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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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Guest post: Youth and Adults Transforming Schools Together
This guest post below is by Helen Beattie of YATST, a fantastic Vermont-based organization that helps schools create youth/adult participatory action research teams. Like Generation YES, YATST engages young people in leadership roles with a focus on creating models and … Continue reading
Posted in education reform, Generation YES, research, service learning, student voice
Tagged action research
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The Kinder & Braver World Project
From danah boyd - The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is pleased to announce the publication of eight new of papers in The Kinder & Braver World Project: Research Series (danah boyd, John Palfrey, and Dena Sacco, editors) … Continue reading
Posted in digital citizenship, service learning, student voice
Tagged action research, social change, youth, youth organizing, Youth Voice & Service Learning
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I’ll write that app for you
Recently, MIT App Inventor featured a story about Pauline Lake, a Trinty College student in Connecticut who developed and runs an app invention class for high school students. Curious, I gave Pauline a call and we talked about her idea and how … Continue reading
Posted in constructivism, digital citizenship, service learning, student voice
Tagged computer science, programming
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Student Tech Leadership Summer Camp
Granville Students Attend Regional NYSSTL Training Five students from Granville Central School District in New York attended a week long New York State Student Technology Leader (NYSSTL) Training Camp at WSWHE BOCES in Saratoga, during the last week of July. … Continue reading
Posted in Generation YES, service learning, student project samples, technology literacy
Tagged leadership, NYSSTL, STL, student, technology literacy
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Teacher Training, Taught by Students
Teacher Training, Taught by Students “In a role reversal, Ms. O’Bryant and other teachers at Brick Avon Academy are getting pointers from their students this year as part of an unusual teacher training program at 19 low-performing Newark schools. The … Continue reading
Posted in professional development, service learning, student voice
Tagged mentor, students, teacher, teaching, training
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Student support of education reform - video
This is a 5 minute EDtalk shot at the Learning@School conference I keynoted in New Zealand in February. I touch on how students can be allies and advocates in the effort to improve schools, and how this enhances digital citizenship … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, education reform, service learning
Tagged edreform, education, empowerment, reform, student, tech support, technology
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Jamesville-DeWitt GenYES students teach teachers technology
“Students are reversing roles at Jamesville-DeWitt High School, where they have become the teachers and are helping faculty learn tricky computer applications.” GenYES school Jamesville-DeWitt in New York was profiled in the Syracuse Post-Standard last week. We are really proud … Continue reading
Posted in Generation YES, GenYES, In the news, service learning, student tech support
Tagged DeWitt, GenYES, Jamesville, professional development, student, Syracuse, tech support, technology
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Free access - Educational Leadership: Working with Tech-Savvy Kids
Working with Tech-Savvy Kids article in Educational Leadership Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. Powered by WP Greet Box ASCD’s magazine Educational Leadership has opened … Continue reading
Connecting Curriculum with Community
The current issue of District Administrator magazine (October 2010) is online with a great article about service-learning. Now, service-learning is not just “kids helping out.” It’s a way to combine academics with real-world applications and authentic learning. Connecting Curriculum with … Continue reading
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Tagged GenYES, San Juan School District, service learning
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