By the end of the summit, participants are expected to:

1. Be active and regular user of the iEARN online interactive forums through their projects and strengthen their collaborative work
2. Be aware of iEARN objectives, global society, steps and projects
3. Apply research ethics in their submitted projects
4. Develop the sense of volunteerism, community services and being active citizens
5. Devise technology in their learning and production of projects

1. Show ability to work in teams though their participation in different team work based activities
2. Manage program and logistical process and procedures of the summit though their involvement in all kinds of activities
3. Develop communication strategies to be able to cope with different personalities, backgrounds and interests through their participation and interaction with each other in the summit on different levels of activities

Participating students will be divided into 3 groups (25 students per group) and each group will be expected to:

• Present 2 presentations on the final day. The first presentation will be an action plan for their 2004 - 05 selected/shared projects among this group. The second presentation will be on their plans transferring and disseminating the summit’s outcomes to other students in their school/educational governorates scale during 2005.
• Direct and perform a play to reflect one of the themes of the summit. The play will be performed on the performance night, which is the last night.
• Develop a web site to give more information to other students about project based learning, reflecting on their produced projects, posting their projects and work, frequently asked questions about iEARN, etc.
• Conduct a Video-Conference with their iEARN friends in Japan.

Duration: Camp for 3 nights/4 days

Dates: August 28 – 31, 2004

Location: The 6 th of October Mubarak Technology City, Cairo

Program: Workshop style

• variety of workshops in different areas
• young public speakers (e.g. lecturers, educators, social workers, IT professionals, artists, etc.) to discuss with the participants their thoughts and ideas through the plenary sessions
• A wide range of activities in the afternoons (e.g. sports, performances, outing, field trips, social activities, etc.)
• Video-conferencing with other international students in other countries ( Japan and the USA) to share the experience and ideas about project work, culture and IT. The suggested video-conference theme is the use of IT and considering sensitivity to other cultures and believes in cultural awareness programs.

Summit students are inviting two underserved groups of youth. The two groups are Street Kids (from the Toufalty Center for Street Kids) and Students with Special Needs. Each group will consist of 10 – 15 students and will be invited to come and attend one complete day at the summit to help for integration between those 2 clusters and students in the regular stream.

All iEARN schools are eligible to participate. However, public, underserved area schools will have a priority. In addition, youth at other organizations will also be welcomed (e.g. public libraries, Egyptian Red Crescent, Integrated Care Society, People To People, Teenstuff Magazine, AFS, Maan, etc.). Seventy five students will be selected as participants and will be divided into 3 groups to attend in three pararel set of workshops daily.