IEARN Overview
Our Mission
The MISSION of iEARN-USA is to enable young people worldwide, working in collaboration and dialogue, to make a meaningful contribution to the health and welfare of the planet and its people.
The VISION of iEARN-USA is that people engage in respectful dialogue and collaborative action to meet challenges of our world.
Our STRATEGY is to teach and support educators in using technologies to promote student interaction in global projects.
Our History
iEARN has been using online technologies to link schools internationally since 1988.
In that year, the Copen Family Foundation, under the leadership of Peter Copen, linked 12 schools in Moscow with 12 schools in New York State in a pioneering demonstration that education can be enhanced and the quality of life on the planet improved if young people are given the opportunity to use connective technologies to collaborate on meaningful educational projects.
Based on the successful project work completed between 1990 and 1994, iEARN opened its network worldwide and is now active in more than 40,000 schools and youth organizations in over 130 countries. Over 2,000,000 students each day are engaged in collaborative project work.
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