SVRC About Us

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Mission

NetDay Student Voices Resource Center is a comprehensive research and collaboration space that provides resources to engage and involve students in technology-related decision-making. Our aim is to connect student voices with teachers, community members, government representatives, businesses, and others involved with technology in K-12 schools.

Background

The NetDay Student Voices Resource Center (SVRC) is a tangible response to the chorus of voices we collected during our 2003 and 2004 Speak Up Day online surveys. Over 377,000 students in grades K-12 shared their ideas and opinions about technology use and strongly voiced their desire to be involved in education technology decision-making. The NetDay SVRC provides our nation’s students with the knowledge base, support tools, and peer network to insure that their good ideas on technology use can be effectively translated into meaningful actions at their schools and in their communities.

The NetDay Student Voices Resource Center is a comprehensive project designed to empower and engage students in grades K-12 to be part of local decision-making at their schools on the use of technology in education and to use that local community activism to drive change at the local, state, and national level. In addition, the SVRC will provide valuable support resources for parents and educators interested in understanding and supporting their students’ civic engagement in education issues. The SVRC has a unique online goal of stimulating and institutionalizing a three-way dialogue around the importance of student input with students, parents, and educators.

In addition, SVRC capitalizes on NetDay’s nine years of effective community engagement around education technology and a successful track record of developing web resources to provide solutions for emerging needs in the arena of using computer and network technology in education.

Acknowledgements

Student Advisory Council
Thank you to the SVRC Student Advisory Council who provided input on topics, design, and style for the online resource center. Special thanks to the MOUSE Squad members who provided input and student voices.

Ali – Grade 12: New York, NY
Cassie – Grade 12: Manor, TX
David – Grade 11: Orange County, CA
Efrata – Grade 12: Fairfax, VA
Kaleigh – Grade 6: Murrysville, PA
Kyle – Grade 12: Centreville, MI
Mari – Grade 9: Sanford, FL
Megan – Grade 12: Palo Alto, CA
Shahirah – Grade 9: Farmington, CT
Tim – Grade 12: Mechanicsville, VA

National School Boards Association
Thank you to the National School Boards Association for their support and endorsement of the SVRC project.

BellSouth Foundation and Advanced Networks & Services
The development of the Student Voices Resource Center has been generously supported through grants and in-kind support from the BellSouth Foundation, the BellSouth Corporation, and Advanced Network & Services.

About NetDay

NetDay is a national, education technology nonprofit, whose mission is to connect every child to a brighter future. Our direct services, volunteer opportunities and original research help students, teachers, administrators, parents, and community members develop capacity for effective technology use in learning environments. We began as a school wiring initiative and have grown to support digital divide communities and educational organizations with computers, Internet connections, and people.