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Press Releases in 2005

April 2005 - Award-Winning iEARN Students Give "Sun-Sational" Solar Oven Presentations in Washington, D.C., for 2005 Earth Day Celebrations. Rowena Gerber and her students at Florida's Miami Country Day School have been harnessing the power of the sun for years. For the full story...click here

Press Releases in 2004

October 2004 - iEARN-USA honored as Tech Museum Laureate. iEARN-USA is pleased to announce it has been named as a 2004 Tech Museum Laureate in the Education Category. iEARN was cited as an "Innovator in using Technology to Benefit Humanity." It's an award shared by all the iEARN participants worldwide! For the full story.. click here

October 2004 - iEARN's Worldwide Online Professional Developement Courses. iEARN launches it's seventh series of online teacher training for educators around the world. For Information...click here

October 2004 - New Global Non-Governmental Peace Corps Launched. Technology guru Jim Martin has created the World Education Corps to enable volunteers to assist in educational technology among 10 pilot countries. iEARN and Kellogg College at Oxford University serve as partners for the World Education Corps. For more information...click here.

October 2004 - Kid-To-Kid Communications Reap Surprising Rewards. Educators across the US share how they have seen reading and writing test scores rise dramatically when students engage collaboratively with other students around the world. For more information....click here

April 2004 - During the first week of July some 150 educators from 18 countries convened in Amman, Jordan to promote cross-cultural education through student-centered learning
projects. English version. Arabic version.

April 2004 - New Digital Film Screening Room for International Education and Understanding: MovingVoices


Press Releases in 2002

August 2002- iEARN Launches the BRIDGE Project - A U.S., Arab, and Muslim Student Exchange Program

Press Releases in 2001

October 2001-Initiative Launched to Connect Schools Worldwide: Friendship Through Education Consortium

May 2001 - EDUCATION in the INTERNET AGE: It Doesn't Take High Technology to Build Powerful Connections

May 2001 - iEARN Launches First Government-Sponsored Exchange between U.S. and Chinese High Schools

May 2001 - iEARN Initiates AIDS/HIV Educational Awareness Program Between Teachers in the U.S. and Seven African Countries

Press Releases in 2000

October 2000 - Financial Dot.Com Leaders and Philanthropists to Join New York Students to Celebrate Global Internet Collaboration

October 2000 - U.S. Schools Host Teachers from South Asia and Middle East With Whom They are Collaborating on Civic Education and Conflict Resolution Projects via the Internet

January 2000 - Students Worldwide Use the Internet to Support Education of Rural Youth in China

Press Releases in 1999

April 1999 - Initative Made Possible by the Alliance for Global Learning and SchoolNet South Africa

March 1999 - Kids use The Internet to Express Their Beliefs and Values

Press Releases in 1998

September 1998 - EdNET 98 Industry Awards Honors

September 1998 - The Internet: Potential for an Education of Hope

April 1998 - Students to HOWL! for the Environment

April 1998 - New Program to Involve Youth Previously Excluded from the Internet

Press Releases in 1996

September 1996 - iEARN Moves its Offices to Manhattan from Westchester County

April 1996 - China: Building Cultural Bridges

March 1996 - Con Ed Helps to Globalize New York City Public School

Press Releases in 1995

January 1995 - Southwest Educational Development Laboratory Showcases Videotape on K-12 Telecommunications

Press Releases in 1994

August 1994 - First Annual iEARN Teachers Conference In Argentina

August 1994 - Making A Difference Through Educational Telecommunications

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