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Generation YES Express
June 2010
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Dear Sylvia,
| June - the payoff month!
For educators, looking at the growth and accomplishments of students is what makes a year's worth of hard work so rewarding.  During the past few weeks, I have signed TechYES certificates for thousands of middle school students. Knowing that each signature represents the completion of two substantial projects using a variety of technologies makes a sore wrist feel better!
Forward...Dennis
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ISTE National Educational Technology Conference
| ISTE (formerly known as NECC) is the largest national educational technology conference in the U.S. This year it will be in Denver, Colorado June 27-30.
Generation YES will be there in full force with a booth ( #855) and other events. If you will be in Denver, we hope you will come by and say hello! Pre-conference event - The Constructivist Celebration, Sunday June 27Held once again the day before ISTE starts, this is a day-long workshop focusing on creativity and computing. For a very reasonable $60, you will receive free creativity software from the world's best school-tool companies, breakfast, snacks and lunch, and a full-day workshop led by Gary Stager and other members of the Constructivist Consortium. Added bonuses: a free just released "ImagineIt2" DVD and a TechYES mini-kit. It's always a sell-out, but right now there are still a few spaces left to join in the fun, so register quickly!
Sessions
- Dennis Harper - Establishing Student Technology Leaders Programs for Districts, States, and Nations Wednesday, 6/30/2010, 8:30am-9:30am,
CCC 605. Discover how districts, states, and nations can establish effective
student technology leaders organizations that meet integration,
infrastructure support, and technology literacy goals.
- Sylvia Martinez - Tinkering Toward Technology Literacy
Wednesday, 6/30/2010, 10:30am-11:30am,
CCC 605. Combine tinkering and technology and you have a time-honored tradition
that allows imagination and creativity to lead the way to technology
literacy.
Events in the Generation YES booth #855 - Adora Svitak (12 year old author, blogger, and the youngest person to be invited to speak at TED) will be sharing her ideas for education from a youth's point of view.
- We will be sharing a new technology literacy study by a well-known
researcher making the case for project-based technology literacy
assessment.
- GenYES and TechYES teachers and students from nearby schools will be in the booth sharing their projects and tech integration tips.
- Plus... we will be printing handy business cards for any teacher who forgot theirs at home!
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Student Empowerment in National Education Technology Plan 2010
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Calling all youth in Washington State
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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 speaking series TED. Unlike all other TEDx events, this TEDx will be completely planned, organized, and run by youth. The organizers and speakers will be notable youth in grades 6-10 who are making a difference in their communities. More information and signups are on the TEDx-Redmond website.Please share this information with the youth of Washington State! |
Safe Web 2.0 Tools for Students - Gaggle Safe Apps
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 Just announced from Gaggle - Safe Apps - Web 2.0 collaboration, communication and social learning tools specifically designed for the classroom. The
suite of online tools enables anytime access for teachers and students to collaborate
on assignments, projects and events. With Gaggle Apps students can
safely create and share documents, presentations and spreadsheets.
Homework drop boxes enable the electronic management of assignments and
digital lockers provide the easy storage, sharing and versioning of
projects. Shared calendars, message boards, blogs and online chat
create collaborative platforms for all classrooms.This is a HUGE announcement from one of our favorite partners. For many schools, Web 2.0 tools offer intriguing features, but represent a gamble on safety and security. Gaggle solves these problems, giving educators the control and management features they need, while giving students access they need to these authentic 21st century tools. |
Investing in Innovation
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About 1,670 LEAs and non-profits submitted proposals to the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation (i3) program. The
Generation YES model is a major focus of four i3 proposals. Each
proposal looks to build on the student tech leader model while addressesing a different
need:
(1) Online and Blended Learning
(2) Charter Schools
(3) STEM
in Rural Schools
(4) Computer Science Education.
Since Generation
YES began as Technology Innovation Challenge Grant in 1996, we hope
this model will be one of the funded grants and continue to expand its
innovative approach for providing technology integration and
literacy. Stay tuned!
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| TechYES technology literacy achievement data aligned to NETS-S |
Did you know you CAN assess technology literacy while students work on real projects? You don't have a give students a multiple choice test! The TechYES model of project-based technology literacy has always been aligned to the ISTE NETS-S. Now Generation YES has gone a step further by developing a system that provides a proficiency score for all the NETS-S performance indicators and standards. These scores are based on a research-based and validated performance-based assessment methodology. Click here to download a description of the new TechYES assessment along with sample student, school, district, and state level reports. |
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News from the Liberia Renaissance Education Complex
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 It's been a while since we've reported on the Liberia Renaissance Education Complex. This is one of the first new schools in Liberia since the end of the horrifying civil war that brought the country to its knees for decades. The country is healing and rebuilding now, and these youth are the future.. This picture captures the beautiful spirit of children around the world celebrating the last day of school. But the really good news is that they will be back in fall, learning that peace and education will empower them! Generation YES founder Dr. Dennis Harper helped found LREC in 2007 and now more than 600 students attend this 21st century school. Click for more photos. |
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