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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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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

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Tips for student presenters at conferences

It’s educational technology conference time of year! There are so many educational conferences that you could literally attend 24/7. Hopefully some of you are taking students along with you to share their work. There’s nothing more exciting than seeing students … Continue reading

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Join in - Free online global education conference

Don’t miss The 2012 Global Education Conference - a free, online conference all about global education scheduled to take place entirely online during the week of November 12 -16. This is the third annual event, scheduled to coincide with International Education … Continue reading

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See you in San Diego? ISTE 2012

Generation YES will be at ISTE June 24-27, 2012 in San Diego. If you are there, be sure to come by and say hi! We will have a special version of Angry Birds for you to play and win fun … Continue reading

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Free webinar: The voices of girls & women and the future of STEM

Girl Scout Research Institute STEMinar: The voices of girls & women and the future of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math When: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Time: 2PM EDT (time in your time zone) This “STEMinar” will bring together experts from diverse backgrounds … Continue reading

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Free webinar - Social Media and Peer Learning

Social Media and Peer Learning: From Mediated Pedagogy to Peeragogy Discover how giving students more responsibility in shaping their own curriculum can lead to more active participation. I’m going to be on the panel for this webinar from Connected Learning, … Continue reading

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Greg Partch - 20 To Watch

At the COSN conference earlier this month, 20 educators from around the nation were named by The National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) Technology Leadership Network (TLN) as “20 to Watch” Educational Technology Leaders for 2011-2012. These education leaders from across the country were recognized … Continue reading

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GenYES Student Volunteers at NCCE 2012

GenYES Student Volunteers at NCCE 2012 Local GenYES students came to NCCE 2012 in Seattle, Washington, and showed attendees how they support teachers at their schools with technology integration projects. Students helped with tech support, took video, did speaker and session support, … Continue reading

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Webinars - Addressing youth risk in a positive and restorative manner

from Nancy Willard of Embracing Digital Youth: Addressing youth risk in a positive and restorative manner Embracing Digital Youth is proud to announce our first two Webinars. Through these Webinars, Embracing Digital Youth will seek to help educators, mental health professionals, law … Continue reading

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