits fordeveloping your own iEARN workshop can be found at http://www.iearn.org/professional/.

Online Teacher ForumsThose interested in coordinating iEARN workshops and professional development activities in their schoolor community are invited to join in the online forum: Professional Development Discussions and Resources -http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/facilitators (apc.iearn.facilitators).

The iEARN Teachers Forumhttp://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/teachers (apc.iearn.teachers) is the online hubof teacher communication in the network -- it is a great place to share your experiences and pose questionsto experienced teachers who have been using collaborative projects in their classrooms.

Future TeachersFuture teachers discuss their vision for education, and explore how to integratetechnology intotheir classrooms to better serve learners of all cultural, linguistic, and ethnicbackgrounds.

This project seeks to transform our classrooms and schools by transforming the way teachers are trained,and ensuring that future teachers gain direct experience with global learning networks. The future teachersforum is a meeting place for university professors of education and the future teachers in their classes.

Through this forum three kinds of discussions take place: 1) future teachers from around the world shareperspectives on creating effective and equitable schools and classrooms that will better meet the needs ofall students, 2) future teachers have the opportunity to learn first-hand about iEARN's projects asfacilitators, observers, or participants, and 3) professors of teacher education share ideas and resources forintegrating global learning networks into their courses in different content areas.

Ages: All people interested in teacher preparationDates: OngoingLanguage(s): All are welcome. We facilitate the project in English and Spanish.Forums: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/futureteachers(apc.iearn.futureteachers)Website: http://www.orillas.org The Future Teacher project is organized bythe Orillas-iEARN Center.

Contact: Enid Figueroa, PR, [email protected],Cynthia Lucena, PR, [email protected],Kristin Brown, USA, [email protected]

To contact all the facilitators, write to: [email protected]

Future Teachers within iEARNStudents of Teacher Training Colleges in different countries work in Primary Schools withiEARN online projects.Future teachers can get in touch with the iEARN network and the power of the projects within this network.

This should be realised by giving the possibility to students to carry out these projects during theirtraineeship at primary schools. At the same time Teacher

Training Colleges may consider the possibility to make international projects a part of their study for thefuture.

Ages: Pre-service teachers in trainingDates: OngoingLanguage(s): EnglishForums: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/futureteachers(apc.iearn.futureteachers)Contact: Kees Nelisse, Netherlands, [email protected]

Creative & Language ArtsA VisionAn international literary magazine that teaches tolerance and mutual understanding.


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An anthology of writings of various literary genres- essays, stories, poems and poetical sketches, whichaims to showcase the youth's thoughts, viewpoints and insights of things around them, and even acrossborders, regardless of cultural and racial diversity. Its purpose is to use art and the medium of creativewriting to demonstrate that despite differences, teenagers around the world share the same hopes, fears,interests and concerns. A Vision is produced, not merely by the students directly involved in the project, butby everybody who contributes pieces of writing or art and is not afraid to share his/her opinion about theworld today. A Vision is not only a magazine -- it is a forum for sharing and learning!Ages: 7 - 20Dates: Ongoing (Submissions deadlines for publication: February 2009)

Languages: EnglishForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/vision (apc.iearn.vision)Website: http://www.iearn.org/avision/Contact: Teacher Facilitator: Ma. Luisa H. Larcena, Makati Science HighSchool in the Philippines [email protected],Student Facilitators in the Philippines:Zatia Denise D. Gammad, [email protected], Marian Denise G. Basallote,[email protected], Karez A. Martin, [email protected], Ancilla Marie B Inocencio,[email protected], Julia Nina S Moncada, [email protected],Bernadette T Guiamoy, [email protected], Maryliz SB. Zubiri, [email protected], Portia

Jessica J Maclan, [email protected],

Let's Live Without ProblemsSharing problems together and giving advice to each other.Here everyone can share her/his problem with one another, and get advice that can be helpful to solvetheir problem. The main idea is to share problems together and to solve them by helping each other.Sometimes you need advice because your problem can be such that you cant talk about it at home. Sohere, we can help each other with our advice.Ages: AllDates: OngoingLanguages: English, Azeri, Russian and TurkishForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/woproblems (apc.iearn.woproblems)Contact: Khanim Sadrzade, Azerbaijan, [email protected]

My Name Around the WorldStudents research, find and send information about their own name.Students can explore and work on the following issues the process of name-giving in their country, regionor town; the history of this celebration; who takes part in it and how; and what this process means forstudents and their parents and grandparents.Ages: 6-15Dates: OngoingLanguages: English, Russian, GeorgianForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/myname (apc.iearn.myname)Website: http://www.zari.org.ge/iearn.htmContact: Pavle Tvaliashvili, Georgia, [email protected]

Electronic School MagazinePublishing an electronic school magazine for exchanging experiences between students

and teachers.Who is more important than students and teachers? They are the main concern of any school. They alwayscontribute in their school development through different ways such as their performance, achievement,various activities, sports, etc. These contributionsneed to be documented and exchanged at the local and international level. Students and teachers deserveto have such a magazine which can be reached from any place in the world. Consequently, students andteachers all over the world are encouraged to write anddocument whatever is proper to be in our educational magazine, or they are encouraged to publish theirown and send it to us to have it as a link in our own.Ages: 6-19Dates: OngoingLanguages: Arabic, EnglishForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/emagazine (apc.iearn.emagazine)

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The Art MilesStudents create murals painted on canvas to create global harmony.

The Art Miles Project is a project affiliated with the iEARN network, but run by an independent NGO.Students, schools, organizations, and after-school program participants create murals that will begrommeted and seamed together with murals created by children from all over the world. There are twelvethemes involved in the project: Multicultural/Diversity Mile, Environmental Mile, Indigenous Peoples Mile,Sports Mile, Womens Mile, Fairy Tale Mile, Hollywood Mile, Music Mile, Senior Mile, Peace, Unity and HealingMile, and Mentors Mile. Children should work together to decide on which theme they want to work on. It isimportant to let them know that this mural will go on tour in museums and their work will be seen in manycountries, on websites, on TV, and in publications and magazines in the future.International Intercultural Mural Exchange Project. In addition, in 2008-2009, the project will includean International Intercultural Mural Exchange Project. Participants will exchange their knowledge andopinions on a common theme through the Internet, discuss what and how each side will draw, and finallycreate one mural in collaboration by drawing half by half. Creating a mural is a process of collaboration andthe finished product is a proof of coexistence, which will lead to global harmony and peace.Ages: Preschool-CollegeDates: 2001-2010Languages: AllForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/artmiles (apc.iearn.globlart)Website: http://www.artmiles.orgContact: Joanne and Fouad Tawfilis/Founders, USA, [email protected], Mali Bickley, Canada,

[email protected],Atsuko Shiwaku, Japan, [email protected]

Global Art: Images of CaringA project providing opportunities for children/youth around the world to exchangeartwork and writing on the theme of Caring.Students create artwork that shows what they care about and how they care for one another and otherliving things in their schools, families, communities and the world. Each student also writes an essay orpoem on his/her ideas of caring. The artwork and writing is shared on iEARN's Global Art online forum andalbum. In addition, artwork can be shared by doing one or more of the following: a) putting digital imagesof their artwork and writing on a website and posting the webpage address on the forum. b) sendingartwork or copies of their artwork by regular mail to each of the participating schools/communities. c)

sending a CD with images of their artwork and their writing documents to the other participatingschools/communities. d) sending images (small file size) and writing by email to the other participatingschools/communities. ACTIONS: A) Responding to each others artwork and writing about caring using theonline forum. B) Local display of the artwork and writing they have created and received from otherparticipants as a Global Art Show to share their iEARN Global Art Images of Caring Project locally. C) Alocal or global project that demonstrates caring for others.Ages: Ages 5 to 18, with an emphasis on children ages 5 to 12Dates: OngoingLanguages: All languages, with assistance for translationsForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/caring (apc.iearn.caring)Website: http://www.iearnpk.org/ga/index.htmlContact: Ali Hassan, Pakistan, [email protected]

Video Introductions to CommunitiesHow are we alike, and how are we different? In this project, students will introduce theircommunities through videos related to these questions.Would you welcome the chance to have students watch videos created by young people in the country yourclass is studying? Teachers and students are invited to create video material introducing their communityto the rest of the world and to share them. Videomaterials will be designed so that students in and out of the project will be able to learn more about thelarger world. They will have the opportunity to share with and learn from each other, as well as develop abetter understanding of the power of digital media forexpanding their horizons.Ages: 5-18Dates: OngoingLanguages: English

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Website: whsnihongo.googlepages.com/iearnContact: Rushton Hurley, USA, [email protected]

Talking Kites all Over the WorldA global project aimed at dialogue and universal solidarity.In 2005, thousands of kites soared into the air throughout Jordan, the UK, Mexico, and in 12 cities in NorthAmerica as a massive tribute dedicated to advancing cultural and social dialogue, a symbol of bridging thegap and understanding the other. This was the first ritual in what will hopefully become a continuoustradition of flying kites with personal and group images of our dreams for a better world: a world of co-existence, tolerance, acceptance of the other, and peace.Ages: AllDates: OngoingLanguage(s): AllForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/kites (apc.iearn.kites)Contact: Ruty Hotzen [email protected] , Adi Yekutieli [email protected], Israel

Write On ProjectA project that will use interesting prompts to have students express themselves anddevelopgood writing skills.

The project is focused on developing students' writing skills in all four domains of writing, including:

Persuasive, Expository, Narrative and Descriptive. The project facilitator, as well as the teachers of theparticipating classes, will periodically post prompts focusing on one of the domains, and invite students torespond to them. This will not only develop good writing skills, but will also engage students in reading andresponding to real audiences on issues and topics that matter to them. They will get an invaluableopportunity for dialogue and get diverse perspectives on common issues. An end product of studentwritings will provide theman opportunity to be published authors.Ages: 7 - 16Dates: OngoingLanguages: EnglishForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/writeon (apc.iearn.writeon)Contact: Farah Shafi Kamal, Pakistan, [email protected] Kazmi, Pakistan, [email protected]

"For Me, Writing is Something Awesome" -From theBat-Chen DiariesExposing children to the values of writing a diary.

The purpose of the project is to expose children to the values of writing a diary. The project encouragesyoung children to write in a reflective and personal manner and express their anxieties, fears and concernsas well as their hopes and dreams.Ages: 15 and upDates: OngoingLanguages: English

Forum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/writing (apc.iearn.writing)Website: http://www.batchen.co,ilContacts: Ayelet Shahak, Israel, [email protected]

School Theatre InternationalA project focused on international cooperation between schools and establishingcrossculturalperformances.Find a partner school from another country and prepare performances - for example, Japanese theatre in aGreek school and reverse. Teams are welcomed to submit descriptions of themselves and/or projects(performances) via the online form. Projects will be presented on this website aiming to establish a platformfor exchanging experiences, and making links between youth artistic teams as well as a platform for

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Ages: AllDates: OngoingLanguages: EnglishForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/theatre (apc.iearn.theatre)Website: http://theatre.m-szkola.netContacts: Halina Bednarz, Poland, [email protected], Panos Dimisianos, Greece

Beauty of the BeastsA traveling international wildlife art and poetry exhibit.Join the celebration of nature through the eyes of elementary students worldwide. This is a global projectinviting children to capture the grandeur and magnificence of animals indigenous to their areas throughoriginal artwork and poetry. Students work will be compiled into a worldwide exhibit, and displayed atgalleries throughout the U.S., the American Museum of Natural History, and the iEARN Annual Conference.Selected works will also be displayed in a global online gallery. All artwork must be the childs originalmasterpiece...a pure spontaneous view for the childs interpretation of the beauty and uniqueness of thesemarvelous creatures.All mediums accepted (no 3-D). Size restrictions: 12x18 maximum. All poetry must be the childs originalwork. Please include the childs name, age, teachers name, school address and email address.Ages: 4 - 15Dates: OngoingLanguages: AnyForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/beautyofthebeasts (apc.iearn.beauty)

Websites: http://aces.miamicountryday.org/International_Projects/Beautypagenew.htmContacts: Rowena Gerber, USA, [email protected], Yvonne Moyer, USA,[email protected]

Eye To EyeCreate postcard-sized images communicating friendship and understanding.A project that encourages the creation of postcard-sized images that become part of a coordinatedexhibition hosted around the world. Live video exchanges and conferencing can be added to support theideals of friendship and understanding through visualcommunication. Students will create postcard-sized images and participate in chat, audio and videoconferences using the following themes: Family and Home, School and Activities, Festivals and Holidays,Community and Jobs, Hobbies and Activities, HistoricalEvents, Games and Sports, About Me, and any other ideas you may have.Ages: 5 and upDates: OngoingLanguages: AllForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/eyetoeye (apc.iearn.eyetoeye)Contact: Larry Frates, USA, [email protected]

OrigamiA global exchange oforigami!Students have fun as they see a sheet of paper transformed into a three-dimensional object. It does nottake much space, money, or time, only a sheet of paper and instructions on how to fold. Timetable: 1.Prepare material: colorful paper(square); 2. Learn some basic words and actions to fold either in Japanese

or English; 3. Practice making origami objects according to an instruction or an instructor; 4. Display andenjoy; 5. Be available to learn and play through internet video conference.Ages: 8-12Dates: OngoingLanguages: English and JapaneseForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/origami (apc.iearn.origami)Website: http://www.origami-club.com/Contact: Misako Kamei, Japan, [email protected]

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Students research the recipes of typical dishes in their countries as well as the origin of the ingredients andrecipes, and the legends and stories behind them. Possible project/classroom activities include research,discussion, illustration, and the production of a book.Ages: 10 and olderDates: OngoingLanguages: AllForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/foods (apc.iearn.foods)Contact: Bill Belsey, Canada, [email protected]

Action! Animating Voices for ChangeThrough facilitation and guidance from instructors, students select a theme and developstoryboardsresulting in a complete animation devoted to a subject chosen by participants.

Join the National Childrens Museum (USA) in a global partnership using the arts, writing and journalism tocreate an animated public service announcement or call to action in one of six areas of engagement: theenvironment, health and well-being, play, the arts, civicengagement, and global neighborhood. Action! Animating Voices for Change is an internationalcollaboration that produces highquality student animation in the form of a public service announcement ora call to action and serves as a powerful vehicle raising awareness and inspiring people around the world toact affirmatively in addressing issues of global significance.Ages: 9-14

Dates: OngoingLangauges: EnglishForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/animation (apc.iearn.animation)Contact: Skye Hallman, USA, [email protected], Mark Alexander Wright, USA,[email protected], Rachel Jones, USA, [email protected]

What Is Sacred To Me?Students discuss and share ideas about things that are sacred to them.Participants discuss and share ideas about the things that are sacred to them (God, family, parents,motherland, beloved ones, etc.).Ages: AllDates: OngoingLanguages: English, Armenian

Forum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/armenian/sacred (apc.iearn.sacred)Contacts: Sona Antonyan, Armenia, [email protected]

Dolls for ComputersStudents will learn moreabout their culture by making dolls and other objects which willbe soldover the internet to buy educational materials.Gathering together under the guidance of Mme. Traor, students learn the basics needed to create dolls.Each student is allowed the artistic freedom to create any style of doll that they wish and often these dollsmirror the people surrounding them in their daily lives. However, as the students are expected to beinvolved in all aspects of the project, they learn many important life skills such as: money managementand basic accounting, marketing skills, and self confidence. The Dolls for Computers project is in theprocess of recruiting neighbouring schools to participate and would eventually like to see this become aglobal project.Ages: 9 to 14Dates: OngoingLangauges: French, English and Bambara, the main spoken language in Mali.Forum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/etrade (apc.iearn.etrade)Contact: Sounkalo Dembele, Mali, [email protected], Souleymane Traore, Mali, [email protected]

Folk Tales ProjectStudents study folk tales in their communities andbeyond.Folk tales are a way of learning about life's problems, customs, traditions, and beliefs, and they often sharecommon themes, such as the struggle between good and evil, or wisdom and ignorance. This project looks

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usually know "The Three Little Pigs," and "Sleeping Beauty," they often know little about the folk tales oftheir own countries, and almost nothing about those of other countries. Students will introduce the folktales of their own countries to project participants in other countries. They will share these tales throughartwork and writing.Ages: 6 - 16Dates: OngoingLangauge: AllForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/folktales (apc.iearn.folktales)Website: http://www.iearnpk.org/ft/index.html

Contact: Saleem Ibrahim, Pakistan, [email protected], Tahla Quersi, Pakistan, [email protected]

Tagging My WorldStudents explore their identity on personal and cultural levels investigating andexpressing an aspect of teen life through creative arts.Students research, explore, and analyze various artists and styles. They will brainstorm teenage interests,values and issues collecting images that symbolize them. Online discussions involving students fromdifferent countries will explore national identities and common interests. They will combine ideas andimages creating a mural that will convey meaning and represent aspects of their identity. For example,students research contemporary artists, silhouettes and graffiti art. Using these as starting points thestudents may create art individually and in groups. The result may be a mural combining personal graffitiwith silhouettes depicting teenagers. The artwork will be shared using the web, mail and project event.Ages: AllDates: OngoingLanguage(s): EnglishForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/myworld (apc.iearn.myworld)Contact: Stephen MacKinnon, Canada, [email protected]; Mary-Louise Olajos, Canada,[email protected]

My Hero Project / Mi HroeAn interdisciplinary, online, interactive website that celebrates the best of humanitythrough stories, photos, artwork and short films.MY HERO is a project affiliated with the iEARN network, but run by an independent NGO, in which studentsof all ages publish stories, and submit artwork and multimedia online about their heroes. The project seeksto promote cultural awareness and understanding through global storytelling that honors the heroes in our

families, the community and the world. See the website below for tools and lesson plans.Ages: AllDates: Ongoing for all web contentLanguage(s): English/SpanishForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/heroes (apc.iearn.heroes)Website: http://www.myhero.comIn Spanish: http://www.miheroe.orgContact: Margaret Dean USA, [email protected],In Spanish: Claudia Herrera Hudson, USA, [email protected]

Visions of Me: Self PortraitsStudents manipulate their self portraits available software programs.Students design a self-portrait, using either computer software or traditional media like paint or pastels,

and centering on the theme Visions of Me that does not include self in his or her entirety. Everyparticipant needs to begin with a photograph of him or herself, and then will build upon this to create aunique visual solution that defines self without saying it in a visually whole manner. Consideration needs tobe given to the camera angle, to lighting effects, and to the composition layout as a whole. Concepts likefragmentation, or part-to-whole, or creating a collage can be applied to this assignment. Students mightwant to search keywords suchas photographic self-portraits to first gain insight on some photographic solutions.Ages: 5 - 18Dates: OngoingLanguages: EnglishForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/selfportrait (apc.iearn.selfportrait)Contacts: Dianne Shanian, USA, [email protected]

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Draw or write about a local place that is precious to you.Participants select one local spot that gives them a special feeling and write a story about that spot. Theymay select any writing genre (creative, informative, humorous, etc.), describe it, and tell what makes itspecial to them. Is it a place where they prefer to be aloneor with others? It is hoped that in thinking about our own special places, reading about other studentsspecial places, and taking action to preserve such places, we will strengthen our commitment to preservingour fragile Mother Earth.Ages: AllDates: Ongoing

Languages: AllForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/specialplace (apc.iearn.places)Contacts: Doris Wu [email protected], Faye Wu [email protected], Taiwan

Side By SideStudents create portraits of themselves with symbols of their past, present, and future.Each student shares his/her uniqueness by creating an elongated self-portrait. Teachers and students get toknow about each other as they create their portraits and include symbols about their past, present, andfuture. The portraits should be displayed side by side to represent how many individuals can come togetherto create a better world. Work may be done in crayon (push very hard for rich colors), cray-pas (oil pastels)or paints of any kind. Side by Side is a global project and we invite you to send a selection of upto 10 portraits to our international collection which will be displayed at several locations throughout theyear. These include Miami, Florida-YouthCan, New York City-YouthCan (hosted at the Amercian Museum ofNatural History), and at the Annual iEARN International Conference. Selected works will be displayed in anon-line gallery.Ages: AllDates: OngoingLanguages: AllForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/sidebyside (apc.iearn.sidebyside)Website: http://aces.miamicountryday.org/International_Projects/SidebySidepage.htmContacts: Rowena Gerber, [email protected], Yvonne Moyer, [email protected],USA

One Day in the Life ProjectStudents describe a day in their life.

A project where everybody can share descriptions and cross-cultural comparisons of ordinary or specialdays. This might include accounts of holidays or celebrations, vacations, occasions such as birthdays orgraduations, and other experiences that have left animprint in your memory. This project is complimented with a digital photo section in which students sharecaptioned autobiographical photographs on various topics. Students should accompany each digitalphotograph with a short written explanation of what is depicted in the photograph and its significance.Ages: 6-18Dates: OngoingLangauges: AllForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/oneday (apc.iearn.oneday)Website: http://www.telar.org/portada/portada.phpContact: Lali Santos [email protected] (Spanish), Viviana Cuello [email protected] (English),Argentina For Spanish version (Un Da en la Vida)

Teddy Bear ProjectAn international teddy bear exchange using email and postal mail.After registration, classes exchange Teddy Bears or other soft toys by airmail. When it arrives, the bearwrites a diary, and sends home messages by email describing its adventures, as well as the things it hasseen and done. The project aims to encourage authentic writing by providing children with a real audience.

They write their email messages as if they are the visiting bear. Sometimes video conferences betweenclasses may deepen friendships.The project provides an opportunity for students to develop anunderstanding of cultures other than their own.Ages: AllDates: OngoingLangauges: English, Spanish, and other languages where possibleForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/teddybear (apc.iearn.teddybear)

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Contact: Fumi Ito and Kazuhisa Shimizu, [email protected] Japan For Spanish version (Ositos dePeluche) see page 60.

Christmas/Holiday Card ExchangeTeachers and students exchange Christmas cards with other schools.

Teachers and students prepare an envelope with Christmas cards to send to the other participants prior toChristmas. Students that do not celebrate Christmas are encouraged to join the project. The project may becalled the Greeting card exchange and students wouldsend Chinese New Year, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Eid greeting cards. Each school will be placed in a groupwith approximately seven other schools and will prepare either handmade or purchased cards (decorationsmay be included) to send to each of the other schools.Ages: AllDates: OngoingLangauges: English,Forum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/holidays (apc.iearn.holidays)Contact: Judy Barr, Australia, [email protected]

Laws of Life: Virtues Essay ProjectStudents write about their personal values in life.Laws of Life are the rules, ideals, and principles by which one chooses to live. The Laws of Life Projectinvites young people to express, in their own words, what they value most in life. Participants submit

essays about their laws of life in which they describe the rules, ideals, and principles by which they live,and explain the sources of their laws of life (life experience, religion, culture, role models, etc.). Participantsrespond to each others essays and interact with each other electronically.Ages: 9-21Dates: OngoingLanguages: AllForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/lawsoflife (apc.iearn.values)Spanish Forum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/espanol/proyectos/leyesdelavida/(apc.telar.leyesdelavida)Contact: Natalya Cherednichenko, Ukraine, [email protected], Alema Nasim, Pakistan,[email protected] Spanish version (Las Leyes de Vida), Facilitadores: Crescencio Orrego [email protected] MaraPatricia Ochoa Valbuena [email protected]

PEARL-Prepare and Educate Aspiring Reporters forLeadershipA global news service run by secondary school students.PEARL World Youth News is a journalism project in which secondary school students from around the worldreport, edit and publish their articles on a web-based news service. School publications can reprint articlesfrom PEARL to add a global component to theirlocal news. The project is dedicated to Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was murdered byterrorists in Pakistan, and is managed in partnership with the Daniel Pearl Foundation. Any secondaryschool student can join the project as a PEARL Reporter after successfully completing a training andcertification course. The course, which is available online and free of cost, includes writing assignmentsthat are reviewed by students at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and theDepartment of Journalism at New York University.

The PEARL project also offers an online professional development course to enable secondary or middleschool teachers to integrate journalism into their curricula. http://www.iearn.org/professional/pearlPD.htmlWith an emphasis on unbiased reporting and respect for a diversity of views, PEARL World Youth Newshopes to not only develop journalistic skills among students but also broadencross-cultural understanding and provide an important global youth perspective.Ages: 14 - 19Dates: OngoingLanguages: EnglishForum: PEARL World Youth News (apc.iearn.pearl)Website: http://www.pearl.iearn.org/Contact: Anindita Dutta Roy, USA, [email protected]

Music Around the WorldAn exchange and discussion of different music from all over the world.


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An exchange and discussion of different music from all over the world, including instruments around theworld, and styles of music in performance. Peace through Music will be the theme for all topics.Different activities may include:1) Remix: Students from around the world may choose popular songs in their country, and make changesin the words, or the performance style, the mode, the rhythm, etc. In the end, we can compare the originalwork and the "remix" by using a rubric.2) Musical Instruments Around the World: Students may introduce different kinds of musicalinstruments that still exist and share the music from their countries with other teachers and students in theworld, to promote their traditional music. Participants are

encouraged to post pictures of traditional music from their country, with a short description of them andgive information about the events at which people play them.Ages: AllDates: OngoingLanguage(s): AllForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/music (apc.iearn.music)Contact: Joy Lo-Bamijoko, [email protected]; USA, Wiwi Rosaria, Indonesia, [email protected]

Narnia and CS LewisShare in an exchange on Narnia, the fantastic land from the CS Lewis book.Many people around the world have read the magic books "Chronicles of Narnia" written by CS Lewis.

These books have a very high educational value, and can stimulate students to think about right andwrong. Many students know this book and can create a discussion community all around the world. Join us

in the interactive forum below! Narnia is also an old Italian Town in Umbria, with many connections with theLand of Narnia in the tales. There are many versions of this book in different languages and all the studentscan communicate all around the world about the themes of the book.Ages: 5-18Dates: OngoingLangauges: Italian, EnglishForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/narnia (apc.iearn.narnia) orforo.iearn.org/iearnforums/italian (apc.iearn.italian)Website: http://www.narnia.itContact: Fortunati Giuseppe, Italy, [email protected]

Humanities & Social Sciences

MDGs - Only with Your VoiceA project to raise awareness about the Millennium Development Goals among youth thatenables them to achieve them, as it is only possible with their voices.Various countries are committed to working together in a global partnership to achieve the MillenniumDevelopment Goals.It is not in the United Nations that the Millennium Development Goals will be achieved. They have to beachieved in each country by the joint efforts of the Governments and people. (Kofi Annan, former UnitedNations Secretary-General) According to what Kofi Annan has said above, people should be involved inachieving these goals, and youth around the world are making an effort to make this possible. A lot ofNGOs, movements, and schools are encouraging their youth to understand the importance of this initiativeand to be involved in actions that help us to achieve one specific goal or all of them. Awareness has beenraised in communities of various economic backgrounds. This project intends to increase awareness amongyouth around the world regarding the Millennium Development Goals, encouraging them to be involved inactivities inside their schools, families and communities.Ages: 12 - 24Dates: OngoingLanguages: EnglishForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/mdgs (apc.iearn.mdgs)Contact: Muhammad Salman, Pakistan, [email protected], Mostafa Nejati, Iran,[email protected], Shaimaa Salm, Egypt, [email protected]

What My Country is For Me?Students analyze their comprehension of what their countries/nations mean to them.

The project helps the participants become more aware of the attitude towards national culturalbackgrounds; of the place of the country/nation in the system of values; and learn more about othercountries as well as about their own. Participants will try to analyze their comprehension of what their


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countries/nations mean for them by choosing the aspects they value their countries for and sharing essayson these topics with their counterparts from other countries.Ages: 14 - 18Dates: OngoingLanguages: EnglishForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/countries(apc.iearn.countries)Contact: Andrew Polevik, Belarus, [email protected]

My CountryAn occasion to know more about participating countries in iEARN.This project is an exchange of writing, drawing and pictures about population, culture, geography,agriculture, industry, economy, and environment. We would like to collect information about countriesparticipating in this project to have a database which will help us know more about them. Students cansend their writing, drawings and pictures about their country to the forum.Ages: 12 - 18Dates: OngoingLanguages: AllForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/mycountry(apc.iearn.mycountry)Contact: Salimata Sene, Senegal, [email protected]

Get to Know OthersAn educational endeavor to give students the chance to learn about their own culture aswell as others.Students study their own culture, traditions and ways of life, making comparisons between their cultureand others to find similarities and differences. They may also write reports and/or paint drawings reflectingtheir own cultures and traditions, their daily lives, and how to celebrate weddings, and other specialoccasions.Ages: AllDates: OngoingLanguages: English and ArabicForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/knowothers(apc.iearn.fte)

Contact: Ahmed Abd-Elsattar, [email protected], Gamal Kasem, [email protected], EgyptFriends Book - Let's Go...Together!Participants draw and exchange pictures of themselves and their life, discuss theirdrawings, andcreate one Friends Book.Every day young people with various disabilities face problems overcoming their closed community andbecoming open to new contacts, communication with others and common living in society, especiallyinternationally. Friends Book offers a great possibility to find new friends among various youth groups.Using telecommunications, we propose that participating individuals will draw images of themselves, theirhomes and their dreams according to the tasks given by coordinators, and then exchange and discussthem to find new friends. From the images, we will compose a Friends Books of participants and make bothhard and virtual copies of each book with contacts and pictures instead of photos. By drawing themselves

we believe both young people with disabilities andwithout them from all over the world will make a step towards each other and help each other to overcomevarious barriers appearing in their lives and communities.Ages: 10 and upDates: OngoingLanguages: English, Russian, BelarussianForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/friendsbook(apc.iearn.friendsbook)Website: www.iearn4u.com/friendsbookContact: Liudmila Trebunskikh, Belarus, [email protected], Oksana Kiseleva, Belarus,[email protected]

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A project to support the building of wells in Sudan.A new initiative to raise awareness about the situation in Sudan, and to get support for building wells inSudan. Participants may also want to share experiences of difficulties in their own countries, and do similarcommunity service work locally.Ages: 5-18Dates: September - MayLanguage: AllForum: foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/water4water/(apc.iearn.w4w)

Website: http://www.globalteenager.org/?q=node/81http://www.waterforsudan.orgContacts: Nyamat Tuany [email protected], Chudier Choul [email protected], USA. BobHofman [email protected]

Women In My CountryA global exchange about the role of women in society.This project involves three dimensions: 1- Women's social status in one's country (a historical study ofwomen's social status in different types of governments) 2- Political women in one's country (a studyincluding ancient times until now) 3- Introducingou

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