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iEARN Pakistan
under
Society for International Education
is working in close collaboration with iEARN Centers
in several countries as well as several other educational
organizations on collaborative programs. All these
programs are focused at providing unique learning opportunities
to students and educators, enabling them to interact with peers
and experts globally. Most of these programs involve development
and participation of students in Internet Based Collaborative
Projects, Curriculum Development and Teacher Training, Students
and Teacher Participation in exchange and study programs.
Current and
Ongoing Programs:
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Youth Empowerment and
Leadership Program; |
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Youth Empowerment and Leadership Program;
a part of Karachi Youth Initiative in partnership with
Creative International, teaching, counter violence ,
civic education and community outreach to at risk youth.
The funders are USAID for this project. |
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Youth Kay Saath:
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Youth Kay Saath:
Two seasons of 30 radio programs on FM 100. The radio
programs, titled “Youth Key Saath” (With the Youth) will
aim to spread awareness about youth initiatives in the
target communities of the Karachi Youth Initiative. |
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Empower
Access Program |
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The Empower Access Program (EAP) South and Central Asia
focused, professional exchange program for individuals,
organizations and offices working directly with people
with disabilities. EAP is sponsored by the US
Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs. For Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and
Tajikistan, EAP is administered by American Councils for
International Education: ACTR/ACCELS.
It
is a bilateral exchange program, 15 international
fellows from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and
Tajikistan will travel to the U.S. to undertake a
month-long intensive, tailored fellowship at U.S. host
organization. EAP will enable up to 15 Americans to
participate in a reciprocal visit to their Fellows’ host
countries.
Details of the
program, eligibility and application is available at the
link below:
Empower Access Program
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Photojournalism 2.0: Images of Social Change |
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Photojournalism 2.0: Images of Social Change foster
positive and productive interaction among educators and
students in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Tajikistan through
a global high school photojournalism education program.
Through Photojournalism 2.0: Images of Social Change,
participants will use photography to build
people-to-people ties that will promote a stable,
prosperous, and integrated region. High school
teachers and students seek programs to help them use new
media to explore local and global issues, to connect
with peers abroad, and to take action as their
communities build civil society institutions.
With the support from The Office of Press and Public
Diplomacy, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs,
iEARN USA and the participating iEARN countries will be
running this 12 months project beginning October 1st
2012. |
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Global
Connection and Exchange: Journalism 2.0
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Global Connection and Exchange is a project supported
and funded by US Education and Cultural Affairs through
partnership with iEARN USA in participating iEARN
countries globally. SIE has been an implementation
partner for the GCE project since 1999, connecting
schools and students in participating countries through
curriculum based online projects. In the past SIE as
part of the iEARN programs has collaborated with Middle
East, Near East and South Asia.
At present SIE is implementing the GCE Journalism 2.0
in collaboration with iEARN Thailand, Ecuador,
Tajikistan and USA. The project will engage students and
teachers of middle and high school to increase
leadership skills and ties among the participating
countries through classroom based journalism projects.
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American
India Foundation-O3: Our Family, Our Neighborhood, Our
World |
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This project is in collaboration between iEARN Pakistan,
American India Foundation and iEARN USA. The objective
of this project is to promote cross-cultural
understanding. The educators from India and Pakistan
work with the theme, ‘Our Family, Neighborhood, Our
World’, and learn how to use media arts and creative
arts as tools for cross-cultural understanding and
collaboration in their classrooms and taking action in
their communities for social change.
This project supports educators in different countries
to integrate creative and media arts as part of their
social studies, language arts and/or media literacy
curricula. During project, both students and teachers,
are using an array of new media tools to collaborate in
this program, including blogs, Skype and Blackboard
Collaborate webinars, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Facebook,
and the iEARN Collaboration Centre website.
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British
Council Connecting Classrooms Online Training Program |
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After a
successful completion of British Council Connecting
Classrooms teacher training, the British Council
contracted with SIE to provide two-day training to 200
teachers from 91 schools in Karachi for effective
participation in Connecting Classrooms Online project
portals/forums. The project aims at helping teachers in
Online Project-Based Learning focusing Social
Action/Community Service projects.
SIE has
provided
training to teachers from different schools in
Karachi. Teachers were trained in groups of 20 every
Friday and Saturday during the month of March and April
2011. The workshops are aimed at training teachers to
use the Connecting Classrooms Online Community to
discuss curriculum development, potential links with
other teachers globally and engage students in online
collaborative projects.
The participants were
also trained to engage their students in Service
Learning projects by developing and posting the Social
Action Plans on the portal.
http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/
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English
ACCESS Microscholarship Program-Karachi
English Access is a two years
after school English Language learning program for the students
ages 14-18. Society for International Education in collaboration
with its partner schools and supported by Office of English
Language US Department of State is implementing the Access
Program in Karachi. SIE have established 15 Access
Centres in different towns of Karachi, equipped with State of the Art English Language
teaching program. English Access is implemented in more then 70
countries around the world, and Karachi is the largest English
Access program in the world. There are a total of 1500
underserved students are enrolled in these classes and will
complete their program in September 2012.
www.iearnpk.org/accesskhi/index.html
SIE-UNICEF Children's
Council:
The project trains children
and hold consultations with them to identify and prioritize the
issues of serious concern to them. Using the mapping of such
issues in project areas, Children’s Clubs and Council will be
facilitated to develop their C4D strategy and action plan around
those key issues. Activities have been designed to
institutionalize child participation through ensuring child
membership in School Management Committees and the formation of
Children’s Clubs to ensure the representation of children in
disadvantaged communities. As part of this, a network of child
rights organizations and children’s associations (e.g. Girl
Guides and Boy Scouts) is promoted and strengthened.
For further details
visit
www.iearnpk.org/sie/childrencouncil.htm
British Council's Connecting
Classroom Online (CCO) Teachers Training:
After a successful completion
of British Council Connecting Classrooms teacher training, the
British Council contracted with SIE to provide two-day training
to 200 teachers for effective participation in Connecting
Classrooms Online project portals/forums. The project aims at
helping teachers in Online Project-Based Learning focusing
Social Action/Community Service projects.
SIE-British Council's
Connecting Classrooms Project:
SIE has partnered
with British Council for effectively implementing the Connecting
Classroom projects nationwide. This includes training 720
teachers from clusters of schools located in 20 cities around
Pakistan. The training module to be delivered by SIE will focus
project based learning integrating technology for creative
classrooms. SIE facilitators have successfully conducted the
Quetta and Pishin trainings from 29th –30th September. Know more
about Connecting Classrooms at:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-connecting classrooms.htm

Adobe Youth Voices
A global philanthropic
initiative to empower youth in underserved communities.
Demonstrating the power of technology to engage middle- and
high-school-age youth, Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) provides
breakthrough learning experiences using video, multimedia,
digital art, web, animation, and audio tools that enable youth
to explore and comment on their world. AYV is working with
iEARN programs in a many countries empowering youth and
educators in media learning.
In collaboration with iEARN
USA and the Adobe Incorporation, since 2006 every year a group
of high school teachers from iEARN partner school gets
scholarships to participate and complete a 9 weeks online
course. This enables the teachers to engage their students in
projects using video, multimedia, digital art, web, animation,
and audio tools that enable youth to explore and comment on
their world.

Youth Exchange and Study Program-YES
A
consortium of partners lead by
AYUSA International in cooperation with U.S. Department of
State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) to conduct
the
youth exchange. The consortium includes iEARN,
ASSE,
ASPECT,
Sister Cities International
AMIDEAST, CIEE,
PIE , CIE, and
YFU to give secondary
school students in many countries a new opportunity to study at
American high schools and live with American host families for one
academic year.
Past and
Completed Programs

"Achay Dost"
Society for International Education,
has partnered with UNICEF in collaboration with Social Welfare
Department, Government of Sindh. The project
‘Achay
Dost’ (Good Friends) is an FM radio program that
addresses issues of Child Protection e.g. gender based discrimination, corporal
punishment and child abuse and aims at bringing awareness in the society
about these issues.
Global
Connections and Exchange:

Global
Connections and Exchange is an iEARN program of Azerbaijan,
Bahrain, Egypt, Indonesia, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan,
Syria, United States and Uzbekistan. iEARN programs in these
participating countries will build and refine its effective
professional development program, alumni support infrastructure,
in country organizational
capacity, and civic education-based, online collaboration
projects.
Community CATALYST:
Is a collaboration among the iEARN programs in
of Pakistan, Uzbekistan and United States. The program is focused at
engaging students in using digital animation for creating disaster
preparedness messages.
YVS
The Youth Volunteering and Community Service Program
is a flagship iEARN-PK Alumni initiative. This program is initiated
and implemented by iEARN-PK alumni. focused at mobilizing
youth and schools for engaging in community service activities and
projects as part of the ongoing school program and curricular
initiative.

BRIDGE-Building Respect Through
Internet Dialogue and Global Education-The
BRIDGE Program is a
collaborative effort among iEARN programs in 18 countries to promote partnerships between secondary schools in the
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Morocco, Pakistan, UAE,
Oman, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tunisia, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia,, United States, West Bank/Gaza, and Yemen.
The World
Education Corps
was a pioneering
global transformational program piloted by 10 iEARN countries.
The program brings enhanced educational opportunities to
developing countries and to underserved schools and communities,
worldwide.
CIVICS-Community
Voices Collaboration Solutions
A project for the development of ESL/EFL
and Civics curricula of United States, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India,
Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. CIVICS was launched
in Pakistan in 1999.
FTE
-Friendship Through Education,
Is a
consortium of organizations committed to creating opportunities
that facilitate interaction between youth worldwide, building and
understanding between nations and bond between humanity. FTE
was initiated in Pakistan by iEARN-Pakistan in the October 2001.
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