Technology Assistance Project (TAP) TAP stands for Technology Assistance Project. Teachers and staff members who need hardware, software or project assistance from a GenYES student can click a link and request a TAP. Once they fill out the form, the online TAP tool allows the GenYES Advisor to assign TAPs to GenYES students,

and manage the process of GenYES students meeting

with teachers and completing the requests. The TAP

system also generates reports that show how much help your GenYES students are providing to your school.

TAPs might be modifying existing lesson plans, developing entirely new technology-based projects, or tutoring a teacher in a particular software application that they can use on a regular basis with their class. Every TAP, however, works on the same principle: that by bringing the technology talents of students together with the instructional skills of teachers, you can create new ways of learning by bringing the power of technology into the curriculum.

How does GenYES work?

GenYES helps students and adults work together to improve learning by using technology.  Students are often more comfortable using technology than teachers, who may not have time to learn new technologies and figure out how to use them in their teaching. In GenYES, these teachers (or other adults, like principals, counselors, secretaries, janitors, administrators, or even community members) request Technology Assistance Projects (TAPs) that pair them up with a STUDENT who acts as the technology expert.

Who is the GenYES program supposed to help?     

GenYES helps four groups of people:

1.Teachers get support from GenYES students to integrate technology into their lessons.

2.GenYES students learn technical skills as well as collaborative, leadership and problem-solving skills.

3.Students not in GenYES benefit from new, technology-infused lessons designed by GenYES students and teachers working together.

4.Other school and community members, who may also get technology support from GenYES students.