[MLTI-MS] Join NetDay Speak Up 2006 - November 1-30

[Jeff Mao]

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.

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.



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Jeff Mao
Coordinator of Educational Technology
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station • Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 624-6634 (office) • (207) 462-4137 (mobile)
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jeff.mao at maine.gov



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