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GHS Recognized as a SPEAK UP 100 School

Speak UP 100NetDay, the national education technology nonprofit group, announced the selection of Georgetown High School as a SPEAK UP 100 school, one of America’s top 100 schools designated for encouraging student voices in education technology decision-making. The  announcement was made by Julie Evans, CEO. NetDay,  (www.netday.org), at the 11th Annual Consortium of School Networking  (CoSN) Conference for business and education leaders.

Georgetown High School received SPEAK UP 100 recognition along with elementary, middle and high schools in rural, suburban and urban communities from 25 different states, plus an American military base in Japan.  The selection of the SPEAK UP 100 schools was based upon  participation in the annual Speak Up online surveys and demonstrated commitment to engaging students in local technology planning and  decision-making. 

In making the announcement Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow–NetDay, said, “I am very impressed by the ways in which the SPEAK UP 100 schools are involving students in technology planning and decision making and utilizing their Speak Up data to improve the teaching and learning process. Throughout the country we are witnessing powerful ways in which educators are using student input to drive new ideas and innovation in education and technology within their schools and districts.“
 
As a designated Speak UP 100 school Georgetown High School will be prominently featured on www.netday.org and will receive special recognitions from NetDay including a unique SPEAK UP 100 logo to use on our school and district websites.   NetDay will share the SPEAK UP 100 schools and their impact stories with their national partners and other organizations and agencies interested in student voices in education and technology. 

This is the first time that NetDay is honoring America’s top schools for participating in Speak Up and for encouraging student voice in education technology decision-making.   NetDay has championed student voices in education technology by hosting the Speak Up online surveys and by publishing national reports on their data findings for the past three years.

NetDay helps schools engage and empower students to be more involved in local technology 
discussions by facilitating the annual online Speak Up surveys and through the Student Voices Resource Center, NetDay’s website for students (www.NetDay.org/SVRC). 
The 2005 Speak Up for Students and Teachers online event was made possible through the generous support of Dell Inc and BellSouth Foundation.
 
ABOUT NETDAY SPEAK UP FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

NetDay has conducted an annual online survey for the past three years, collecting the viewpoints of over 562,000 K-12 students from all 50 states, as well as 26,000 teachers. The Speak Up data represents the largest collection of authentic, unfiltered student views on technology and education ever assembled. 


The results show today’s students are very technically savvy, approach their lives differently because of technology, use it more as they get older and enjoy greater access to computers and the Internet at home than at school.  

Posted: 3/9/2006 • Department: Curriculum & Instruction