Jennifer Corrierio, founder and executive Director of TakingITGlobal will be in Churchill Manitoba with Polar Bears International. documenting the polar bear migration. She will be travelling in Tundra Buggy along with climate change specialists and scientists. They will be connecting LIVE to schools across Canada, talking about climate change and sending live video of polar bears migrating. It truly is an incredible experience to be able to talk to the scientists while watching polar bears right outside their window.
This special event requires registration. Information about the sessions and how to register can be found at:
Category Archives: Projects
Climate Change In My Backyard
Climate Change in My Backyard is an initiative to create and share artwork to depict what climate change looks like throughout the world. The work is shared on a global gallery and then will be displayed at the COP21 Climate Change conference in Paris this December. For more information regarding the project, please visit:
Teddy Bear Project
Holiday Card Exchange
The Holiday Card Exchange has been a very popular and successful project that invites your students to learn about holidays and celebrations from around the world while sharing Canadian traditions and holidays with others. This card exchange is a wonderful opportunity to learn with other classrooms from around the world while creating cards and messages.
The registration for this project ends October 31. If you are interested in additional information or would like to register for the project, please go to:
Hip Hop On The Spot
Want to participate in a really fun and exciting project? Check out Hip Hop On the Spot….
Register For September Learning Circles
Registration information for September – January Learning Circles.
2015 iEARN Adobe Youth Voices Media Festival
Check out the wonderful work created by youth artists from around the world at the 2015 iEARN Adobe Youth Voices Media Festival
Teddy Bear Partner Wanted
We have a teacher in Germany who is looking for a Teddy Bear Project partner. Her students are aged 11-12. If interested, please contact me at jim@iearn-canada.org and we will connect you.
Register For Children’s Rights Learning Circle
Register for the Children’s Rights Learning Circle which will run from February 9th – May 31 2015.
Peer Scholar and Global Teenager Project
Great article in the Toronto Star about how the Global Teenager Project is using Peer Scholar to help students with international peer assessment. To find out more information about this project in Canada, please contact either Bob Hofman – bob@globalteenager.org – or Anita Townsend – anita@globalteenager.org.