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REGISTER NOW FOR THE 11th ANNUAL iEARN CONFERENCE AND YOUTH SUMMIT IN
KOSICE, SLOVAKIA, JULY 11-17, 2004! See
announcement below, and link to http://www.iearn2004.net to learn more about
the conference, to register, and to propose workshops.
iEARN CHILDREN SUPPORT CHILDREN IN EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATED BAM IN IRAN.
IEARN-Iran has received hundreds of solidarity messages from all over the
world. JEARN members have sent drawings by Japanese children and also a
donation of $2,650 to set up a paint shop for the traumatized kids in Bam .Also
children of the Jack Hulland Elementary School in Canada raised over 2,100
Canadian dollars for Bam through a penny drive, bake sales and a recycling
campaign: see photos at http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/jackhulland/bam_iran.html.
For more information please check iearn-Iran's website at: http://iearn.saf.ir
NO SPAM ORIGINATES FROM THE iEARN SITE. If you have received spam from
any email addresses (such as 293492384923849@us.iearn.org), it's due to e-mail
spoofing/forging. Spoofing/forging is the practice of changing the
sender's name in an email message so that it looks as if it came from another
address. If a recipient were to reply to the message, the reply would go to the
spoofed address, not to the sender's actual address. Although spoofing can be
used legitimately, it is most commonly used by senders of unsolicited
commercial email and others who don't want their messages traced back.
Unfortunately there is not much that can be done since these senders are just
using software to fraudulently create the headers. If you have received spam
claiming to be from iEARN, please remember these emails are not coming from us.
However, if you would like to be removed from any iEARN forum or News Flash
list, please let us know at: <unsubscribe@us.iearn.org> (mention the name
of the forum).
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For a full listing of iEARN projects, see the
"Ideas" Forum (newsgroup: apc.iearn.ideas).
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2003-2004 iEARN PROJECT BOOK NOW POSTED IN FRENCH AND SPANISH!
Versions are now available in Arabic, Armenian, English, French, Russian, and
Spanish. See http://www.iearn.org/projects/projectbook.html. For a more
complete listing of iEARN projects, see http://www.iearn.org/projects/
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CHILDREN'S RIGHTS PROJECTS. Recently posted is a request from
Besma Maraoui in Tunisia to launch a discussion on children's rights in Tunisia
in comparison with other countries. Children's Rights Forum: http://foro.iearn.org/WebX?NodesByDateD@@.f297356
FROM JAPAN TO SLOVAKIA WITH LOVE GLOBAL ART PROJECT. Inspired
by the 2002-2003 project "From Russia to Japan with Love," the 2004
project is on the way from Japan to Taiwan now! As one of the participants of
this art project, iEARN Taiwan takes great pleasure to announce the follow-up
campaign held on Sunday, March 28. The art workshop and display of Japanese
partners' works will be held in National Science & Technology Museum Sunday
on March 28, from 2:00 pm ~4:30 pm. With great cooperation with NTSM, the main
focuses include the video interaction with JEARN and Vietnam partners, creating
Taiwan traditional "lucky charm" bags to share in the 11th iEARN
Conference in Slovakia, introducing kids in Taiwan about our traditional arts,
and more importantly, passing our love and care to Bam people in Iran. Two
hundred to four hundred people are expected to join this activity with a
cooperative campaign on their "E-pass " student card. After this
workshop, the art works created by students will be sent to Vietnam together
with Japanese art works! Please visit the websites for further details:
http://www.iearn.org/projects/fromjapantoslovakia.html and
http://www2.jearn.jp/fs/532/ and http://www.iearn.edu.tw
HEAR SONGS WRITTEN FOR THE CHILD SOLIDER PROJECT. iEARN-Sierra Leone
Coordinator, Andrew Greene writes, "Songs portray very powerful feelings
about peace and those that were done by the war affected children and youth of
iEARN Sierra Leone, http://www.iearnsierraleone.org with Canadian friend Bill
Belsey of iEARN Canada, have far reaching effects!"
http://www.childsoldiers.org/ourvoices/. Join in directly in discussions in the
Child Soldier Forum at http://foro.iearn.org/WebX?14@@.f271fd1
SWEET WHISPER PROJECT. Join in a forum, organized by students in Iran,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka, in which students worldwide are sharing their writings
and discussing their ideas and experiences of Friendship, Love, Freedom,
Studies and etc. All are welcome! Sweet Whisper Forum: http://foro.iearn.org/WebX?14@@.ff02cda
DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING TO VIRTUES PROJECT - MAY 7TH. Mary Ann Gormley
<gorms2003@yahoo.com> from Boston, USA and Farah Kamal
<farah@iearnpk.org> of Pakistan are involved in compiling and editing the
first book of Virtues, a publication that will have the students' contribution
in the Virtues project. The deadline for posting all contributions is MAY 7th.
We would like you to invite you to have your students join any of the
interesting discussions that are ongoing on the Virtues forum. Any form of
posting is acceptable: a narrative (essay or paragraph), poem, drawing, chart,
cartoon, collage, poster... Virtues Forum:
http://foro.iearn.org/WebX?NodesByDateD@@.fb7ac6c
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APPLY FOR ENO PROGRAMME 2004-2005, DEADLINE SOON! ENO (Environment
Online) is a global Web school for environmental awareness. We are looking for
new member schools for the 2004-2005 school year. The deadline for applications
will be soon, March 31, 2004. Interested? Find the application at:
http://cc.joensuu.fi/~vanhanen/application03.htm
SEE PHOTOS FROM THE VISIT OF iEARN STUDENTS FROM BENI SUEF SECONDARY SCHOOL
IN EGYPT TO PARTNER SCHOOL, THE NOTRE DAME ACADEMY IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS,
USA AS PART OF THE BRIDGE PROGRAM.
http://myschoolonline.com/folder/0,1872,2992-209202-2-52900,00.html
MOVING VOICES INTERNATIONAL DIGIFILMS FOR EDUATION AND CULTURAL AWARENESS
PILOT PROJECT LAUNCHES ON MARCH 15! Teacher participants and their students
from 15 countries and 5 US states are scheduled in the next 8 weeks to produce
two-minute videos centered on the theme, "What I want the world to know
about our school." Moving Voices aims to promote cultural understanding,
collaborative learning and critical literacy through student-produced videos.
Selected videos will be showcased at the iEARN conference in Slovakia this
July. Watch future News Flashes for more information.
iEARN FEATURED FOR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT: iEARN is featured in a new
"online tour" of websites that actively promote the civic engagement
of youth at
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/ecitizens/ Click on
"Global Issues." 'Youth as E-Citizens: Engaging the Digital
Generation,' a groundbreaking study by the Center for Social Media at American
University, challenges the tired cliche that young people today are unconcerned
about and uninvolved in civic and political affairs. The research identifies
and analyzes the new genre of "civic websites" that facilitate youth
involvement -- ranging from voting and volunteering, to online journalism,
international collaboration on educational projects, sophisticated political
activism, and more.
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JOIN IN THE NAVRUZ - 2004 ONLINE CAMP! Organized by iEARN Uzbekistan
Center and School Connectivity for Uzbekistan Project (IREX), March 22-28.
Students and teachers worldwide are welcome to join in this unique online camp
experience allowing them to meet, exchange ideas and collaborate together on
common projects! The website is available at http://www.iearn.uz/onlinecamp
in Russian, and http://www.iearn.uz/onlinecamp/en
in English. Most of the work will be organized using iEARN forums.
JOIN IN THE "WORLD WE LIVE IN" PROJECT DISCUSSION CAMP, MARCH
22-26 IN MINSK, BELARUS - JOIN A CHAT ON MARCH 25! An open
internet-conference will be the main part of the spring discussion camp of the
youth Internet-project "World We Live In" http://wwli.iatp.by).
Anyone can become a participant of the conference, which will occur March
25, 2004 from 14.30-18.00 at http://iatp.org.ua/irchat4/, by registering
(preferably during the first half hour of the conference) and choosing the
channel #belarus (common room for meetings, greetings, questions, and
conducting work). Total length of the conference is 3.5 hours. Camp made
possible due to the support of iEARN - Belarus (International Education and
Resource Network in Belarus) and "Internet-2" project ProUNO in
Belarus, Minsk Palace of Children and Youth and "Transformation of
Humanities" Association, Belarusian Club Federation of Internet Education
Alumni and European Humanitarian University, Internet Access and Traning
Program in Belarus. Questions? Contact Sofia Savelava in Belarus
<savel@ripo.unibel.by>.
JOIN IN A CHAT ON MARCH 27 at 1:00 p.m. GMT (8:00 a.m. New York time) WITH
iEARN PARTICIPANTS WORLDWIDE! Jamaldin Slimani
<jamaldinslimani@hotmail.com> of Morocco writes, "The topic is: How
can an iearner make a difference in his/her own community. The questions we
will try to answer are: -- How can an iearner make a difference in a community
where "making a difference" is not yet a familiar notion? -- How can
an iearner make a difference in a community where some of the decision-makers
think only of their own interests? "See" you soon in the chat
room": To enter the chat, go to the iEARN Teachers Forum (http://foro.iearn.org/WebX?13@@.eea5487)
and find the link to "Teachers Lounge Chat Room."
iEARN INDONESIA TEACHERS' WORKSHOP. The first iEARN Indonesia National
Workshop for teachers is being held from March 24-26 in Jakarta. 25 educators
from Jakarta and some nearby cities will be working together at the Vocational
Educational Development Center-Sawangan. Farah Kamal from iEARN-Pakistan and
Doris Wu from iEARN Taiwan are honored to be facilitating the three days
session with our colleagues from iEARN Indonesia. Please send your greetings
for this group and also share your successes with iEARN.
http://foro.iearn.org/WebX?50@@.ff58995/0
iEARN MALAYSIA - FIRST iEARN TEACHERS WORKSHOP, MARCH 29-31. Doris Wu
from iEARN-Taiwan, Farah Kamal from iEARN-Pakistan with our colleague Zait of
iEARN Malaysia will be working with a group of 30 Malaysian educators gathered
at USM Faculty of Education in Penang. Please send your welcome messages for
this group sharing how iEARN made a difference to you your students and fellow
colleagues. http://foro.iearn.org/WebX?50@@.ff5b018/0
iEARN AT TESOL CONFERENCE IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 31-APRIL 2, 2004.
Dalia Khalil, iEARN Coordinator in Egypt, and Mourad Benali, iEARN
Coordinator in Morocco, will be participating in the International TESOL
conference in Long Beach, California, USA and are interested in meeting any
other iEARN teachers who will be attending this event. Contact Dalia at
<iearnegypt03@yahoo.com> or Mourad at <mbenali@mearn.org>.
YOUTHCAN 2004 CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN NEW YORK CITY, BEIRUT AND OTHER
CITIES ON APRIL 26. For info on YouthCaN:
http://www.iearn.org/projects/youthcan.html
REGISTER NOW FOR THE 11th ANNUAL iEARN CONFERENCE AND YOUTH SUMMIT IN
KOSICE, SLOVAKIA, JULY 11-17, 2004. Wow! Registrations are coming in fast
& programming is heating up. The iEARN Teacher Speaker Series; 2nd Annual
Book Exchange; Art for Miles and more... like Great Debates and Street
Interviews from the Youth Summit, and of course, all the wonderful workshops,
presentations, exhibits & cultural performances. And don't miss the new
updates at our website, including excerpts from the Scholarship Program essays,
website translations, programming details and more! Get informed and get
registered NOW at: http://www.iearn2004.net.
Flash: March 22, 2004: Registrations for the 2004 Conference have
increased rapidly in the last two weeks, leaving workshop space and some
accommodation options in Hotel Slovan quite limited already. Availability for
all conference spaces is on a first-come first-serve basis for PAID
registrations only, so if workshop space and choice of accommodation is
important to you, then register NOW at: http://www.iearn2004.net
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FOR REFERENCE!
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to <newsflash@us.iearn.org>. It should tell of project activity and point
to one of the iEARN forums.
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iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is a non-profit that
empowers teachers and students to undertake projects designed to make a
meaningful contribution to the health and welfare of the planet and its people.
Started in 1988, iEARN is currently active in over 100 countries, with
1,000,000 students participating as part of their educational process.
http://www.iearn.org
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