Speak Up

I've included a link to a website for Speak Up, a survey to determine attitudes toward education from around the country. The "secret word" is viking. this will allow anyone who wants to take the survey to do so. A short description of the project follows:

The Speak Up project collects and reports out annually on authentic, unfiltered feedback from K-12 students, teachers, parents and school leaders from every state on 21st century education and technology issues. Speak Up is conducted 100% via online surveys and every school and district in the United States and Canada is eligible to participate. The online surveys are open for participation until Dec 21st, 2007.

Here are just a few topics that will be addressed in Speak Up 2007:

• Creating schools of the future.


• Why students like gaming and the benefits to using them for school work.


• Engaging students in science.


• Helping students feel connected and valued at school.

I know that surveys can be a pain to take, but I thought I would make this available for those who might be interested.