iearn telecollaborative projects

Al Amria High Scool -Beni Mellal Saturday , Feb 20th , 2010

Technology supported Learning Projects

Mr Mbarek AkaddarHassan II High School

Beni Mellal

What’s telecollaboration ? What’s telecollaborative project

work ? What’s IEARN ? Characteristics of IEARN projects The Way We Play Project Steps to start a project on IEARN Tips for IEARN project

management

The main points of the presentaion

Telecollaboration is a structured activity in which students use Internet tools such as e-mail, chat, Web pages, blogs,wikis ,forums , podcasts, etc. to access, process and share data and to communicate, cooperate and collaborate.

What’s Telecollaboration?

Telecollaborative project work is a term that has developed to describe online student project work that combines the use of telecollaboration and some form of a project-based activity.In other words , it is technology supported learning projects

Telecollaborative Project Work

International Education and Resource Network

over 30,000 schools and youth organizations

in 130 countries. Over 2,000,000 students each day are

engaged in collaborative project work worldwide.

an inclusive and culturally diverse community

a safe and structured environment in which young people can communicate

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 empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologies.

• To facilitate teacher and student-directed collaborative on-line project work

• To create global, national, and local support structures to sustain project work

• To demonstrate that on-line education can enhance learning and improve the quality of life on the planet

iEARN Goals

a safe and structured environment for children to communicate

a known audience for writing and reading for a purpose

an opportunity to apply knowledge in service-learning projects

an inclusive and culturally diverse community of supportive educators

opportunities to meet f2f– Morocco 2009

iEARN Platform

Stimulate students’ engagement and service in their community.

Develop civil awareness and responsibility. Build a supportive community of educators that

share the latest teaching methodologies. Integrate technology in the curriculum in

meaningful projects. Improve learning and teaching practices.

iEARN Project Objectives

Address a real life question or problem thatis interesting & exciting to you AND your students.• Have accessible & age appropriate resources to

investigate the topic.• Provide opportunities to make connections to

other classes as well as in and out of school and enhance critical thinking and problem solving skills.

• Involve students in team work.• Can be addressed through a variety of strategies

& activities.• Help students with various strengths and

inclinations.

iEARN Project Requirements

Child Labor Children’s rights Environment and

Ecology Gender equity Globalization Human rights Peace

Prejudice and discrimination

Racism Refugees,Conflicts and wars Tolerance, Women’s rights

and role in societyPoverty

iEARN Project Themes

The Way We Play Project

The Way We Play Project

The Way We Play Project

The Way We Play Project

The Way We Play Project

Step One: Complete iEARN Registration Step Two: Choose a project that fits your curriculum,

timeline, ages of your students, appropriate languages, etc.

Step Three: Create a list of your objectives for choosing and joining a project.

Step Four: Contact the project facilitator. Step Five: Introduce the project to your students. Step Six: introduce yourself and your class in the project

forum. Have students respond to other students before posting their own work.

Step Seven: Have students publish their work. Step Eight: Share your work locally, and continue

participation in iEARN.

How to Start?

describe the essence of your message in the Subject line

write the most important things in the first paragraph

Limit the number of attachments you post to the forums

Try to configure your mailing software so that it sends out only plain text 

Tips for Posting on Forums

Try to create a globally aware classroom/school environment

Create a system for peer-editing in your class

Communicate so that your participants know that you are still interested

Ensure language is cross cultural

Tips for Successful Participation

Thank you very much Your questions are

welcome