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Conversation Starters**
 * What are the components of student voice?
 * Is it necessarily related to being a “change agent”?
 * How does/can technology enable it?
 * How can this happen in today's classrooms and schools?
 * What are examples of it working (or not working)?
 * What is the impact of enabling student voice in educational practices such as assessment (self/peer), teaching (peer/reverse mentoring), school administration (students sitting on committees, boards, teacher review, or other feedback systems), and are there other models we should be looking at?
 * Are student-only/student-led groups effective? Why and when?

[|Wikipedia entry for Student Voice]. Very good article, with global examples.
 * Resources** [[image:http://www.soundout.org/images/cycle.gif align="right" caption="Cycle of Meaningful Student Involvement - Soundout.org" link="http://www.soundout.org/cycle.html"]]

[|Tip Sheet for Student Voice] - **Soundout.org** [|Principles of Student Voice in Schools] - **Soundout.org**

Contains both research support and practical tips for teachers working with students to plan presentations of student work by students in formal, adult venues, specifically educational conferences.
 * //Sharing Student Voice: Students Presenting at Conferences// [|Download PDF...] //Sylvia Martinez for Generation YES//**

Tips for creating a technology plan that includes authentic roles for student involvement and leadership.
 * //Vision to Action: Adding Student Leadership to Your Technology Plan// [|Download PDF...] //Dr. Dennis Harper// for Generation YES**

**Meaningful Student Involvement: Guide to Students as Partners in School Change** Highlighting a practical framework, important considerations, and real-world examples, this Guide is all about engaging students throughout education. Recommended for anyone interested in student voice, student empowerment, student engagement, or building community in schools. (28 pgs, 2005)[| Order Print Version] | [| Download the PDF] [|More books in this series]