CIVICS (community voices - Collaborative solutions) :
Community Voices Collaborative Solutions is a project for English language educators from Algeria, Egypt, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tunisia who are participating in iEARN projects that focus on issues of civic education. The iEARN CIVICS project:
· - Provides a model for civic education and content-based English as a Second/Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) using iEARN professional development resources and methodologies;
· - Integrates educators in the Near East, North Africa and South Asia into iEARN projects; and
· -Creates safe and nurturing environments for students and educators in these regions to address civic education issues relevant to their communities.
Schools participating in iEARN CIVICS are participating in many iEARN projects such as The Laws of Life Essay Project, Faces of War, The Contemporary, Youth Volunteerism and Service, Child Labour, A Vision, Lewin, Street Children.
More info about CIVICS project can be found at this link: http://www.iearn.org/civics/
BRIDGE (building respect through Internet dialogue and global education) :
- Generate dynamic and meaningful dialogue between educators and students in the U.S. and countries with large Muslim populations that lead to long-term personal and institutional ties and continuing face-to-face exchanges to promote mutual understanding;
- Enhance the use of the Internet in schools in developing educational materials and methodologies that will benefit schools in teaching language, geography, social studies, and culture;
- Develop tools and a climate for discussing differing points of view, overcoming suspicion and avoiding and resolving conflict; To promote greater awareness from parents and community members about the benefits of Internet-based collaboration and face-to-face exchanges of educators and students.
- Generate tangible products as an outcome of the collaborative projects.
More info about this project can be found at this link : www.thebridgeproject.org
ALEF(advancing leanring and employability for a better future) -USAID project:
AED is based in Washington DC.For more info , please visit ALEF website at : www.alef.ma