This summer kicked the first phase of the New York State Student Technology Leadership (NYSSTL) program with two week-long summer camps. I wrote a bit about these plans a few weeks ago and promised video, so here it is!
In fact, the middle-school students you see in this video are are back in school now, already starting to lead, mentor and teach students and teachers about technology. In 25 upstate New York middle schools, these student leaders are taking responsibility for making sure that every student in their school meets the NCLB requirement for technology literacy with authentic TechYES projects. After the winter break, they will add in GenYES, where they will learn how to help teachers with technology and how to provide grass roots tech support for teachers in the classroom.
Emily McCartan put together a quick video of the summer camp experience. If you can’t see the YouTube version embedded here, there is a copy of the video on the NYSSTL website too.
Sylvia
