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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
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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How do teachers make informed decisions in choosing technology?
The best way to use tech in the classroom is when the technology primarily supports the process of student learning, not the product. Continue reading
Posted in blogs, constructivism, technology literacy
Tagged Larry Ferlazzo, students, technology
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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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New! Join the ‘Connect All Schools’ movement
Generation YES is proud to be one of over 80 educational organizations taking part in a new Connect All Schools Initiative, which aims to connect EVERY school in the United States with the world by 2016. Through the Connect All … Continue reading
Posted in cool links, fun/free stuff, Generation YES, global, In the news
Tagged connect, education, Generation YES, global, iEARN, schools, students
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Announcing TEDx Redmond - youth planned, youth led
Generation YES is proud to announce that we are co-sponsoring a TEDx event with Bing. TEDx Redmond will be held September 18, 2010 at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond WA. TEDx events are locally run events similar to the popular … Continue reading
Posted in conferences, Generation YES, student voice
Tagged Adora Svitak, empowerment, GenYES, Microsoft, speaker, students, TED, TEDx, TEDx Redmond, TEDXREDMOND, Washington, youth
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Edutopia - Students Teach Technology to Teachers
“When middle school students Alison and Nat confer with their teachers, it’s to talk about the lessons the students are preparing for student teachers as part of a new Generation www.Y program. The young people are part of a growing … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, education reform, GenYES, service learning
Tagged Edutopia, Generation www.Y, GenYES, mentoring, pre-service, service learning, students, teachers, tech support, technology
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Citizenship is a verb
US K-12 students aren’t getting adequate instruction in “cyberethics, cybersafety, and cybersecurity,” according to a just-released study sponsored by the National Cybersecurity Alliance and Microsoft released today. The survey, of more than 1,000 teachers, 400 administrators, and 200 tech coordinators, … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, student voice
Tagged Ann Collier, citizenship, digital, interactive, Net Family News, students, youth
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Tinkering and the grades question
Tinkering is still at the top of my mind these days, even though I haven’t had much time to blog about it much (besides this). But often when things are on your mind, everything you see seems to relate. If … Continue reading
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Tagged alfie kohn, alternative, assessment, grades, motivation, project-based, school, students, tinkering
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2010 MLK Day Technology Challenge
From Serve.gov | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. We are calling on educators and web professionals to join our new effort – the 2010 MLK Day Technology Challenge. The idea is simple: to connect schools with technology needs … Continue reading
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Tagged IT, Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, serve.gov, service learning, students, technology
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