We are very proud to announce a new product - TechYES, Student Technology Literacy Certification. TechYES is an innovative way for schools, after-school programs, and community organizations to offer a technology certification program to students in grades 6-9. As with all Generation YES products, students are at the center of the solution - backed up with solid research and extensive resources.
In TechYES, students take on the major responsibility of becoming technologically proficient by creating projects that meet state and local technology requirements. As part of TechYES, a structured peer-mentoring program assists the teacher or advisor, and provides student leadership opportunities that serve to further strengthen the program and enrich the learning community. Education experts and a stellar Advisory Board designed the extensive materials and resources, and pilot sites across the country tested the program. TechYES will be launched at the upcoming National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in New Orleans (June 20-23). If you are going to be there, be sure to say hello and take a look at our fantastic new materials.
Forward.
Dennis Harper
What's New at Generation YES
TechYES Takes Off
TechYES is a revolutionary technology kit that provides middle school and after-school educators everything needed to run a program offering students a path to technology literacy certification. The new program helps schools satisfy the ISTE NETS technology standards and meet the NCLB technology literacy requirement for eighth graders.
The comprehensive TechYES Starter Kit contains an implementation guide for advisors, fun and friendly full-color student guidebooks, a web portal, certificates, posters, and a CD of electronic resources. It is flexible enough for use in schools, after-school programs, and by community organizations.
TechYES continues the Generation YES commitment to students playing a central role in the learning process by allowing them to express their talents, knowledge and experience in a personally-meaningful, yet rigorous fashion.
The TechYES Web Portal has resources to support student technology projects, including tutorials, project ideas, and more. The site, at https://www.techyes.net will go live on June 19, 2004.
More details and pricing are on the website: https://www.genyes.org/products/techyes
Generation YES NECC Events (June 18-23, 2004, New Orleans, LA)
Generation YES Booth: #2063. We will be doing around-the-clock theatre presentations in our booth! Teachers and students from throughout the United States will present their experiences with TechYES, Generation Y, Generation TECH (student tech support), and Generation GIT (Girl's Issues and Technology). Come by and see us!
Reception - Monday evening (6 PM -7:30PM). You are invited as our special guest to attend a reception announcing our new TechYES program. Meet old friends and enjoy refreshments at the Hilton Riverside Hotel, stop by our booth or ask the hotel's front desk for our suite number. Download an invitation here:
https://www.genyes.org/media/reception.pdf
Generation YES Related Sessions
Student Showcase
Students Connect from Maryland to Taiwan
Delmar Elementary School in Delmar, Maryland spent the last school year exchanging emails, videos, and small presents with a school in Da Yaun, Taiwan. This partnership was supported through a fifth grade Generation Y student's project with her partner teacher. The Mandarin Daily News in Taiwan found out about the exchange and ran a story on it. Find out more and see the article here:
https://www.genyes.org/news/
Texas High School Generation Y Website Shines
Generation Y students at Hondo High School helped their partner-teachers create dozens of technology-infused lessons during both the fall and spring semesters. All these projects can be seen on the Hondo High School Generation Y website at:
https://www.hondo.k12.tx.us/hs/web/genyes.htm
Seventeen Wisconsin Districts Celebrate Generation Y
Generation Y students throughout northern Wisconsin came together in Ashland on April 28 to share their Generation Y projects and experiences. A Generation Y school from Hurley lost their school during the year due to a fire. The Generation Y kids persevered and completed their projects. All these districts are completing their third year of Generation Y. Read all about this event and Hurley HS at:
https://www.ashlandwi.com/placed/index.php?sect_rank=1&story;_id=171758
Three Harper Elementary Students Learn What It Means To Be Change Agents!
See how younger students in Kansas are becoming district technology leaders.
https://www.usd361.k12.ks.us/
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