non profit organization . for the irish youth movement see generation yes . generation yes type non profit industry education founded olympia washington 1995 headquarters tumwater washington key people dennis harper founder & ceo . sylvia martinez president products see program listing . website www.genyes.org generation yes youth and educators succeeding is a u.s. non profit organization that works with schools around the world to empower underserved students and ensure that technology investments in education are both cost effective and meaningful . dennis harper is the founder and ceo . generation yes programs focus on student centered project based learning experiences that impact student s lives and increase student involvement in school and community through the use of technology . in addition all generation yes programs improve the use of technology in the school as a whole . contents 1 history 2 programs 3 awards and recognition 4 references 5 related links history edit generation yes was founded by dennis harper in 1995 when he was a technology director for the olympia washington school district . he wrote a government technology innovation challenge grant proposal to develop an initiative to involve children in the acceptance of technology in curriculum . 1 the grant was approved in 1996 for five years concluding in 2001 . 2 currently the organization is a 501 c 3 supported by schools and partnerships with other organizations to develop customized student technology programs . 2 3 programs edit today generation yes provides k 12 schools across the u.s. with two foundational programs . genyes originally known as generation www.y and generation why has students assist teachers as they integrate technology in classrooms . these students are denoted as student technology leaders . student technology leaders are then partnered with teachers to support efforts to integrate technology in classrooms by doing hardware and software support and even designing professional development . 4 5 techyes focuses on students completing project based learning activities demonstrating their technology literacy and common core competency . in this program student technology leaders assist other students with the technology elements and initial assessments of projects . 6 according to generation yes more than 1 000 schools are currently using their programs . 7 awards and recognition edit in 2000 genyes was awarded one of two exemplary designations by the u.s. department of education ed educational technology expert panel . 8 the ed then wrote a publication about generation yes and its status reporting that reviewers were impressed by the creativity of genyes in creating a role reversal in which students help support the school s technology infrastructure and partner with teachers in curriculum development . 9 in 2003 generation yes was named rookie of the year at the ednet industry awards . founder dennis harper has also received numerous accolades due to his work related to generation yes . the company and its programs have been featured in numerous important education publications technology industry magazines and academic journals . edutopia a respected progressive education magazine published by the george lucas educational foundation has interviewed a www.y program support specialist in 2001 10 and subsequently featured generation yes twice . 11 12 other publications including educational leadership 13 and t.h.e. journal 14 curriculum review 15 have highlighted genyes as well . in 2005 the encyclopedia of distance learning wrote that generation yes ... prove s that the nearly 50 million students in our schools are ready to become our nation s most plentiful and critical resources for educational reform and improvement ... students in genyes have worked magic ... they have made schools places that students want original emphasis to be ... 16 references edit genyes history and philosophy . generation yes . n.d. retrieved 2007 01 19 . a b stefanie olsen april 26 2006 . when digital kids rule the classroom . cnet news.com . retrieved 2007 01 18 . gwen solomon june 16 2003 . great expectations limited resources 12 tips on doing more with less . techlearning . retrieved 2007 01 20 . karen thomas august 6 2001 . students tutor teachers in tech . usa today . retrieved 2007 01 18 . nd genyes . generation yes website . retrieved 7 13 07 . nd techyes . generation yes website . retrieved 7 13 07 . about genyes . generation yes . n.d. retrieved 2007 01 19 . exemplary & promising educational technology programs 2000 . learning technologies division office of educational research and improvement u.s. department of education . september 8 2000 . retrieved 2006 01 18 . generation www.y exemplary and promising educational technology programs 2000 pdf . learning technologies division office of educational research and improvement u.s. department of education . march 15 2002 . retrieved 2006 01 18 . james l. smith 9 1 2001 . james smith on teacher preparation . edutopia . archived from the original on june 22 2006 . retrieved 2007 01 20 . check date values in date help john blyler june 2005 . angels in the network architecture . edutopia . issn 1552 9029 . archived from the original scholar search on january 6 2006 . retrieved 2006 01 18 . sara armstrong september 1 2001 . turning the tables students teach teachers . edutopia . issn 1552 9029 . archived from the original scholar search on january 6 2006 . retrieved 2006 01 18 . students teaching teachers . educational leadership . 54 6 . march 1997 . issn 0013 1784 . keeping tech support in step with technology . t.h.e. journal . technological horizons in education . november 2005 . issn 0192 592x . archived from the original scholar search on july 16 2006 . retrieved 2007 01 18 . generation yes enlists students in teacher tech training an interview with greg partch . curriculum review . 43 6 . october 1 2003 . boettcher j. justice l. schenk. ; et al. april 2005 . encyclopedia of distance learning . idea group publishing . pp. 1914 1916 . isbn 1 59140 555 6 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link related links edit genyes website techyes website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title generation yes & oldid 738488405 categories companies based in washington state educational technology non profitseducational organizations based in the united stateshidden categories cs1 errors datescs1 maint multiple names authors list navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as 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