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Книга проектов 09/10
| (C) iEARN, Dmitry Savelau: |
| iEARN IN ACTION #247, News Flash, April 30, 2009 |
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| Автор: Dmitry Savelau |
| 09.05.2009 21:55 |
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------------------------------------------------------------ iEARN, http://www.iearn.org (International Education and Resource Network) Connecting Youth...Making a Difference in the World ------------------------------------------------------------ iEARN IN ACTION #247, News Flash, April 30, 2009 ----------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to a mandatory upgrade of the power equipment in the building running part of the Collaboration Centre, the Collaboration Centre site will be down from 11:00 AM GMT until 7:00 PM GMT on Sunday May 3rd. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. SEEKING PARTNERS: iEARN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES 1. Young Women in ICT Project. 2. New after school activities discussion in One Day in the Life Forum. 3. Connecting Math to Our Lives through Photography. RESOURCES, CONTESTS, WEBSITES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 4. Call for entries for 2009 My Hero Film Festival. 5. Don't Give it All Away student film receives recognition. 6. Elluminate online conferencing platform available for iEARN classes. iEARN COLLABORATION CENTRE FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS 7. Making your media public in the iEARN Collaboration Centre Gallery! UPCOMING EVENTS 8. iEARN-India National Conference, May 2-4, 2009. 9. iEARN-Morocco (MEARN) to host 16th Annual iEARN Conference and 13th Youth Summit, July 19-25, 2009. 10. World Children's Summit in Yokohama, Japan, August 10-12, 2009. RECENT EVENTS 11. See photos from YouthCaN Event on April 6! ------------------------------------------------------------ SEEKING PARTNERS: iEARN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES Download the 2008-2009 iEARN Project Book in English or Spanish at: http://www.iearn.org/projects/projectbook.html For a full listing of iEARN projects, see: http://media.iearn.org/projects/ ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. YOUNG WOMEN IN ICT PROJECT. Join a new project for the empowerment of young women and girls in the use of Information and communication technology (ICT) for broader career development. The project also aims at creating a network of IT empowered women who can use IT tools to cause positive and relevant changes within the societies of their reach. Interested? Contact Carol Namatovu in Uganda <
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> or post a response in the Teachers Forum at http://foro.iearn.org/.1eade169. 2. NEW DISCUSSION IN ONE DAY IN THE LIFE PROJECT FORUM. From Chris Baer in the USA -- A Day in the Life: After-School Activities. What do you do after-school? This discussion is especially for students aged 13-18, although everyone is invited to participate. Do you play a sport? Are you a member of a club? Do you meet with friends? Do you care for your younger siblings? Do you have a job? Do you play video games or use a computer? Describe what you do and take some photos to share with us! http://foro.iearn.org/.1eadbe06 For more about the project, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/onedayinthelife 3. CONNECTING MATH TO OUR LIVES THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY. A new activity in the Connecting Math to Our Lives project to share images, collages, drawings, and photographs related to math. The activity was proposed by a class in Kenya, and a class in UAE has recently joined. Interested? Connect in the Connecting Math to Our Lives Forum - http://foro.iearn.org/.1eacc95b For more about the project, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/math ------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK IT OUT! RESOURCES, CONTESTS, WEBSITES, ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------ 4. CALL FOR ENTRIES: THE 2009 MY HERO SHORT FILM FESTIVAL. The deadline for submissions is June 1st, 2009, for short films (ten minutes and under) that celebrate heroes from around the world. MY HERO is also proud to announce two special awards: The Ron Kovic Peacemaker Award, for the film that best addresses the issue of peace; and the Dan Eldon Activist Award, for the film which addresses the theme of activism. http://myhero.com/filmfestival Please note! MY HERO will waive entry fees for all iEARN submissions. 5. "DON'T GIVE IT ALL AWAY" FILM RECEIVES RECOGNITION. This short film by Slater Jewell-Kemker (her presentation for the Youth Summit for the Environment in Kobe, Japan) is spreading the Youth Environmental message at International Film Festivals. It won the Music Category at the My Hero Film Festival, was featured in Finland at the Videotivoli Film Festivaland has become a finalist at the Toronto International Film Festival - Jump Cuts Young Filmmakers Showcase next month. Participating in the JEARN ( http://www.jearn.jp/eng/ ) organized Summit was very inspiring for Slater and she dedicates this film to fellow youth activists who are working to make their world more sustainable. http://www.myhero.com/myhero/go/filmfestival/viewfilm.asp?film=youth%20activism&res=high 6. ELLUMINATE ONLINE CONFERENCING PLATFORM AVAILABLE FOR iEARN CLASSES. An MOU agreement with iEARN will make 2 VClasses available to support communication and educational programs as well as special events for the iEARN network. Each VClass can accommodate 25 users. The VClasses will be available until 15/02/2010. Moderators of sessions will be required to to attend free, public training sessions hosted by Elluminate. For more information, contact
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or see http://sites.google.com/site/iearnelluminate/. Elluminate provides a great way to culminate iEARN project activities and to share and exhibit student work! ------------------------------------------------------------ COLLABORATION CENTRE FEATURE UPDATES ------------------------------------------------------------ 7. MAKE YOUR COLLABORATION CENTRE MEDIA PUBLIC! Educators - any media posted to the Collaboration Centre can be kept password-protected within the iEARN network, or marked public ("Allow anyone in the world to view item"). If you would like to make media previously posted to the Gallery public, simply go to that item in the Gallery and click the "Edit" button to access the public/private permission options. Making media in the Gallery (media.iearn.org/gallery) public is a great way to share your student work with an audience beyond iEARN! --------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS --------------------------- 8. iEARN-INDIA ANNOUNCES NATIONAL CONFERENCE, MAY 2-4, 2009. For more details see http://www.iearn-india.org. The theme will be "Our Earth, Our World." 9. iEARN-MOROCCO (MEARN) TO HOST 16th ANNUAL iEARN CONFERENCE AND 13TH YOUTH SUMMIT, JULY 19-25, 2009 IN IFRANE, MOROCCO. "Innovative Technologies and Cross Cultural Dialogue For Quality Education." Join the Conference Forum http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/iearn2009conference and Youth Summit Forum http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/iearn2009youthsummit/ for ongoing discussions and updates. Registered so far are participants from Azerbaijan, Brasil, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinee, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, Palestine, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Suriname, Taiwan, UAE, USA, Jordan, USA, Pakistan. Call for workshop proposals: http://www.iearn2009.ma/spip.php?page=call_form Deadline for submitting workshops is April 30, 2009. For more info about the conference, see http://www.iearn2009.ma 10. WORLD CHILDREN'S SUMMIT IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, AUGUST 10-12, 2009. iEARN-Japan is encouraging you to send entry sheets to JEARN at
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by April 10th, and visual works by April 30th to apply "World Children's Summit in Yokohama" in August. Information site is at: http://www.jearn.jp/eng/ RECENT EVENTS 11. YouthCaN ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE HELD APRIL 6, 2009 IN NYC, USA. See photos at http://media.iearn.org/v/Activities/youthcan/. For more about YouthCaN, see http://www.youthcanworld.org ------------------------------------------------------------- FOR REFERENCE! * Past Newsflashes are saved in the Forum: News http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/news/ * Spanish translations are also available on: http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/boletin/. ------------------------------------------------------------- TO SUBMIT AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE NEWSFLASH: Send your announcement (2-3 lines) to
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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 125 countries, with 1,000,000 students participating as part of their education. iEARN-International: http://www.iearn.org ------------------------------------------------------------- |