Ed Notes: Deanne McBeath is program facilitator of iEARN’s Finding Solutions to Hunger Project. The goal of this project is to open the students' eyes to hunger in the world. Students learn about global issues and how to communicate and collaborate with other cultures, and in the process develop excellent research and problem-solving skills in an online, collaborative learning environment. In the following account, Deanne shares some snapshots into the power of the Finding Solutions to Hunger Project, based on her experience at The Village Charter School in Trenton, New Jersey.

Hunger Assembly: Putting into Practice What We Learned
By Deanne McBeath

It all really began in July of 2011 when I took an online Global Collaboration course through the International Education and Resource Network (iEARN). We were asked to pick a project and create plans to implement that project in our school. It was a difficult decision. iEARN has over 150 projects to choose from and many were well suited for The Village Charter School. The Kids Can Make A Difference® (KIDS) Finding Solutions to Hunger project drew me into its tenacious web from the start. I could see ways to work this project into my technology curriculum for my middle school students. They could create Excel spreadsheets from food diaries and PowerPoint presentations from research on hunger in the world and their communities. They could conduct data analysis on hunger statistics, take virtual field trips, and best of all---collaborate with students around the globe.

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Deanne may be contacted at deannemcbeath@hotmail.com