Welcome to the new Generation YES blog

Hello everyone.

We’ve been thinking about launching a blog for a while now. We’ve read about transparency as a key behavior of modern companies, and watched with admiration as educators and students strike out into uncharted Web 2.0 territory.

Often, the teachers who use Generation YES models in their schools have asked us to create forums so they can talk about issues and share solutions as they work to empower students to use technology. We also encourage students to use these tools to express themselves and find their own voices.

We’ve done it in the past, with closed bulletin boards and other technology of the day. Frankly, it hasn’t been very satisfying. The conversations always start off great, but then dwindle down. It’s hard to maintain community, and the tools of past were too hard to use.

It’s a new day now! With tools (like this WordPress blog we are using) and bandwidth always increasing, we feel it’s time to launch it again.

The question is, do we use this just to communicate within the closed world of Generation YES schools - or the entire world? We’ve decided in the sprit of Web 2.0 that we like the idea of sharing with the world. Although we have a definite point of view about how schools should be using technology and how students can be key stakeholders in their own education, we don’t believe we have all the answers. Further, we completely believe in “transparency” — the act of thinking and doing out loud.

We think that we are ready to walk that talk.

So… without further ado….we are launching this as a completely public blog. If we hear from our customers that it isn’t what they wanted, or it gets too confusing we’ll change it.

Your comments are much appreciated.

Sylvia