Download and view the final Student Voices report presented at NECC.
Student voices are key. Education has become an essential tool for those fighting against poverty, those promoting sustainable development and those simply trying to make sense of and survive in an increasingly complex world. At the same time, it is becoming clear that old teaching methods and learning environments are not working. Between students with varying learning styles, new educational technologies and an increasingly global society, educators cannot simply continue to teach as they always have before.
We need you to help us bring student voices to the largest educational computing conference in the United States, the National Educational Computing Conference. Over the next five weeks, we will ask you to think about the roles education, learning and technology play in your lives, and then express your thoughts and ideas through both photography and online communications. Don't worry if you don't have any experience with photography - we have a guide to the process for you to browse, and we will help you brainstorm each week before you started.
After five weeks of discussions and photo blogging, four participants will be selected - based on an application and on participation through the project - to prepare a presentation based on the work of all participants, and then travel to Philadelphia and share the photographs and ideas with thousands of teachers at the end of June!
What do I have to do?
- Make sure you are familiar with TIG's Terms of Service and are aware that we could be using any photoblog or discussion content for our final presentation and publication. If you have any questions, email [email protected]
- Complete the photoblog task each week (by Sunday at midnight Easter Standard Time). After reading the directions (posted on Monday every week), plan, shoot, and upload one or more pictures, along with a detailed explanation or analysis of your photo.
- Review the other participants photo blogs, make comments, and reply to comments posted on your blog.
- Add your input to the weekly discussion boards.
After the five-week consultation is over, check this page for a link to evaluate the program and apply to become a presenter at NECC in Philadelphia - all costs covered. We will be choosing four students from around the world to join us at the conference - everyone else will have the opportunity to share their ideas for the final presentation, and we will use as much of the content developed over the course of the project as possible.
If you have any question, please email [email protected]
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