Sessions
Long-term Impact of iEARN's Online Collaborative Project-Based Learning at the iEARN Conference
Ed Gragert
Global Woods
Ed Gragert
Ed worked with iEARN and iEARN-USA for over 20 years. He served as iEARN's first International Director. He has been in the field of international education and the right to an education globally for 40 years. Ed's educational background is in Korean/Japanese history.
Rosy Aguila
iEARN-Argentina
Rosy Aguila
Rosy has been involved in iEARN project work since 1990. She served as the second iEARN International Director. She has been a teacher of English in Argentina for many years.
Kristi Rennebohm Franz
Pullman School Distrct
Kristi Rennebohm franz
Kristi was one of the pioneers in iEARN school project work since 1991, facilitating the Global Art Project and numerous others. She attended the first iEARN Conference in 1994.
Adriana Vilela
Global Woods
Adriana Vilela
Adriana is one of the pioneers of iEARN in the classroom in rural Argentina. Later, she became the Director of World Links for Development and received an MA in International Education Development from Columbia University.
Dell Salza
retired
Dell Salza
Dell was an early local coordinator for iEARN and facilitator of projects, including the Rope Pump Project, for which she received a MA from Harvard University by writing a guide for the project.
Betsy Frederick
Retired
Betsy Frederick
Besty was an early regional coordinator and technology educator for iEARN from 1990. She provided professional development in her area of New Mexico in the US for such project as the First Peoples Project.
Session Description
This session is a panel discussion, consisting of educators who were early adopters of iEARN's network. The interactive discussion will explore how teacher and student collaborative experiences have had an impact over the past 30 years. Teachers are quick to observe the immediate transformation in student motivation and engagement as they participate in iEARN project work globally. But, rarely do educators have an opportunity to reflect on the long-term benefits on participants.
What will educators learn and be able to do at the end of the session?
Teachers are quick to observe the immediate transformation in student motivation and engagement as they participate in iEARN project work globally. But, rarely do educators have an opportunity to reflect on the long-term benefits on participants. Few long-term evaluations exist due to the difficulties in staying in contact with teachers and students over the years after students leave the classes in which they are engaging in project work. We hope to start the process of collecting anecdotal evidence of the long-term impact of iEARN experiences.