Tag Archives: technology literacy

ISTE 2013 Roundup - Student Leadership, Hard Fun, and More!

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Sylvia Martinez

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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Announcing - Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Sylvia Martinez

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 →

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Infographic: Students have their say on online rights and responsibilities

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Sylvia Martinez

Check out the results of the 2013 ‘Have your Say’ survey, the UK’s largest ever survey of young people’s attitudes toward online rights and responsibilities. Over 24,000 young people age 7-19 from across the UK responded to the survey, and … Continue reading →

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What Your Kids Are Really Doing Online

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Sylvia Martinez

“…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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TechYES - New project planning, portfolio, and assessment tools

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Sylvia Martinez

Time for a little (ahem) announcement - Generation YES has been working on something BIG! We are proud to unveil the latest version of TechYES, our student technology literacy certification program. TechYES has always been about students showing technology literacy … Continue reading →

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Student Tech Leadership Summer Camp

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

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 →

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New podcast from Radio TICAL - bringing student voice into ed tech

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

Involving students as partners and co-learners in the educational process, rather than as consumers—or worse, as “objects”—is not a new concept but it is certainly gaining currency in the 21st century. With information exploding, teachers can no longer hope to … Continue reading →

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Project-ing Tech Literacy

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

More reaction to the new whitepaper Assessing Technology Literacy: The Case for an Authentic, Project-Based Learning Approach (Read more or download PDF) From Education Week: “A new whitepaper addressing recent calls for technology literacy education argues any such education should … Continue reading →

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ISTE opening keynote - global issue networks

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

The final countdown to ISTE 2010, Denver, Colorado (June 27-30) has begun! Thousands of exhibitors and attendees will descend on Denver this weekend to learn about the newest applications, strategies, and issues surrounding technology education. The conference formally kicks off … Continue reading →

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New - Technology literacy whitepaper

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

Today we are happy to announce the release of a new whitepaper written by Jonathan D. Becker, J.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University, with Cherise A. Hodge, M.Ed. and Mary W. Sepelyak, M.Ed. Dr. Becker … Continue reading →

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