Welcome back to school! We
hope you all had a great summer!
In this
newsletter, you will find information regarding...
* Speak Up 2014 launches next month! Registration now open, surveys will be available October 6th- December 19th, 2014 * Speak Up 2014 promotional materials are now available! Visit our website for a full list of our flyers and guides * Vote for our panels for SXSWedu 2015: "Paying it Forward: Leveraging Today's Female Voices" & "Learning My Way: Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace" * Speak Up on the Go! Check out this month's presentations with our CEO, Julie Evans.
-The Project
Tomorrow team
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Collect valuable data for your school or district by participating in Speak Up |
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Join the conversation about the use of technology for learning
through Speak Up, a National Research Project.
Since 2003, over 3.4 million
K-12 education stakeholders have participated in the annual online surveys.
Data findings are shared each year with federal, state and local policymakers
to inform education programs, policies and funding.
Surveys will be open for input October 6th – December 19th,
2014 at: www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2014.
Get your
schools involved! Register as the
primary contact of your school or district to manage your district profile
and assign organizational passwords to access your data in Feb 2015. Learn
more about the registration process on our website or contact Jenny Hostert on the Project
Tomorrow Team at jhostert@tomorrow.org
to learn more.
For additional information on
the Speak Up surveys, including FAQs, promotional materials and more please
visit www.tomorrow.org/speakup.
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Our Speak Up 2014 promotional materials are
now available!
To see all of our helpful flyers and guides, visit our website
here.
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Vote for Julie
Evans's panels for SXSWedu 2015
We need your help! Our CEO,
Julie Evans, is featured in two
proposals for SXSWedu 2015's Panel Picker, where educators can cast their
votes for the most compelling ideas and ultimately shape the conference
line-up. Voting ends
this Friday, September 5th so make sure to give our sessions
a "thumbs up" before time is out - you'll need to create a SXSW
username and password if you don't already have one, but the process is
simple and free! Learn more about the sessions below:
1.
Paying it Forward: Leveraging Today's Female Voices
This panel brings together female change agents intentionally gathered from across the ed tech space to examine the unique role women play at this nexus of education and technology. Research has demonstrated that the today’s young girls and women need role models in technology fields to develop self-efficacy in these fields. Whether you are examining how to further your own voice, grow your PLN, or mentor the next great generation of female ed tech leaders, this is a “must attend” conversation. Vote for "Paying it Forward: Leveraging Today's Female Voices"" here 2. Learning My Way: Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace Giving students 24/7 access to learning materials can dramatically improve education outcomes as proven in 40+ pilot projects. However, data shows that up to 30% of U.S. households have no access to high-speed broadband at home, and in some districts it’s as high as 70%. This causes many students to power down after school. We need a viable solution to address the gaps for those students without access. Learn about new mobile-centric solutions to enable safe and affordable 24/7 learning. Vote for "Learning My Way: Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace" here
Don't forget - voting ends this Friday on
September 5th!
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Speak Up on the Go!
Our CEO Julie Evans
has two
free webinars this month! Check them out and sign up!
Enabled,
Engaged, Empowered: The New Student Vision for Digital Learning
Date and time: Monday, September 15, 2014 3:30 pm EST Sponsored by Blackboard K-12 Sign up here
The dynamic profusion of
emerging technologies, both in school and out of school, is propelling
today’s K-12 students to make new demands on their schools for a dramatically
different kind of educational experience. Enabled, empowered and engaged, our
students have a unique vision for 21st century education that reflects their
desires for social-based learning experiences that are un-tethered to the
traditional classroom, and rich in digital media and content. The annual
Speak Up National Research Project provides an exclusive window into the
views of students on personalized learning and new classroom models. In this
webinar, we will share the latest Speak Up national findings from over
403,000 K-12 students, parents and educators with a special emphasis on how
today’s students want to be engaged with mobile learning, online and blended
learning, and e-textbooks and digital content. The discussion will provide
new insights into the digital disconnect between students and educators, and
stimulate conversations about how to effectively leverage new classroom
models of innovation to drive both increased student achievement and teacher
productivity.
Engaging
Students, Empowering Learning – New Roles for Digital Content and Games in
the Classroom
Date and time: September 17 @ 3:30 pm EST Sponsored by BrainPOP Sign up here
Research tells us that
engaging students in learning has the potential to improve achievement;
teachers know that instinctively. But how to increase student engagement is
still often an elusive concept in many classrooms. Promising new developments
in the use of digital content, and specifically digital and online educational
games, in elementary and middle school classrooms aim to make that connection
between student engagement and empowered learning more explicit. In this
webinar, Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, will introduce a new white
paper that highlights Speak Up research findings around teacher and student
use of digital content and games for learning, and how administrators are
increasingly supporting those efforts. And Robert Miller, 5th grade teacher
from Daytona Beach, Florida, will share examples of how digital content and
games are transforming his classroom today. With a combination of research
findings and classroom practices, this webinar will provide you with new
strategies and ideas to use in your classrooms this year!
As always, be sure to take the
conversation online by mentioning @ProjectTomorrow,
@BrainPOP,
and @BlackBoardK12
during on Twitter!
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Thank you for your interest
and continued support of Speak Up! Be sure to stay updated on all things
Speak Up by following us on Facebook,
Twitter,
Instagram
and our Blog.
If you have any questions
please feel free to contact our Speak Up Operations Manager, Jenny Hostert,
at jhostert@tomorrow.org or via phone at
949/609-4660 ext. 17.
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