1	Grant Funds + Technology Integration = High Quality Learning! Amy Shane and Katie Morrow, ashane@esu8.org kwillis@esu8.org O’Neill Elementary
2	"PREPARE for technology integration" PREPARE for technology integration Surveys Funding Equipment Workshops DARE to change Mobile lab integration days Tech Training nights Mentors/TST Classroom Integration Programming SHARE our successes Technology Institute Student Contests Conference Presentations
3	Surveys/Statistics TAGLIT Grand Island Public Schools Student Survey www.iste.org – Free Interactive Star Chart “Ask yourself where it is you want to go, then follow the signs you already know.” ~The North Star by Peter Reynolds
4	PREPARE: Funding Larger Grants Title II Part D- Competitive www.nde.state.ne.us/titleii/partd Beaumont Foundation- eligibility every three years NEA Innovation Grants Other helpful links www.cpsb.org/scripts/abshire/grants.asp www.techLEARNING.com – ‘Grants’ - free www.eschoolnews.com – ‘Grants and Funding Alert’ - $35/year www.eschoolnews.com/toolsforschools/tools4schools0420.htm “Tools for Schools” - free Quinlan’s Grants for K-12 Hotline - $189/year
5	PREPARE- Funding SMALL www.smarterkids.org “Connections grant” http://neta.lps.org “Teacher Opportunities” Cartridge Return Program- “Funding Factory”- www.fundingfactory.com KM for Kids- KinderMorgan: www.kindermorgan.com/community/mini_grant_info.pdf Be creative with Title I and Sped funding
6	PREPARE: Equipment SMART Boards Wireless laptop labs Palm handhelds Other various peripherals: cameras, scanners, printers, etc. Several Macs for video editing
7	PREPARE: Workshops “Start the spark…plant the seed” Classroom Connect: http://corporate.classroom.com/ METC: http://www.csd.org/metc2005/ NECC: http://center.uoregon.edu/conferences/ISTE/NECC2005/ NETA: neta.lps.org
8	DARE: Mobile lab integration days One day per semester Classes signed up for a time slot Lesson, materials, technology, and support was all delivered to the room Many follow-up experiences included: Cross-age “Buddy” projects Continuation of projects without support
9	DARE: Technology Training Nights Technology Training offered in various areas such as: digital cameras, Powerpoint, SMARTboards, etc. Teachers could attend training or complete work time on technology-integrated projects Small stipends offered
10	DARE: Mentors / “TST” “Technology Support Team” consisted of staff members who attended technology workshops Each TST was partnered with a small group of staff members Assisted in planning technology-integrated lessons as well as answering small questions that came up day to day.
11	DARE: Programming Enrichment Clusters After-school classes Eagle Eye News Summer Technology Camp for Kids
12	SHARE: Technology Institute Mark your calendars! 2^nd Annual O’Neill Public Schools “Technology Institute”
13	SHARE: Student Contests NETA Student Contests Apple Media’s “Digies” Awards HiCE’s “Sketchy” Animation Contest National History Day Contest Other online writing contests, video production contests, etc. “America’s Youngest Web Wizard Award” – Danika Young
14	SHARE: Presentations Local community organizations NSBA Technology Showcase NAG, NATM, etc., annual conferences Confratute at University of Connecticut National Gifted Conference And, of course, NETA
15	SHARE Intel’s Schools of Distinction www.schoolsofdistinction.com
16	Technology-rich classrooms show observable changes, such as… Shift from whole-class to small group instruction Coaching rather than lecture and recitation Teachers work with weaker students more while brighter students develop independently Students are more actively engaged Students are more cooperative and less competitive Students learn different things instead of all students learning the same thing (Differentiation) Integration of both visual and verbal thinking instead of primarily verbal thinking ~Collins, 1991
17	These are some of our changes over the last 3-5 years at O’Neill Elementary.
18	BEFORE AFTER Computers used almost solely for teacher productivity and A.R.
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21	"Lab of 8 desktops in..." Lab of 8 desktops in the library
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23	"Only one data projector" Only one data projector, used mainly to show sports highlight videos.
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26	BEFORE AFTER One 6 week keyboarding class offered after school for 4^th graders.
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28	"Teacher email accounts through the..." Teacher email accounts through the service unit.
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30	"One digital camera used generally..." One digital camera used generally by the teacher
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