New York Tech Liaison Named Leader of the Year

Publication: Tech & Learning
Date: December 21, 2009

Summary: Tech & Learning named Paul Allison, New York City Writing Project technology liaison, a Leader of the Year for his work on Youth Voices, a school-based social network for students, and Teachers Teaching Teachers, a weekly podcast on teaching and learning in 21st century classrooms.

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With colleagues in New York City and across the country, Paul Allison developed a school-based social network for students called Youth Voices, in which students and their teachers share, distribute, and discuss digital work, images, audio, and video.

"Students seem to enjoy the opportunity to have authentic dialogue with peers," says Allison. "Youth Voices gives students a place to develop a niche of followers, to become known through their work."

For the past four years, Allison has also been producing, editing, webcasting, and podcasting a weekly show called Teachers Teaching Teachers, which started as a way for teachers whose students use Youth Voices to stay in touch with one another and exchange ideas. Recognizing the universal value in the content that resulted from such chats, Allison's team went public with their private conversations.

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