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Category Archives: student project samples
Bring your class on an amazing scientific expedition through the jungles of Nicaragua
From Exploration Nation - In April of 2013, join Team XN - a team of kids, Special Forces veterans and surgeons who will travel from around the world to San Jose, Costa Rica to begin a 14 day scientific expedition … Continue reading
Posted in fun/free stuff, STEM, student project samples, student voice
Tagged Exploration Nation, STEM, students
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Student Techs Have Their Heads in the Cloud
From THE Journal: There is a positive environmental impact in bypassing printed materials, but the time savings and increased communication are what really makes the cloud indispensable for educators as well as students, according to Debbie Kovesdy, a media specialist and GenYES … Continue reading
Posted in Generation YES, GenYES, student project samples, student tech support, web 2.0
Tagged cloud, GenYES
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Helping Others to Help Oneself
This month’s THE Journal has a great story (Helping Others to Help Oneself) on students who provide tech support for their schools. Shadow Mountain High School’s GenYES program is prominently profiled - congrats to the students and teacher Debbie Kovesdy for … Continue reading
Posted in Generation YES, GenYES, student project samples, student tech support
Tagged studentIT
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What Your Kids Are Really Doing Online
“…there exists today an underground, invisible network of children taking turns as teachers and students, sharing with each other the skills, ideas, secrets and technological breakthroughs they cherish. This university without walls or national boundaries is, without exaggeration, unparalleled in … Continue reading
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Tagged children, creativity, student, student voice, technology literacy, video
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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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NCCE conference video - by students
For the second year in a row, Generation YES coordinated a student tech support team for NCCE. Some really talented students devoted untold hours to helping speakers and conference attendees, and doing their part to make schools a better place … Continue reading
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Tagged Generation YES, NCCE, student, tech support, video
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Students co-author the learning experience
It’s so great to have a string of stories about the positive impact of student technology teams in schools. Last Wednesday’s story was from New York, today’s is all the way across the country in Washington in The Olympian, the … Continue reading
Posted in Generation YES, GenYES, In the news, student project samples, student voice
Tagged Capital High School, education, Olympia, Olympian, positive, student, support, teachers, technology, Washington
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Learning @ School - Keynote
I’m excited to be heading off to New Zealand next month to keynote the Learning@School 2011 conference in Rotorua (Feb 23-25). It looks like a wonderful conference, with some really interesting themes and strands. I’ll be talking about student leadership … Continue reading
Students teach teachers how to create a podcast
This video from Brett Moller (Blog: 21st Century Educator) shows a student produced tutorial about how to create a podcast using Garageband. YouTube - Dylan Teaching the Teachers How to create a basic podcast. If you have teachers who need … Continue reading
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Tagged learn, podcast, student, teach, tutorial
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Catch-A-Teacher Day
This example of creative thinking about professional development comes from Tomaz Lasic (aka Human) in Freemantle, Western Australia — Catch-A-Teacher Day. I rarely do this, but I’m copying almost his entire post here because I think his description showcases some … Continue reading
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Tagged ACEC, australia, edchat, edtech, Freemantle, professional development
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