iEARN Beginners Workshop

   
 

Global Connections and Exchange

 

 

 

Session Outline

 

Session-1: 90 minutes

Introduction

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Registration

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Icebreaking-World Figures

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What is iEARN –The Map Activity

Teachers get 1-2  Greetings from iEARN teachers around the world. Locate the country on the world map, stick a little star on the map.
In small group discussions discuss what you have learned about iEARN from the greetings that were read. Feedback to whole group; 'What is iEARN?"
 

Coffee Break:  10:30 -11:00  a.m.

 

Session-2: 120 minutes

Hands on Collaboration Centre

 

bullet Multimedia Guide to iEARN – The Jigsaw Activity

v     media.iearn.org  Collaboration Center Tutorial 

bullet Reading and Responding to iEARN Forum Posts - ppt
bullet Rubric for Responding to iEARN Project Forum Postings
bullet Responding to greetings  in the teachers forum

 

Lunch Break: 45 minutes

Session-3: 105 minutes

Hands On iEARN Projects

 

In groups choose one of the following project and work on it.

 

    A Vision
    Beauty of the Beasts

    My Name

    Folktales

    CIVICS

    Kindred
    Laws of Life
    Teddy Bear

    Write-On

 

 

 

  

Session-4: 90 minutes

Planning Project Integration

Choose an iEARN project to integrate using the following template

PBL Planning template

 

Alternatively new teachers may use one of the following:

 

Starter Kits

 

   Basic Starter Kit

   Day in the Life Kit

   Global Art Kit

   One World Kit

   Cultural Recipe Book Kit

 

  
iEARN Project Videos  

 

Teddy Bear

iEARN Languages

Youth Can

Catalyst

 

  

  

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