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iEARN Moldova
Liceul Prometeu
By Daniela Munca,
American Language Center
January, 2010
Personalities Lorena Bogza
Madonna Ban Ki-moon
Nicolas Sarkozy John MacCaine
Dima Bilan Bill Gates
Antonio Banderas Tony Blair
Vladimir Putin Hillary Clinton
Steven Spielberg
“ “ Large groups exhibit moreLarge groups exhibit more intelligence than isolated intelligence than isolated individuals; Collective individuals; Collective intelligence shapes business, economies, societies intelligence shapes business, economies, societies
and nationsand nations““Together all of us know more than any one Together all of us know more than any one
of us does.of us does.”” James SurowieckiJames Surowiecki
“The Wisdom of the Crowd” by James Surowiecki
What is Online Project based Learning?
Watch the Video and decide for yourselves!
Teddy Bear Project
-Classes send each other aTeddy Bear or other soft toy by airmail -The bear sends home diary messages by email at least once a week. -The students write the diary messages as if they are the visiting bear describing its experiences in the new culture
Next Vista for Learning
“Emilia learning about Moldovan Food”
Video
By Ana Efros
“Talking Kites AllOver The World” Project
March 21, 2007, kites
made by children from
Jordan, London, Mexico,
Israel, Armenia, Belarus
and 12 cities in
North America
were launched in into
the air at the same time
- encouraged dialog and cross-cultural collaboration via artistic creation - the international language of visual art can break verbal barriers and create a fruitful dialog between different communities
My Hero Project 2005-2006 - 100 classrooms - collaborative project
work in 16 different countries
Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Columbia,
Egypt, Germany, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, the United States, Uzbekistan
- Virtual classrooms - 3-4 months - projects drawn from the curriculum of each of the
classrooms organized around a selected theme.
At the end of the term the group collects and published its work
New York Livonia – Chisinau American Language Center
US/Moldova Global Exchange
Online project based learning
Partner school overseas (Livonia, US) An online collaborative space (blog) Common interests (high-school life) Interaction (exchange of videos) Feedback (comments) Final product (student essays) Online publication (blog, YouTube)
Everybody Smiles in The Same Language:
Participant Countries: US, China, Jordan, Brazil, India
Students’ Work: Power Point Presentations, Essays, Personal Anecdotes
Exhange E-mails Voting for the Funniest Story
iEARN
The world's largest
non-profit global
network that enables
teachers and youth
to use the Internet
and other technologies to collaborate on projects that enhance learning and make a difference in the world
iEARN is a non-profit organization
20,000 schools and youth organizations in more than 115 countries.
teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologies
over 1,000,000 students each day are engaged in collaborative project work worldwide
iEARN around the Globe
Moldova’s iEARN neighbors
iEARN:
on-line school linkages students engage in meaningful educational
projects with peers in their countries and around the world.
an inclusive and culturally diverse community an opportunity to apply knowledge in service-
learning projects a community of educators and learners
making a difference as part of the educational process
iEARN Projects designed by teachers and students provide powerful examples of how technology can make
a difference in teaching and learning. a final "product" or exhibition of the learning that has
taken place as part of the collaboration magazines, creative writing anthologies, websites,
reports to government officials, arts exhibits, performances, and many more examples of youth taking action as part of what they are learning in the classroom
Museum of Natural History - exhibits of students’ work
150 active iEARN projects
Designed to fit their curriculum and classroom needs select an online project how it can be integrated into their classroom/curriculum online forum spaces - meet one another and get involved
in ongoing projects with classrooms around the world who are working on the same project
local issues "How will this project improve the quality of life on the
planet?"
Creating an accountCreating an account
Place me on the Globe
Creating Students AccountsCreating Students Accounts
Where to find projects?
Important Steps
1. Chose a project 2. Chose a topic for each student 3. Work o presentations (research) 4. Find a partner (collaboration) 5. Publish the presentations (Galleries) 6. Write to minimum 2 other students 7. Present your Work
Benefits of iEARN projects
Student Work is published online Partners for collaboration are found Practice: research, writing, creativity,
oral skills, etc Learn about new places: geography,
English, history, traditions Final product: meaningful learning
Professional Development
face-to-face online professional development workshops and
courses for educators seeking to integrate online global project work into their classrooms
iEARN has trained more than 100,000 educators since it started in 1988.
cover the technical, collaborative and organizational skills needed to participate fully in a global, collaborative Internet-based learning environment
