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Project-based student technology literacy certification

June 7, 2007

This is a summary of the NYSCATE presentation I did last week along with the slides. Several people requested copies of this presentation, so it’s in a couple of formats linked at the end of this post.

New York just requested that all districts report the percentage of students who are technology literate and also the teachers. This data will now be part of the Basic Educational Data System (BEDS.) There was plenty of discussion at the conference about what this meant, and how it would impact technology in schools. I heard two interesting comments:

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Megan and Emily star in NCCE podcast

June 7, 2007

Megan Evander and Emily McCartan were interviewed by Wes Fryer (Moving at the Speed of Creativity Blog) at the NCCE 2008 conference last week in Seattle.

Megan is the Generation YES customer service lead, and Emily is our development coordinator (and ex-GenYES student.) The podcast, recorded on the exhibit hall floor at NCCE, is about the leadership and teamwork skills students develop in the GenYES program as they team with teachers to integrate technology at their own schools.

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