Is a non-profit organization, member of the iEARN global community ,allows teachers and young people to work together online at very low cost using the Internet and other new technologies.
iEARN-Jordan is an inclusive and culturally diverse community, a safe and structured environment in which young people can communicate. It gives students an opportunity to apply knowledge in service-learning projects, and provides them with a community-network of educators and learners making a difference as part of the educational process.
iEARN-Jordan Projects are all designed and facilitated by teachers and students to fit their curriculum, classroom needs, and schedules. In addition to connecting students' learning with local issues, and meeting specific curriculum needs, every project proposed by teachers and students in iEARN-Jordan has to answer the question, "How will this project affect the quality of life on the planet?" This vision and principle is the glue that holds iEARN together, enabling participants to become global citizens who make a difference by collaborating with their peers around the world. An independent evaluation of this demonstration project noted that the students discussed issues and international events more frequently than a control group, read more at home, sought out more news items, magazines, and books by authors from other countries, which means that the project impacted students' awareness and understanding . Furthermore, enrollments in second language courses increased because students realized that they wrote for an authentic audience.
The heart of the program is the principle that students can be empowered to enhance their learning through interactive project-based learning, and that they can, by addressing local, national and global issues in these projects, make a meaningful difference in the quality of life on the planet. Based on the successful project work completed between 1990 and 1994, iEARN opened its network to schools worldwide and currently works with schools in over 90 countries. Most of these countries have their own iEARN Coordinator, and teacher support structure to help educators integrate this technology into their classrooms. In some countries the iEARN program operates under the Ministry of Education. In other countries it is a separate non-profit organization with close ties to education and youth-service institutions. iEARN involves approximately 400,000 students annually in collaborative project work. It is growing exponentially as more classes become connected!
These students and teachers speak a total of 29 languages! During the last decade, iEARN teachers have received worldwide recognition and many awards. They have accumulated centuries of collective experience in how to design and implement collaborative project-work online. They are now active leaders in the field of professional development and conduct training seminars and workshops in order to enable additional educators to participate in interactive online educational work.
Coordinators in each country facilitate iEARN. Each country with an iEARN Center is represented on the iEARN International Assembly, which determines policy for the worldwide program. This Assembly elects an "International Secretariat" to carry out its policies. Every two years the iEARN International Secretariat moves to a new country – insuring a truly global perspective and giving Center Coordinators throughout the world experience in administering an international non-governmental organization.
Integrating the ITC method in the day to day curriculum based school system through the introduction and integration of the project based learning system. Giving teachers and students the chance to experience and apply new learning methods through collaborative projects (project-
based learning) nationally and internationally within as well outside the school system (formal and non-formal). These methodologies can also benefit the business community and all other productive sectors in Jordan on long term, because well trained people, who are able to function immediately in the ever- changing world, will be available to help with the development of Jordan.
Target Group in Jordan: Teachers, students, schools, educational and youth NGO’s.
Training, workshops, presentations and implementing international and national collaborative projects adapted to the needs in Jordan during and outside school-activities. Organizing workshops for the business community and related organizations to help establish the awareness for investing in the education for long term benefit and to motivate them to take actively part in this process .
iEARN Jordan coordinates and manages its activities nationally and internationally. Projects The execution of curriculum based projects and collaborating on line is the most essential part of iEARN educational activities, being a way to better the health and welfare of the world and that of the country Jordan. With project based learning iEARN Jordan strives to connect what students learn in class to what is happening around them in the community and in the world; a practical use of what is being learned in school by executing projects. The iEARN projects are the main examples of how learning by students can be enhanced. There are a lot of iEARN projects that will be executed with in the boundaries of schools in Jordan along with partner schools and classes abroad. Individual Development iEARN Jordan shall, with the assistance of the international secretariat of iEARN incorporated, organize a number of training’s and workshops for students and teachers on general subjects and specific subjects concerning global issues and the education as part of the individual development of its members as well its non members. Project based learning as an alternative educational method is one of the main subjects. Training’s for teachers shall focus on letting them experience new methods and techniques of education that can be very useful for classroom activities and the method of teaching generally and on specific issues such as environment, peace and conflict resolution. Students will be mostly trained in knowledge of new education techniques as well other internet related educational methods.
collaborative project activities and social related and interactive skills. These skills must help students, especially from secondary level to communicate and collaborate in life more effectively.
Internationalism As part of the global relations and collaborative work between the several countries participating in iEARN it is essential to organize regional and international conferences and summits frequently. Conferences are the places where educators and students can interact directly with each other and with their colleagues around the world.
