FEATURED QUOTE...

"This project [Breaking Stereotypes Together] is a starting point for
our students and all of us to look at ourselves for a change through
someone else's eyes. I will honestly tell you that that is the most
frightening thing to a human being. On the other hand we are
fortunate enough to know what people think so that we can amicably
correct the stereotypes. What has made me so happy is the fact that
by the end of this project, we shall have each and everyone who is
introduced him/herself in the forum as an ambassador to the rest of
the world. The most important message they will carry with them is
that there are no two people who are the same...If these ambassadors
feel that it is their responsibility to give information about the
countries they know the truth about then it will multiply. Just like
a negative stereotype multiplies also the truth will multiply and
hopefully we shall succeed in Breaking Stereotypes Together."

- Eddie Kigozi (Uganda), on working with students in the Breaking
Stereotypes Together Project
(http://www.iearn.org/projects/breakingstereotypes.html). Eddie is a
French Language Teacher and Educator in the use of ICT in the
Classroom, currently serving as a volunteer with iEARN-India as part
of the World Education Corps.
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SEEKING PARTNERS: iEARN PROJECTS
2. Project Mi Lugar/My Homeland
3. Group in the Philippines seeking partners
4. Correction on email address for Crossing Borders by Digital Writing Project
5. Take musical note all iEARN teachers and students - iEARN Global Song 2006
6. Join the Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger Project
7. International Flavors Food Project

RESOURCES, CONTESTS, WEBSITES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
8. Win US $500 from YouthActionNet to help fund your social change project
9. View the World Education Corps (WEC) 2005-2006 Volunteer Blogs
10. Global Nomads Mozambique Alive Program starting March 23
11. Two Rivers, One World Project Photo Gallery
12. Contribute your technology and collaboration story to the Intel website
13. Art Miles Project recipient of The Earth Society Foundation Award for 2006

UPCOMING EVENTS
14. YouthCaN environmental events in Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, and the U.S.
15. Get involved in Global Youth Service Day (GYSD), April 21-23
16. Megaconference, Jr. 2006
17. Walk the World Event, United Nations World Food Programme
18. eLearning Africa Conference
19. Knowledge for Global Classrooms 2006 International Summer Institute
20. 2006 iEARN Annual World Conference and Youth Summit
21. iEARN-Asia and Pacific to hold first regional conference
22. Role of ICT in Bridge-Building and Social Inclusion Conference
23. Australian Computers in Education Conference

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2. PROJECT MI LUGAR/MY HOMELAND. The place where one lives is marked
by a series of historical, artistic and cultural facts, which make it
unique. Making it known to other human beings is powerful. It is our
goal to describe our homeland and show it to other schools, which, at
the same time share theirs. Participants: Students (Ages between 7
and 19) and teachers. Coordinators: Claudia Rivero, Diego Zanfagnini
y Marcelo Duran. Contact: milugar@telar.org.
http://www.telar.org/telar/proyectos/milugar/framesetmilugar.htm.

3. GROUP IN THE PHILIPPINES IS SEEKING PARTNERS. We would like to
invite schools from diverse cultures and religions to collaborate
with the Philippine Power Users of ICT. Kindly visit our website
(<http://www.hotcitywireless.org>www.hotcitywireless.org) for more
details. We can be reach at:
<mailto:nikkovom1@netscape.net>nikkovom1@netscape.net and
<mailto:hotcitywireless@gmail.com>hotcitywireless@gmail.com.

4. CORRECTION ON EMAIL ADDRESS FOR CROSSING BORDERS BY DIGITAL
WRITING. http://worldjournal.digikrant.net/. Correct email contact
is: Hans van Rooijen at <h.vanrooijen@eduniek.nl> or
<info@africen.nl>.

5. TAKE MUSICAL NOTE ALL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS -- iEARN GLOBAL SONG
2006. Carolyn Fulton in the USA writes, "The concept: What does
iEARN mean to me, to my country, to the world." With your creative
input and some musical luck, it will become an iEARN song for
everyone to translate and sing in their own language and
at conferences. Please give your name and country to give you credit
for helping with the song! But please- first in English. Send your
ideas, thoughts, words, phrases, or even a completed lyric to:
<iearnsong06@yahoo.com>.

6. JOIN THE FEEDING MINDS, FIGHTING HUNGER PROJECT. Who are the
hungry? Why are they Hungry and What can we do to help? Educators
from Cameroon, India, Argentina, Uganda and the United States have
created a survey on hunger, poverty and unemployment. Feeding Minds
Fighting Hunger is an online interactive discussion based on a series
of lessons plans designed for youth and educators to discuss issues
of hunger, poverty, malnutrition and food security. To join the.
discussions visit http://foro.iearn.org/webx?14@@.fa9c9aa. For more
information, see http://www.feedingminds.org.

7. SHORT TERM INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS FOOD PROJECT (March-April). Join
students from around the world as they taste and experience different
foods from a variety of cultures. Exchange recipes; Cook the food,
and take photographs (while food is being made, and the final
product); Share the food with students and take photographs of
students eating the food. Contact Ines Pearson in Florida, USA
<pearsoni@miamicountryday.org>. For more about food projects in
iEARN, see http://www.iearn.org/projects/foods.html.

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CHECK IT OUT! RESOURCES, CONTESTS, WEBSITES, ANNOUNCEMENTS.
(This includes resources that are not part of iEARN
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8. WIN A US $500 AWARD FROM YOUTHACTIONNET TO HELP FUND YOUR SOCIAL
CHANGE PROJECT! http://www.youthactionnet.org/yan_awards.

9. WORLD EDUCATION CORPS (WEC) 2005-2006 VOLUNTEER BLOGS. For more
about the World Education Corps (a unique approach to global service
and international education in partnership with iEARN and Oxford
University), see http://www.worldeducationcorps.org.

George Appiah (Ghana) with iEARN-Uganda http://georgeappiah.wecblogs.org/
Lev Gavrish (Uzbekistan) with iEARN-Tanzania http://gavrish.wecblogs.org/
Oscar Kirstein (Argentina) with iEARN-Ghana http://sakumono.wecblogs.org/
Paul Metni (Lebanon) with iEARN-China http://www.emetni.com/wp2/
Ahmed Ndaula (Uganda) with iEARN-USA http://ahmed.wecblogs.org/
Prairie Summer (USA) with iEARN-Lebanon http://prairie.wecblogs.org/.

10. GLOBAL NOMADS MOZAMBIQUE ALIVE PROGRAM. Starting on March 23rd -
http://www.gng.org/mozambique.

11. PHOTO GALLERY OF iEARN TWO RIVERS, ONE WORLD PROJECT BETWEEN
EGYPT AND THE UNITED STATES. Through support from the US State
Department's Bureau of Oceans, and International Environmental and
Scientific Affairs, and the US Embassy in Cairo, U.S. and Egyptian
high school students have been working on an analysis of the Nile and
Hudson Rivers. In December, participants met in Cairo
http://us.iearn.org/collaborate/programs/trow/TwoRiversOneWorldProject/index.html

12. READY TO SHARE YOUR INNOVATIVE PROJECT WORK ON THE INTEL "AN
INNOVATION ODYSSEY" WEBSITE? Tell us about a technology-rich project
you have successfully implemented. We are especially interested in
elementary and secondary projects that: Use technology to enhance
learning; Demonstrate effective use of project-based learning; and
Prompt students to apply and develop their higher-order thinking
skills http://www.intel.com/education/odysseyinfo/. For this and
other suggestions of places to share your iEARN stories, see
http://us.iearn.org/professional_development/curriculum/magazines_for_teachers.php.

13. ART MILES PROJECT RECIPIENT OF THE EARTH SOCIETY FOUNDATION AWARD
FOR 2006. Coordinator Joanne Tawfilis writes, "Thanks to ALL OF YOU
that have been painting with us since 1997 who are the true winners
of this prestigious award." For more information about the project,
see http://www.iearn.org/projects/artmiles.html and
http://www.the-art-miles-mural-project.org/.

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14. UPCOMING YOUTHCAN EVENTS. Join a network of youth using
technology throughout the year for environmental activism.
http://www.iearn.org/projects/youthcan.html. Upcoming and recent
2006 YouthCaN events:

Egypt: iEARN-Egypt Second YouthCaN Conference, April 10 at the
Suzanne Mubarak Exploratory Center, Koba, Cairo.
http://www.youthcanworld.org/confs/ycegypt06.html

Iran: On March 14th the first YouthCaN conference in Iran was held.
The conference attracted over 350 students, teachers, students'
parents, and experts on environmental issues. Participants were from
Tehran, Rey, Rasht and Isfahan.
http://schoolnet.ir/~zeynab/pages/groups/english/conf/en/confen.htm

Lebanon: YouthCaN Mediterranean Conference, April 10, Beirut.
http://www.iearnlb.org/m/

United States: Miami, Florida, April 4 at Miami Country Day School.
http://www.youthcanworld.org/confs/yc2003miami.html
http://www.miamicountryday.org/podium/default.aspx?t=2696

Taiwan: "Clean Up Our Beach" YouthCaN activity, Kaohsiung, April 16.

United States: New York City at the American Museum of Natural
History, April 10.
http://www.youthcanworld.org/confs/nycconf/ycnycconfhome.html.

15. GET INVOLVED IN GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY (GYSD), APRIL 21-23.
http://www.gysd.org. iEARN teachers and students are sharing their
GYSD activities in the Students Unlimited Forum
<http://foro.iearn.org/.ff0da87/>. Several iEARN Centers are GYSD
National Lead Agencies, including iEARN-Pakistan
http://www.iearnpk.org/YVS/gysd06.htm and iEARN-Trinidad and Tobago
http://www.iearntandt.interconnection.org/, and iEARN-Egypt
http://www.iearnegypt.org/.

16. MEGACONFERENCE, JR. 2006 - MAY 18. An Event For and By students
of the World http://megaconferencejr.org/. See streaming from
previous years at http://commonsvcg.oar.net/megaconference/.

17. WALK THE WORLD, MAY 21. A global event organised by the United
Nations World Food Programme and its partners in which hundreds of
thousands of individuals across the globe take to the streets to call
for the end of child hunger. http://www.fighthunger.org.

18. eLearning AFRICA CONFERENCE, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, MAY 24-26.
http://www.elearning-africa.com. Girma Mitiku,
<girmamitiku@yahoo.com> iEARN-Ethiopia Coordinator and Conference
Advisory Committee member
(http://www.elearning-africa.com/partner_advisory.php) writes, "All
iEARNers are supposed to participate, especially the African
iEARNers!"

19. KNOWLEDGE FOR GLOBAL CLASSROOMS 2006 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER
INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, USA, JUNE
18-23. Theme: People, Places, and Patterns: Teaching World
Geographies & Cultures. See http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu/ISI2006.html or
contact: Jamie McGowan <jmcgowan@uiuc.edu>.

20. JOIN US AT THE 2006 iEARN ANNUAL WORLD CONFERENCE AND YOUTH
SUMMIT IN ENSCHEDE, NETHERLANDS, JULY 3-7! REGISTER BEFORE APRIL 1
FOR AN EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DISCOUNT. See top of News Flash for
details.

21. iEARN-ASIA AND PACIFIC TO HOLD FIRST REGIONAL CONFERENCE, AUGUST
1-3, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF EMERGING SCIENCE AND INNOVATION. Theme: "How
to Initiate Collaborative Interactive Learning in iEARN-Asia." 20
countries in Asia Pacific will be represented.
http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/index_e.html.

22. FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ROLE OF ICT IN
BRIDGE-BUILDING AND SOCIAL INCLUSION CONFERENCE, NORTHERN IRELAND,
SEPTEMBER 10-16. Further details at
http://www.socsci.ulster.ac.uk./education/ict_conf/index.html.

23. AUSTRALIAN COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE (ACEC), CAIRNS, FAR
NORTH QUEENSLAND, OCTOBER 2-4. Organised by iEARN Australia and the
Asia Education Foundation. If any iEARN members are interested in
attending or presenting, contact iEARN Australia
<iearnoz@iearn.org.au>. For details, see http://www.acec2006.info

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iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is a global
non-profit network 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 120 countries, with 1,000,000 students
participating as part of their education. iEARN-International:
<http://www.iearn.org>http://www.iearn.org

Download the 2005-2006 iEARN Project Book:
http://www.iearn.org/projects/projectbook.html (available in Arabic,
English, French, and Japanese) or for a full listing of iEARN
projects, see:
<http://www.iearn.org/projects/>http://www.iearn.org/projects/
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