DHBP
I flew to New York for a series of meetings around the Digital Hero Book Project (DHBP). The first was with Ed Gragart, Executive Director of the International Education and Resource Network USA (iEARN-USA), to discuss the possibilities of the DHBP becoming an iEARN project.
iEARN, made up of all the country chapters around the world, such as iEARN-USA, has been using technology to connect learners in classrooms since 1988, so it has a wealth of experience in tech-based educational projects — especially on issues of privacy and cross-cultural differences — and also solid infrastructure. By becoming a project in their portfolio of around 150 projects, the DHBP can be made available to their network of schools and use their website for interaction between participating learners. It really is an amazing network: over 22,000 schools and 2 million kids. Participating teachers have their own discussion board to discuss the project and support each other.
It was agreed that the DHBP will join the iEARN as a project for its members.