Edwin Gragert: Bridging Borders, Both Real and Imagined  Edwin
Gragert  Edwin Gragert  Credit: Peter Hoey  As Edwin Gragert,
executive director of iEARN-USA, tells it, the nonprofit
organization was founded on the belief that students working in
teams and using technology to bridge international borders would
become "global citizens, who recognize that the way you deal
with the world's issues is by working together." Two decades
later, iEARN (the International Education and Resource Network),
which started with the establishment of a telecommunications
connection between twelve schools in New York State and twelve
others in Moscow, administers programs in 120 countries in which
some 2 million students participate.  Gragert still believes one
of iEARN's most important missions is promoting collaboration,
both as a learning tool and an end in itself. To that end,
iEARN's programs focus on combining technological tools with the
social, emotional, and intellectual skills that enable strong,
productive teamwork. T