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WHAT WE DO: Student Software Team
Each year CFY assembles a group of students from our New York City partner schools to test software and identify applications to include in the software package we install on donated computers. The children are typically in grades 6-8 and range in age from 11-13 years. They are largely from minority backgrounds. Participating students analyze and rate software titles according to specifications and metrics developed by CFY’s research team.
Student Software Team
members meet over the course of six months. They convene on Saturday afternoons with CFY staff to:- Learn to evaluate software
- Participate in team-building activities
- Learn to make public presentations about software
- Receive coaching from industry mentors
After the students have received training, they attend CFY’s Education Executives Day where they demonstrate and discuss the software with education executives from across the country.
In addition, members of the team participate in CFY's Tech Leadership Awards event where they demonstrate software and help present the winning
In addition, members of the team participate in CFY's Tech Leadership Awards event where they demonstrate software and help present the winning
Family Learning Software Award.
The Student Software Team is also available to evaluate and put their seal of approval on educational and gaming software for Corporate America:
Senior Vice President, Publisher
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Companies
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“Students are our most important customers and we care about and value their feedback. There are no better judges of educational software and video games than the children who use them every day. The students in the CFY program were among the best consultants we have had review our programs. We would be proud to work with CFY students again—their input was invaluable.”
Senior Vice President, Publisher
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Companies
