Second iEARN BRIDGE Regional Conference Amman, Jordan July 510, 2004

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Second iEARN BRIDGE Regional ConferenceAmman,
JordanJuly 5-10, 2004

• Building an E-Curriculum for Global Connectivity
  and Exchange

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The Location

• The Imperial Palace Hotel
• Al Quds College

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Attendees
Teachers, Country Coordinators and Ministry
Representatives from the following countries
attended

• Bahrain - 4 Bangladesh - 2
• Egypt - 8 Indonesia - 3
• Iraq - 15 Jordan - 85
• Lebanon - 9 Malaysia - 2
• Morocco - 3 Nepal - 2
• Oman - 2 Pakistan - 4
• Syria - 11 Tunisia - 2
• United States - 12
• Total 164 participants

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Conference Objectives

• 1) To enable participants to become more deeply
  engaged in iEARN projects
  
• 2) To showcase partnerships, classroom tools and
  work of educators and students
  
• 3) To broaden networks and collaborations between
  participants across borders
  

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Objective 1. To enable participants to become
more deeply engaged in iEARN projects

• Pre-Conference Training July 3 - 5, 2004
• Facilitators
• Samah Al Jundi, Syria Eliane
  Metni, Lebanon
  
• Nidal Alrabadi, Jordan Diane
  Midness, USA
  
• Khaled Awad, Jordan Farah Kamal,
  Pakistan
  
• Tuhamie Dawas, Jordan Losira Okelo,
  USA
  
• Dalia Khalil, Egypt Hani
  Tashman, Jordan
  

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Objective 1. Enable participants to become more
deeply engaged in iEARN projects

• 96 Pre-Conference Training
• Participants
• Bahrain - 4 Iraq - 15 Jordan - 65 Syria - 9
  USA - 3

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• Objective 1. Enable participants to become more
  deeply engaged in iEARN projects
  
• The Regional Conference July 6-10, 2004 - 164
  educators from 15 countries!
  
• Workshops on Project Based Learning (PBL)
• Student Empowerment
• Technology A Blessing or Curse?
• Using iEARN Forums for Improving Language
  Proficiency
  
• Project Based Learning as a Powerful Tool to
  Bridge the Digital Divide
  
• The Collaborative Classroom

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• Objective 1. Enable participants to become more
  deeply engaged in iEARN projects
  
• Workshops on Project Based Learning (PBL)
• Significance of using iEARN Projects in the EFL
  Classroom
  
• Engaging Students and Meeting Their Learning
  Styles
  
• iEARN and Culture
• Modern Technologys Impact on Student Learning
  Achievement

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• Objective 2 Showcase Partnerships, Classroom
  Tools and Work of Educators and Students
  
• Featured workshops
• iEARN-Egypt Evaluation Study
• iEARN Online Courses for Educators
• Seeking In Kind Support - Creating Partnerships
  Maintaining Relationship
  
• Establishing an iEARN Country Program

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• Objective 2. Showcase Partnerships, Classroom
  Tools and Work of Educators and Students
  
• Workshops that featured student projects
• Learning Circles
• YouthCaN
• My Dream School
• Environmental Awareness
• Virtues
• Media Mosaic
• Proverbs

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• Objective 2 Showcase Partnerships, Classroom
  Tools
  
• and Work of Educators and Students
• Workshops that featured student Activities
• Youth Volunteerism
• YES Exchange A student Perspective
• iEARN Alumni
• UNRWA Exchange Program

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• Objective 3 Broaden networks and
  collaborations between
  
• participants across borders
• Opening Ceremony
• Opening Address
• His Excellency, Dr. Khaled Toukan
• Minister of Education, Jordan
• Guest Speaker
• Dr. Munther Al-Masri
• Former, Minister of Education
• Board Member, iEARN-Jordan

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• Objective 3 Broaden networks and collaborations
  between
  
• participants across borders
• Petra Visit to the Historic Site. Forming Bonds

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• Objective 3 Broaden networks and collaborations
  between
  
• participants across borders
• Cultural Night

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• Objective 3 To broaden networks and
  collaborations between
  
• participants across borders
• Group Photos After Workshop Sessions

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• Objective 3 Broaden networks and collaborations
  between
  
• participants across borders
• Community Service
• Options
• City Park Clean-up
• Visit to King Hussein Childrens Cancer Hospital
  
  
• Visit to Elderly Home

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• Objective 3 To broaden networks and
  collaborations between participants across
  borders
  
• Closing Ceremony
• Closing Remarks
• Dr. Khaled Toukan, Minister of Education, Jordan
• Review of Conference Experience by iEARN
  Educators
  
• Acknowledgements
• Country Delegation Photo
• Session with Minister

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Thanks to the iEARN-Jordan Management Team for
the Conference Coordination!
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Thanks to the Student Ushers for their friendly
help!
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• The Second Regional iEARN BRIDGE Conference Would
  Not Have Happened Without the Support of
  
• Ministry of Education, Jordan
• Ministry of Telecommunication and Information
  Technology, Jordan
  
• Al-Quds College
• Progress Travel
• AMIDEAST
• Jordan River Printing Press
• US Department of State, Bureau of Education and
  Cultural Affairs
  
• THANK YOU!
• We look forward to continued Collaboration at the
  
  
• 3rd Annual iEARN BRIDGE Conference in 2005

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Most importantly..We say Thanks to the 164
educators who participated and who now will bring
over 5,000 students into collaboration through
physical exchanges in 2004-2005 and via the
Internet for as long as they are teaching!
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The BRIDGE Program http//thebridgeproject.org