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8 Great Ideas to MAKE Back to School 2013 Memorable
Start the year off with hands on! Think you need to wait for kids to settle down and learn the basics before you let them do projects and hands-on work? Not according to this expert teacher. Making the Case for … Continue reading
Posted in constructivism
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Should we teach all kids to code?
This is a comment I put on the blog post: We’re Not Ready To Teach Kids To Code: Think Kids Should Learn To Code? Teach The Teachers First. It said, ”We need a paradigm shift in education before we even dream of making … Continue reading
Posted in Generation YES, professional development
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Tech support for students, by students - easier and better than ever!
Well, it’s been a quiet summer here on the Generation YES blog, but I can assure you, that’s because there’s been big things happening under the surface! First and foremost - the GenYES tools and curriculum have undergone a MAJOR … Continue reading
Posted in Generation YES, GenYES
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Q&A: How Students Can Help Teachers Use Technology for Learning
From Common Sense Media A thirty-year veteran educator, technology trainer Lisa Hogan teaches students and faculty in Topsham, Maine to better use new digital media tools to transform learning as part of Maine’s innovative 1:1 laptop program. We talked with her … Continue reading
Posted in digital citizenship, professional development, student tech support
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Did you know Google Reader is going away?
Google is a company that likes to release products in “beta” - meaning, “we’re just dating” not getting married to the app. They support lots of products for a while and then when they feel they’ve had their day, shut … Continue reading
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Speak Up 2012 report: “From Chalkboards to Tablets: The Emergence of the K-12 Digital Learner”
“The results being released today show that we are indeed in a new world. And we as adults need to learn from kids in this instance. We need to learn from students about how they learn, where they learn, and … Continue reading
Posted in research, student voice
Tagged classroom, educational technology, student, student voice, survey, technology
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ISTE 2013 Roundup - Student Leadership, Hard Fun, and More!
We are looking forward to another fantastic ISTE - the grandmother of all education technology conferences. This year ISTE will be in San Antonio, Texas June 23-26th, 2013. Generation YES will be there in force (meaning kids!) GenYES students from … Continue reading
Posted in conferences, Generation YES, GenYES
Tagged conference, educational technology, GenYES, ISTE, ISTE13, technology literacy, tinkering
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Announcing - Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
So some of you may have noticed that I’ve been pretty quiet here lately. All my writing energy has been going to a good cause though! I’m happy to announce a new book: Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering … Continue reading
Online Learning Ambassadors pave the way to blended learning success
Generation YES has partnered with Oba - a global platform for online learning to create Oba Ambassadors, a curriculum to teach students how to support online and blended learning initiatives in their own school. Find out more about Oba Ambassadors, or … Continue reading
Can PBL Help Pave the Way to College Success? YES!
Edutopia: Can PBL Help Pave the Way to College Success? In this article by Suzie Boss, Edutopia explores research underway that asks if student leadership, technology, and project-based learning can better prepare students to stay in college. In high-poverty neighborhoods … Continue reading
Posted in digital citizenship, service learning, technology literacy, TechYES
Tagged Alliance for College Ready Public Schools, College YES
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