Tech & Learning - July 2008 - (Page 24) THE MONEY ISSUE: WHAT TO DO WITH IT How They Got So Rich Best practices and lessons learned from cash-winning schools By Matt Bolch WINNER: LISA MIELKE, EIGHTH-GRADE HISTORY TEACHER AT BURNET MIDDLE SCHOOL, AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AUSTIN, TX Grant won: Lowe’s Toolbox For Education $5,000 Grant Description: Purchase of Ignite Learning’s digital curriculum hardware “brick” and related software that attach to a PC will supplement the curriculum in social studies classes. Videos and other interactive elements create engagement and interest among students. Kids love it. What was the best part of your experience winning this grant? I have wanted this product for a long time. I’ve been the squeaky wheel on my campus advocating for its purchase, but it was just too expensive. This grant from Lowe’s made it possible for me to purchase it for my department. What could you have done better? I would like to have been able to get more of the Ignite Learning “bricks” for each grade level on my campus, but because of its cost, six teachers will be sharing. I also procrastinated and wrote this at the last minute, but I guess I did OK. You should start working on a grant as soon as you learn about it, but I learned about this one right before the application deadline. WINNER: DEE GUARINO, SCIENCE TEACHER AT LINWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ Grant won: BUILD-IT: Expanded from Toshiba Description: This grant expands upon a project funded by the National Science Foundation to design underwater robotics. Working with Stevens Institute of Technology, students learn about programming, communication, motion, forces, electrical circuitry, and buoyancy as they design, construct, and program underwater vehicles. The original funding from The BUILD-IT Grant brought funds to expand Linwood Middle School's science program. 24 | TECH & LEARNING
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