[YL] ANNOUNCING SPEAK UP 2006

[Irene Spero]

ANNOUNCING SPEAK UP 2006
 
PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS SPEAK UP!
 
 
Join NetDay Speak Up 2006 - November 1-30
 
Now in its 4th year, NetDay Speak Up's national online survey invites
students, teachers, and parents from around the country to share their
input in an online survey. This is an opportunity for students, teachers
and parents to participate in the national dialog about science, math,
technology, and 21st century workforce skills. 
 
Registration is now open. Learn more about NetDay Speak Up and how
schools and districts can register to participate at
www.netday.org/speakup
 
 
 ABOUT SPEAK UP 2006
 
NetDay Speak Up is a national online research project to collect and
report on views of K-12 students, teachers and parents about science,
math, technology and 21st century education.  Speak Up is the first
national research project to collect and compare student, teacher and
parent views on education. 
 
Speak Up 2006 surveys will be open starting November 1 and will remain
open for student, teacher and parent input for approximately one month.
Schools and districts can register to participate in Speak Up as of
September 1. 
 
This year's survey will follow up on many of the technology issues
addressed in the 2003, 2004, and 2005 student and teacher surveys and
address new and ongoing hot topics in education.
 
Speak Up 2006 major themes address:
 
*                     Opportunities and impact of technology on learning
*                     Communications, self expression and social
networking
*                     Global Awareness and international collaborations
*                     Science, math, national competitiveness, and
workforce development 
*                     Schools of the future
 
The NetDay Speak Up website offers convenient tools for helping make the
2006 NetDay Speak Up survey a success in your school or district. You
can find a Speak Up How-to Guide for Educators, A Speak Up How-to Guide
for parents, flyers for posting at your school, sample emails for
communicating with other educators and parents, lesson plans, previews
of the survey and more.
 
 
More information can be found on the NetDay Speak Up website.
www.netday.org/speakup


ABOUT NETDAY SPEAK UP
 
 
The Speak Up data represents the largest compilation of authentic,
unfiltered stakeholder input on education and technology and is used
regularly by education, business and policy leaders to inform federal,
state and local programs on education.  Every school that participates
in the Speak Up surveys gain exclusive access to their own aggregated
student and teacher data to drive technology budgeting and purchasing,
curriculum planning, teacher training and community outreach activities.
 
Over the past three years, the annual online survey event has collected
the views and ideas of over 562,000 K-12 students and over 26,000
teachers representing 7,000 schools from all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico and American schools on US military bases
worldwide.  
 
Please let me know if you have any questions. 
 
Irene Spero
Director, External Relations
Project Tomorrow -NetDay
301 529 2731
irene at netday.org
 
 
 
Irene Spero
Director, External Relations
Project Tomorrow -NetDay
301 529 2731
irene at netday.org
 
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