From the interview with Ms Shatrova, a teacher of English, one of the   first members in IEARN.

 - IEARN  has turned 30 this year. We know that you, as a teacher of   English, were among the first   teachers from Ukraine participating in   IEARN.

 -Yes, that's true. But not only me, also Inna Mykhailivna Kruhlova, a   teacher of Computer Studies was.

- When was it?

- We started in 2000-2001 school year.

- Really?! It was a long time ago.

- Yes, I've got wonderful memories of students' creativity and collaboration.

- Our teachers Ms Byzova, Ms Savchenko and Ms Pikush have been working at IEARN projects since 2007.

This year we've been  exchanging photos, videos, using the IEARN online platform for posting information

and talking online to peers around the world.

What did IEARN activities use to look like almost 20 years ago?

- At that time not all the teachers even had e-mails, there was no good internet at school.

We managed to send students' written works, then they were published in paper.

Students were finally very proud to see their work in IEARN magazines.

- That's awesome! What else did your students use to do?

- To communicate with other schools my students  used to write ordinary letters.

Working with students from Brazil, we received a Brazilian  teddy bear, 

which stayed with  different families sending letters to Brazil about life in Ukraine.

A Ukrainian teddy bear lived with Brazilian families sending letters about life in Brazil.

- Just amazing! We love it. It must have been very touching to wait for the news.

- Exactly!

Thank you for the interview.

- You're welcome. Thank you.

P.S.iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is the world’s largest,

most experienced online K-12 non-profit network that enables young people worldwide

to use the internet and digital media to collaborate on educational projects.

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