My City and Me Project

iEARN Project

Junior Three A

What is iEARN?

• It is the world's largest network that let teachers and youth to use the Internet and other technologies to collaborate on projects.

• The goal of this project is to make students learn something different from other parts of the country.

Do you know the meaning of iEARN?

• i International

• E Education

• A and

• R Resource

• N Network

iEARN is divided in three groups

• Creative and Language Arts

• ‘Humanities and Social Sciences

• Math, Science, Environment and Technology

Creative and Language Arts

Projects like School Theater International, Music Around the World, Laws of Life: Virtues Essay Project and etc.

Humanities and Social Sciences

In this area includes such projects as Kindred, Folk Costumes Around the World, Local History Project and etc.

Math, Science, Environment and Technology

In this part invites you to do researches such as in Solar Cooking Project, Youth Can, Leaving Footprints and others.

How Long?

• Ongoing projects which run year after year continuously.

• Short-term projects with a stated start and end date.

Why are we doing this project?

• The dean of Academic Affairs’ Office, Miso, suggested we have to do the project.

• Instead of boring books, we learn something new from others.

• To learn English in a different way and to meet other youth from other countries.

What are you going to do in this class?

• You are going to divide into small groups of 6 - 7.

• Find a leader for your group

• You are going to do a lot of research.

• After our project, we are going to share it internationally.

Projects

• My city and Me J3A• Organic Garden J3B

• Calligraphy Arts project J3C

J3A• Know your city

• Location

• History

• Customs

• Food

My city and Me

Organic

GardenCalligraphy

Arts

Whose Idea?

Olga Prokhorenko

From Russia

Countries joined?

Moscow, RussiaTiznit, MoroccoUkraineBelarus

The Purpose The purpose of the My City and

Me Project is to research the advantages and disadvantages of living in a particular city, to participate in the district life, and to learn more about local governments, including what these government agencies are doing for youth in their territory.

My city and Me

Organic

GardenCalligraphy

Arts

Expected outcomes

A city tour guide, presentations made by students, new social projects together with local governments in each area, new ideas about activities for youth in district.

My city and Me

Organic

GardenCalligraphy

Arts

First• Divide into groups

• Register into iEARN project

• Create a name for each group

• Do research

• Video / tour guide

My city and Me

Organic

GardenCalligraphy

Arts

Later• Do research

• Video / tour guide

My city and Me

Organic

GardenCalligraphy

Arts

Expectations

• Everyone in the group has to do the project.

• We hope to finish our project on the first week of June.

Have fun learning and doing the

project!