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Student tech support for high access environments
Tom Vander Ark writes this week in his Ed Week column, Vander Ark On Innovation, about Supporting High Access Environments. Here’s is a summary of advice to district CTOs from the experts: Publish a short list of devices the district … Continue reading
Back to School 2012 - Start your “year of empowerment” now!
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. What tech vision will … Continue reading
Beyond technology capacity
Many times when we work with new schools implementing GenYES or TechYES student technology leadership programs we find that they have a lot of technology, but that the perception and reality in the classroom is very different. It’s one thing … Continue reading
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Tagged capacity, tech support
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Wauwatosa School District Turns to Kids for Help with Tech Upgrades
As the Wauwatosa School District moved ahead rapidly to upgrade to the latest digital technology and information systems – open mail and document sharing, iPads with open applications, e-readers and more – it found it had a problem. Easy as … Continue reading
Back to School 2011 - Empowering students starts today
Here are a number of “back to school” posts collected in one place! What tech vision will you share? What message does your Acceptable Use Policy send when it goes home with students for them and their parents to sign? … Continue reading
When students are in charge of maintaining the computers in schools
A nice internationally flavored post came our way recently. Michael Trucano writes in Edutech: A World Bank Blog on ICT use in Education on When students are in charge of maintaining the computers in schools Recounting the ways that schools try … Continue reading
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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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
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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
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Not enough tech support = no technology use
Yes, it’s budget time again in K-12 schools in the U.S. - time to do more with less, push the limit, and strive to achieve the vision of 21st century learning for all. Technology is a big part of that, … Continue reading
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