Grant Project

Hey everyone.

So today we're gonna be taking the next step from

the planning project into the grant project.

Now, my complaining project was kind of um it was

laying out a project to provide these billboards, smart TVs

for the entire social studies department.

Um however, the grant that I found is not enough

money to do the whole department, so for this grand

project, I'm going to request for the funds to get

one for just my classroom, so that's really the only

difference here um and of course it's going to change

a couple of things that were taking place in the

planning project um to adapt it from a whole group

to just an individual, but we'll cover all of that

in here.

So in this, the grant project that I'm or the

grant that I'm going to be applying for is the

tanker kids grant program.

It's through the Tanger outlets and you basically apply through

your nearest location, which for me is right down the

road. Um this grant has been taking place since 1996

and it's basically designed to satisfy the specific funding needs,

um of really anything within a school.

It could go from something that's within the school, um

like schoolwide programs, classrooms.

Um It could go towards like the faculty, it could

go towards students specifically.

It could even go towards academic clubs or athletic teams,

which is really, really cool.

So this, this grant can kind of be taken and

used in any direction.

Um so that's really exciting.

The deadline for it is going to be June 30

of 2021 and they are awarding up to $2,500.

So that's what we're going to be looking at for

today. The requirements for the grant, basically when you open

up the application, it's going to be the, it's like

almost looks like a Google form, but it's through their

website and it just has these prompts that are on

the screen right here.

So they want to see a description of the project

on their website.

They say they want it to be 200 words or

less. Um and then they actually want to see what

school or personal growth goals will be met by using

these funds.

Um What is your plan for executing this project?

And what is the breakdown of how funds will be

used? So since we have a device that will be

pretty simple as far as the description um a lot

of it is very similar to the planning project.

It is to update the smart board in my classroom

into a Viewsonic view board um which is a highly

interactive and high quality um screen that um students can

see visuals and multimedia and things like that.

Um So it's really important for students do that, especially

in my class because I am, I have a social

studies class and we do a lot with image analysis

and videos and maps and things like that.

So it's really important to have something that can do

all of that.

Um Roll down maps are a thing of the past,

so we don't really have those things, we just pull

it up on our projector and like we manipulate google

earth and what not, but my students have a really

hard time seeing the projector for a couple of reasons.

One because the bulbs get really dim and two because

there's so much natural light coming into my room that

it dims the board.

And so it's it's not very high quality.

Um There are some teachers in our school that already

have these view boards and I went in there and

tested and well to see what the brightness looked like

with the windows open.

Um and you could see it from across the entire

room. So it's very um it would be great for

my kids to be able to have that into the

N. C.

R. Images and things like that.

Some of the expected outcomes are listed below and that

is in a short term mid term and long term.

So the short term items or things that are going

to happen immediately.

Midterm is over time.

What what am I going to see in my classroom

and in the long term is really what our students

going to take with them later on that this device

is going to give them.

So the short term is really just updating the technology

and the tools used in the classroom and providing those

better visuals.

That's immediate, that's going to happen the day I get

it. Um, uh, the midterm goals will be um, like

active learning kids can participate more, they can they can

collaborate using the board and um working with each other

and they're going to have a growth in technology literacy

just anytime you give students in new technology and they

have to grow by learning, or they have to, they

have to grow by using the technology, it's gonna make

them um more aware of other technologies and honestly less

afraid of using them.

And then finally, in the long term we have deeper

learning, higher critical thinking skills.

Um and the teachers will become more proficient, or I

will become more proficient in organizing the tool, um or

using the tool in 21st century classrooms.

So we're going to look at two aligned goals here.

For the most part, this is gonna line to a

north Carolina, the north Carolina digital learning plan, which is,

you know, and that's the section with technology infrastructure and

devices. That's pretty straightforward.

And then also, the district goal is to make, um,

we'll talk a county school is the best place to

learn and work in north Carolina.

Um So having updated technology um and and higher in

technology is going to help us reach that goal.

Yes, the plan of action is pretty simple just because

this is just purchasing a device.

However, a couple more things will take place when purchasing

the device before getting it.

Um I will complete research on the device and seek

out professional development and corporate and incorporating the technology and

finding strategies to using it.

I I'm going to do this by surveying teachers in

my school who currently have the view boards, watching videos

online of other teachers that use it.

Um and and things like that, and also seeing at

any technology pds they have something on interactive boards.

The next thing I would like to do is to

schedule a one on one sandbox session with an instructional

coach at my school where I can one on one,

work with them on how to kind of play with

the device and what all it offers and how I

can make sure.

I'm always incorporating the most out of that device into

my classroom.

Um And then over time while using it, I'm going

to consistently evaluate the effectiveness of the technology and I'm

going to continue learning how to implement it.

So even if we're talking three years down the road,

I'm going to make sure I stay abreast of all

of the technologies um that that that device can do

make sure it's being updated um And including it and

always I possibly can.

Uh this last part right here is very straightforward and

simple. The breakdown of funds the grant is for $2500.

And as you can see the price of these boards

is $2,400.

So we're really hitting it right on the mark.

The whole grant will just go towards purchasing the view

board. Um And so there's not gonna be any funds

that are going to have to sustain the technology or

anything like that.

Um So the funds will just be used to purchase

it immediately.

Um And then that kind of goes the same with

the timeline due to it just being a single purchase.

Um It's gonna be really narrow and the day that

the T.

V. Arrives and is set up, the device is going

to be used immediately so that this isn't going to

take a long period of time to implement.

So really that is all of the grant.

Um I'm hoping to break this down and actually put

it in a written format.

You see most of it's already here.

Um I don't think they're looking for quite as much

as I have but I I want to clean it

up a little bit more and put it in more

of like a formal written sense.

Um And I'm going to submit that here soon to

see if we can get it.

So crossing my fingers.

Thank you.

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