Some exciting global collaborative projects for you to consider!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_5smoma="129" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /><div closure_uid_8znwao="107"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span closure_uid_5smoma="128" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Introducing IEARN Projects</span></span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_5smoma="144" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div closure_uid_t0hsyz="219"><div closure_uid_302ec8="108"><div closure_uid_nlor9h="108"><div closure_uid_p79507="120"><span closure_uid_302ec8="106" closure_uid_5smoma="142" closure_uid_nlor9h="106" closure_uid_p79507="118" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Have you heard of IEARN projects? <span closure_uid_p79507="139" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> (</span><a href="http://www.iearn.org/"><span closure_uid_p79507="121" style="color: blue;">http://www.iearn.org/</span></a>) They have so many wonderful projects that teachers can get involved in. <span closure_uid_5smoma="143" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Did you know that i</span>f you create a project and want teachers to join you, you can advertise it through IEARN projects? Why don’t you take a look through their project book which is embedded at the end of this post, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and see if there’s a project that interests you? It is <strong>important to note</strong> that i</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span closure_uid_nlor9h="130" closure_uid_p79507="119" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">f you are interested in joining one of these projects you would need to register as IEARN teachers on the <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><a href="http://www.iearn.org/"><span closure_uid_p79507="121" style="color: blue;">http://www.iearn.org/</span></a></span></span></span><span closure_uid_nlor9h="110" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> site <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">in order to participate?</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span>Just click on <em>Join/Contact us </em>and register. </span></span></div></div><div closure_uid_p79507="106"><br /></div><div closure_uid_p79507="106"><em></em><span style="background: white;"></span></span></div><div closure_uid_nlor9h="108"></div><div closure_uid_nlor9h="108"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Highlighting some projects in Israel</span></span></span></b></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div closure_uid_ozr6jv="121"><div closure_uid_9vtxjl="138"><span closure_uid_5smoma="151" closure_uid_9vtxjl="106" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Omashani Naidoo, who is our Operations Manager at SchoolNet SA has a close friend in Israel, Ruti Hotzen, who especially asks if any teachers would like to join one of her two projects. </span><span closure_uid_5smoma="151" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span closure_uid_ozr6jv="106" style="background: white; color: black;">You’ll find them mentioned in the project book. </span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div closure_uid_9vtxjl="134"><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">        </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span closure_uid_9vtxjl="133" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Talking kites all over the world (page 24)</span></i></div></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div closure_uid_9vtxjl="137"><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">        </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span closure_uid_9vtxjl="135" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Daffodils and tulips (page 46)</span></i></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_5smoma="153" closure_uid_yvumi1="121" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /><div closure_uid_yvumi1="125"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span closure_uid_5smoma="152" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span closure_uid_8znwao="108" closure_uid_yvumi1="106" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why not join the 'Onedayonearth' project?</span></span></span></b></div></div><div closure_uid_5smoma="158" closure_uid_9vtxjl="132" closure_uid_t0hsyz="194"><span closure_uid_9vtxjl="118" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Omashani also recommends considering the <em>onedayonearth</em> project which is co-ordinated by Chris Baer (USA) and Marta Garcia Lorea (Argentina).  You'll find this on page 21 in the book. This is scheduled for 11/11/11 (11^th November 2011). </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On November 11th, across the planet, documentary filmmakers, students, and other inspired citizens will record the human experience over a 24-hour period and contribute their voice to the second annual global day of media creation called ONE DAY ON EARTH. Together, they will create a shared archive and a film. Take a look at their website: <a href="http://www.onedayonearth.org/" target="_blank"><span closure_uid_t0hsyz="198" style="color: #942e06; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.onedayonearth.org/</span></a></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />You can see some news about last year's event at this link (along with lots of the student-produced videos) -- <a href="http://www.iearn.org/news/article/iearn-participants-document-one-day-life-through-101010-video-challenge" target="_blank"><span closure_uid_t0hsyz="202" style="color: #942e06; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.iearn.org/news/article/iearn-participants-document-one-day-life-through-101010-video-challenge</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is an article in today's New York Times (30 August 2011) for more info and background:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/movies/one-day-on-earth-seeks-to-capture-the-world.html" target="_blank"><span closure_uid_t0hsyz="206" style="color: #942e06; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/movies/one-day-on-earth-seeks-to-capture-the-world.html</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_t0hsyz="230" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div closure_uid_9vtxjl="124"><span closure_uid_9vtxjl="125" closure_uid_t0hsyz="229" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enjoy looking through the IEARN book of projects. 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