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Student
project inspires an entire school
Two ninth grade students talk about a class project that caused their
entire middle school to get involved in a knowledge competition.
by Melissa Brown (April 9, 2001)
Two students win TCEA Web design contest
Two eighth grade students talk about their award-winning Web sites and
their experience using technology at their school.
by Melissa Brown (March 9, 2001)
Student participates in 20th Century
Project
Jordan tells us about a fifth grade history project that challenged him
to dig deeper into history to learn about the impact of important events
both on the nation and the people who lived through those events.
By Melissa Brown (February 9, 2001)
Missouri team wins ThinkQuest silver!
Students in Savannah learn more about their local river, the wide Missouri.
By Alicia Bartol (January 19, 2001)
Tech Apprentices
Kidspeak interviews five teens who serve as the technical support staff
for their school district.
By Melissa Burgos Brown (November 2,
2000)
The LTV Project
Kidspeak interviews four students on the staff of LTV, a student-run daily
television program that delivers school and community news, announcements,
and current events to all of classrooms in the building.
By Melissa Burgos Brown (October 6, 2000)
Student
creates free Web pages for teachers
Evan, a seventh grader, created a free online resource for teachers who
would like a Web site designed for their classroom.
By Melissa Burgos Brown (June 9, 2000)
Eighth grade whiz kid joins 4kids
team
This month we're featuring the newest member of the 4kids team: an eighth
grade programmer hired to work on the award-winning www.4kids.org Web
site!
by Melissa Burgos Brown (January 31, 1999)
The Creamer's Field Project
Six students from Fairbanks, Alaska talk about their work on an award-winning
Internet project.
By Melissa Burgos Brown (November 5, 1999)
Teen
entrepreneurs create job resource for students
Kidspeak interviews the founders of Careers4Teens, an Internet company
that provides free job resources for students.
By Amy Schimmel (October 8, 1999)
Generation www.Y: The student
perspective
Three students from Ulysses, Kan. share their thoughts about the Gen www.Y
program and what they learned from the experience.
By Amy Schimmel (September 3, 1999)
Washington students with disabilities
just DO-IT
Read an interview with Laura, a participant in the University of Washington's
DO-IT program. She tells us how students learn skills to help them succeed
in college, in careers, and in helping others become successful.
By Patti Lyon (August 5, 1999)
Computer programming contest rewards
leading-edge students
Hear the story of Nick, a recent NETA contest winner from
Northeast High School in Lincoln, Nebraska, who has his eyes on the
big time.
By Alicia M. Bartol (June 23, 1999)
Using computers everyday!
This month, we speak with Katie, a seventh-grade student at Woodrow
Wilson Junior High School in Hanford, California. She tells us about
why using technology in the classroom is important for today's students.
By Alicia M. Bartol (May 24, 1999)
By a kid, for a kid!
This month Kidspeak has a special guest author, our old friend Dave Lindsay,
who we interviewed three years ago about his job as a 12-year-old webmaster.
Now Dave tells us about his latest venture as the author of Dave's
Quick and Easy Web Pages!
by David Lindsay (April 30, 1999)
Cyber Ambassadors!
The Cyber Ambassadors are fourth and fifth graders, all fairly new to
the world of computing, and all eager to improve their skills in order
to get the chance to lend a helping hand.
By Alicia M. Bartol (March 19, 1999)
The Celebrity Interview
Five students from Grand Island, Nebraska, tell us about a new way to
do a biography report: the Celebrity Interview.
By Alicia M. Bartol (January 29, 1999)
Using Computers at Notre
Dame
Twenty students from Notre Dame High School for Girls describe how the
recent integration of computers into the curriculum has affected their
education.
By Alicia M. Bartol (December 7, 1998)
Using the Net for women's history
Sometimes the Internet is just the thing for assisting kids in researching
less traditional schoolwork.
By Alicia M. Bartol (October 30, 1998)
The importance of the Internet
for teens
Learn about the importance of the Net for teens from someone who knows,
a teen from Michigan!
by David Thelan (September 26, 1998)
Being in the American Technology
Honor Society
This month, Kidspeak spoke with two students from Oklahoma, JD and Steven,
who were charter members in their junior high's ATHS chapter.
By Alicia M. Bartol (August 28, 1998)
What is Linux?
Linux is an operating system that can power school servers and computer
labs, and it's free. This month Kidspeak talks with a student who has
set up an Internet server for himself using Linux.
By Alicia M. Bartol (July 26, 1998)
How to do HTML
This month, Kidspeak talks with some sixth graders from Kansas who attest
to the fact that HTML really is easy.
By Alicia M. Bartol (June 26, 1998)
All about "Ask Amy"
This month we have a special guest columnist: Amy from www4Kids! Amy is
a 14-year-old freshman from Kansas who was chosen to become the writer
for "Ask Amy," the internationally read computer news column!
by Amy of www4kids (May 28, 1998)
Using technology to motivate
students
Five students from Beaverton, Oregon explain how their teacher makes learning
with technology both enjoyable and meaningful.
By Alicia M. Bartol (April 29, 1998)
Homework Helper
Eleven-year-old BJ Pinchbeck has created a world-renowned homework helper!
by Alicia M. Bartol (March 30, 1998)
Internet Keypals
Eight girls from New Jersey have experienced the trials and triumphs of
doing Internet keypals, and have some good advice to offer the rest of
us!
by Alicia M. Bartol (February 26, 1998)
High school computer technician
and webmaster
extraordinaire
Looking for a webmaster or technical assistance for your school?
Some of the most skilled computer users might be sitting in your
classroom.
by Alicia M. Bartol (January 22, 1998)
Two teams enter ThinkQuest:
an Internet competition
Students share their experiences in creating their ThinkQuest projects:
generating ideas, doing the research, and overcoming challenges.
by Alicia M. Bartol (December 7, 1997)
Growing up computer-literate
Computing comes naturally to two brothers who help their mom and each
other share ideas and interests on the Web.
by Heather Clopton (September 19, 1997)
A day in the life of a fourth
grade technology magnet student
Jessica lets us know what she thinks about her school, her principal,
the school board, and her work at L'Ouverture, a public school in Wichita,
Kansas.
by Mike Spina (August 15, 1997)
Skilled webmaster at 12, CEO
at 30?
Though he already has a resumé longer than most college graduates,
David is not all work and no play.
by Jennifer Holvoet (June 30, 1997)
A dynamic duo
Two students who work well on their own find that they do even better
working together.
by Jennifer Holvoet (May 21, 1997)
Cyber advice from a fifth-grader:
An interview with a self-taught wiz kid
Dustin doesn't have his own computer, but that hasn't stopped him from
leading the way with technology among his peers.
by Melissa Burgos Brown (April 13, 1997)
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