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 Summer 2008 View the Summer 2008 Update (in PDF) Students gathered at Tony Dapolito Recreation center to celebrate an eventful year with Global Partners Junior. Each site exhibited a final project: an advertising campaign promoting tourism in an international city. The group from Sunset Park Recreation Center in Brooklyn performed their rap, "What's Bubblin' in Dublin." Check it out! |  | |||
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Spring 2008 Global Partners Junior grew by leaps and bounds this fall! As a result of enthusiasm from after-school providers across New York City, we now have 14 networks with 26 sites. Participating organizations include:
The 2007-2008 curriculum, titled “My City and Myself” focuses on autobiography, culture and history. Students explore the nature of cities, the meaning of culture and the way they see themselves. As a culmination of students' research and discussion the end of year student achievement celebration will showcase final projects in a virtual travel convention. Each site will design a trip to one of the participating Global Partners Junior cities. | | |||
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Winter 2008  View the 2007-08 Winter Update (in PDF) | | |||
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Summer 2007 View the End of Year Report (in PDF) | | |||
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Update July 2007 On June 7, 2007, participants from nine City Parks and Recreation Department Computer Resource Centers came together to celebrate the program at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater in Central Park.  Commissioner Marjorie Tiven, NYC Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol and Deputy Commission Robert Garafola, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, celebrate with Global Partner Junior participants on June 7, 2007. Photo credit: NYC Department of Parks & Recreation The students who gathered in Central Park had been communicating via the internet during the past eight months with their peers in eight cities: Beijing, Budapest, Dhaka, Dublin, Jerusalem, Madrid, Rome and Tokyo. The theme of this year's web-based exchanges has been creating an environmentally friendly city for the year 2030. At the event, the New York City students from the nine centers met each other in person for the first time and saw each other's final projects on future cities. Participating centers included St. James Recreation Center in the Bronx; Metropolitan Pool and Sunset Park Recreation Centers in Brooklyn; Chelsea Recreation Center, Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center, Tony Dapolito Recreation Center, and Hansborough Recreation Center in Manhattan; and Sorrentino Recreation Center and ARROW Recreation Center in Queens. | | |||
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Update, April 2007 Global Partners Junior works with Metro International to bring our partnering cities to life for New York City students. Fulbright scholars from Metro International's Global Classroom Program visit each of the participating CRCs and gives presentations about their native countries to encourage cross-cultural thinking among students in a fun and interactive way. As of April 2007, students have had guest speakers from Madrid, Beijing, and Budapest.  Dr. Wan Lin, Fulbright scholar from Beijing, demonstrates the use of chopsticks as part of his presentation at Chelsea CRC. During this presentation, Dr. Lin spoke with students about Chinese history, the construction of the Great Wall, and taught Chinese characters. | | |||
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Update, December 2006 IEEP began its third year with an exciting curriculum for 2006-2007, titled "Exploring My Environment." Participating students from around the world work together to learn more about environmental issues, such as air pollution, energy and recycling, in each other’s cities. Student participation has greatly increased this year, with students in nine Computer Resource Centers in New York City communicating with students in Beijing, Budapest, Dhaka, Dublin, Jerusalem, Madrid, Rome and Tokyo. This year's program was successfully launched in each of the CRCs with a student orientation and party in October and November. Students learned more about each of the partnering cities and discussed environmental problems and solutions in New York City. Each student was given an "IEEP Explorers" curriculum booklet and a "Global Citizen Passport." The final project will be to create a model of their future city, with new and exciting environmentally-friendly inventions!  IEEP Program Manager Jane Fossner teaches students at ARROW Computer Resource Center in Queens about their sister cities. | | |||
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Update, July 2006 The 2005 - 2006 "My Dream Park" project has been relocated from Central Park, Arsenal Gallery to be displayed at the Deutsche Bank Atrium, located at 60 Wall Street. The Atrium is open every day from 7am to 10pm. The exhibit will be available until Monday, July 31, 2006. Once the exhibit is over, each Dream Park project will be returned to the seven participating After-school Computer Resource Centers. We thank everyone for their hard work and continuous support of the IEEP Program and we hope to invite more cities and local NYC centers to participate for the 2006 - 1007 curriculum. Please visit us again for news on the new curriculum. 
"My Dream Park" exhibit, Deutsche Bank Atrium, 60 Wall Street. Display from June 26, 2006 ~ July 31, 2006. 
"My Dream Park" exhibit, Deutsche Bank Atrium, 60 Wall Street. Display from June 26, 2006 ~ July 31, 2006. 
"My Dream Park" exhibit, Deutsche Bank Atrium, 60 Wall Street. Display from June 26, 2006 ~ July 31, 2006. Update, June 2006 IEEP has just completed a very successful second year, marked by an end-of-year party and art exhibition on June 6th at the Arsenal Gallery in Central Park. During the 2005-2006 school year, students from NYC and our participating sister cities (Beijing, Budapest, Jerusalem, Madrid and Rome) exchanged thoughts, knowledge, ideas and pictures with each other through an online forum. This year, the topic was "My Dream Park" and the students' final assignment was to create visual representations of what their ideal park would look like. These final student projects where exhibited during "Sister City Day" at the Arsenal Gallery, Central Park. Students, parents and program supporters gathered to view the projects and listen to the students describe and explain their visions for their dream parks. 
2005-2006 IEEP New York City participants celebrate at The Arsenal in Central Park on June 6, 2006 
Commissioner Marjorie Tiven, NYC Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol, congratulates IEEP students from St. Johns CRC on June 6, 2006 The day was a great success, with NYC students from all 7 participating CRCs meeting each other for the first time. The students were eager to meet their new friends and share their experiences working with the IEEP program. They also had a chance to view the work of their peers from around the world, which were sent by regular mail and via the internet from our participating sister cities. Student projects and printed copies of the students' dialogue from the IEEP forum from Beijing, Budapest, Rome, Jerusalem and Madrid were displayed. Each student was awarded a "Certificate of Excellence" by NYC Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol Commissioner Marjorie Tiven. Students also received a "Sister City Day" T-shirt and a UNICEF book titled "Children Just Like Me." It was a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge everyone for their hard work and creativity throughout the program. Read the official Press Release (in PDF) 
Hansborough CRC's "Dream Park" 
Left to right: Veronica Kelly, Secretary; Ambassador Nancy Soderberg, former President; the Honorable Marjorie B. Tiven, Commissioner for NYC Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol; Geraldine Kunstadter, Beijing Chair; Maley Ong, Executive Director; Tabitha Tsai, Program Manager. Photo credit: NYC Department of Parks & Recreation 
Student presentations inside the Arsenal Gallery, Central Park. Read the media advisory on the Sister City Day event on June 6, 2006 Read the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation article on the Sister City Day event on June 6, 2006. | | |||
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Update, January 2006 IEEP was successfully launched in the fall 2005 through student orientations at each Computer Resource Center. During the orientation sessions, the IEEP students were given children's maps of the world, regular maps, student folders, and given a brief introduction about New York's sister cities and the collaborative curriculum. New York City students are now working with students in Beijing, Budapest, Rome and Madrid. Throughout the first and second phases of the curriculum, relevant materials from participating sister cities, such as books, currency, maps of parks, videos, and posters were also distributed to the Computer Resource Centers. These materials enhanced the international component of the curriculum. More recently, each student also received an IEEP "Global Citizen Passport." As each phase of the curriculum is completed, the Passports are "stamped" to acknowledge the students' achievements. Once all stamps have been collected, the students will progress to their final project - the creation of a "Dream Park." Over the holiday season, IEEP students in New York and our sister cities exchanged holiday postcards and pictures through traditional mail. 
Photo Caption: Students at Metropolitan Pool Computer Resource Center, Brooklyn, NY. December 23, 2005 The Sister City Program also works with Metro International to bring our sister cities to life for the New York City students. Fulbright scholars from Metro International's Global Classroom Program will visit each of the participating After-school Computer Resource Centers to speak about their native countries and encourage cross-cultural thinking among students. 
Photo Caption: Fulbright scholar from Beijing visits the St. John's Computer Resource Center in Brooklyn, NY. December 7, 2005 Currently, there are over 100 students participating from New York and over 120 students from Beijing, Budapest, Madrid and Rome in IEEP. All ten sister cities are invited to participate. Below are examples of student art work for the "My Dream Park" curriculum for IEEP 2005-2006. 
Submitted by a student in Budapest, Hungary. January 25, 2006 
Submitted by a student in Brooklyn, New York. January 25, 2006 IEEP students have successfully concluded the first half of the "My Dream Park" curriculum, and are now working on the second half of their project. | | |||
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Update, September 2005 IEEP begins its second year for 2005 - 2006 with an exciting curriculum titled "My Dream Park." Students will learn of the different kinds of parks in New York City and in our Sister Cities. IEEP participants will share knowledge, photos, and pictures of their own neighborhood parks from all the different cities. The aim of the curriculum is for students to create their own dream park. Their dream park may include an imaginative playground, spaces for original games to be played, zoos for animals and insects, and other unique features. The final project of this curriculum may consist of a virtual tour of their dream park, a map of their dream park, or even for their sister city friends to browse. In partnership with the NYC Parks & Recreation Department, IEEP kicked off the curriculum with a student orientation party at the Hunts Point Computer Resource Center in the Bronx, and at the Pelham Fritz Computer Resource Center in Harlem. The students enjoyed learning about each of New York's sister city and are looking forward to connecting with students from around the world. Be sure to bookmark this page for new updates and pictures!  Photo Caption: IEEP student participants at Hunts Point Computer Resource Center, Bronx, during launch party, September 30, 2005. Students are accompanied by Veronica Kelly, Sister City Program Secretary (far left), Kiana Jordan, CRC Coordinator (far left, first row) and Tabitha Tsai, Program Manager (second from right on back row). Photo credit: NYC Department of Parks & Recreation  Photo Caption: IEEP student participants from St. John's and Metropolitan Pool Computer Resource Center, Brooklyn during launch party, October 14, 2005. Students are accompanied by Tabitha Tsai, Program Manager (third from left on back row), and Naomi Marks, CRC Coordinator (first from right second row) Photo credit: Willy Serrano, ST. John's CRC Coordinator  Photo Caption: Tabitha Tsai, IEEP Program Manager, instructs student participants at Pelham Fritz Computer Resource Center, Harlem during launch party, October 7, 2005. Photo credit: Albert Davis, Pelham Fritz CRC Coordinator  Photo Caption: IEEP student participants at Pelham Fritz, Harlem send greetings to their Sister City friends during launch party, October 7, 2005. (Albert Davis, CRC Coordinator, top row, third from left; Ed Auguste, Afterschool Coordinator, first from right second row). Photo credit: Tabitha Tsai, Program Manager  Photo Caption: IEEP student participants browsing through materials about New York City's sister cities at student orientation, October 7, 2005. Photo Credit: Tabitha Tsai, Program Manager  Photo Caption: IEEP student participants at Sorrentino, Queens send greetings to their Sister City friends during launch party, October 21, 2005. (Tabitha Tsai, Program Manager, first from left, Kami Griffiths, Volunteer Coordinator, second from left, Danielle Goldfarb, CRC Coordinator, first from right, Christopher Caropolo, Queens Chief of Recreation, second from right. Photo credit: NYC Department of Parks & Recreation | | |||
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Update, June 2005 IEEP has just concluded a very successful pilot year with students in New York City connected to students in Budapest, Jerusalem, London, Madrid, and Rome. The students communicated on a password protected forum with the supervision of their teachers. They worked on a curriculum titled "Cities Around the World." Final projects by the students include: neighborhood videos, virtual travel itineraries, travel brochures, and pictorial exchanges. Click here to see samples of the final projects from New York City students.  Photo Caption: NYC students and Instructor Albert Davis from the Pelham-Fritz Computer Resource Center posting messages on the iEARN forum for their partners in Madrid. Pelham Fritz, Harlem. April 2005.  Photo Caption: NYC students at the St. John's Computer Resource Center, posting on the IEEP forum and reading messages from their sister city Jerusalem. Brooklyn. April 15, 2005 | | |||
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Update, March 2005 In addition to Madrid, the Internet-based Educational Exchange Program now includes schools from the following sister cities: Budapest, Jerusalem, London, and Rome. In New York City, two additional Computer Resource Centers (CRCs) have joined the Program: St. John's CRC, Brooklyn and St. Mary's CRC, Bronx. The Sister City and CRC partnerships are collaborating with the guidance of program administrators and NYC Parks and Recreation staff; each partnership is working on a curriculum about the transportation, history, geography, language and culture, and science. By spring of 2005, each CRC and Sister City school will complete a project (either a travel brochure, written report or presentation) reporting the ideas and cultural facts they have learned. Special thanks to Ms. Diana Aguilar and Ms. Tabitha Tsai, who were recruited as Program Managers for spring of 2005. | | |||
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Update, October 2004 In addition to Madrid, the Internet-based Educational Exchange Program now includes schools from the following sister cities: Budapest, London, and Rome. In New York City, two additional Computer Resource Centers (CRCs) have joined the Program: Brownsville CRC, Brooklyn and Hunts Point CRC, Bronx. The Sister City Program is working to incorporate schools in Cairo, Jerusalem, and Beijing into IEEP by the spring of 2005. Special thanks to Ms. Michele Peregrin and Ms. Elizabeth Powell, who were recruited as Program Managers for fall 2004. | | |||
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