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THE MONEY ISSUE: WHAT TO DO WITH IT Download this FREE series today! Fundamentals of K-12 Technology Programs Brought to you by Tech & Learning and sponsored by HP, this new series covers the educational technology topics that matter most to the profession’s leaders, practitioners, and innovators. Topics include: Scientific Inc.). We just received permission from the Board of Trustees to endow our soil ecology programs to ensure their long-term financial viability. What could you have done better? Nothing comes without a price, and the biggest mistake I made was underestimating just how much Microsoft’s new Vista was going to interfere with current digital technologies. Second grant won: The Waksman Foundation for Microbiology Description: Launched in July 2001, the Environmental Science Summer Research Experience for Young Women (E.S.S.R.E.) is a three-week summer internship in environmental field studies for ninth- and 10th-grade girls from the greater Baltimore area. What was the best part of your experience winning this grant? The greatest thing about E.S.S.R.E. has been watching the girls as they have been transformed by the experience. Nearly one hundred ninth- and 10th-grade girls from a dozen schools in three counties and Baltimore City have participated in E.S.S.R.E., and of the ones who have already graduated high school, more than 50 percent have chosen to go on to pursue further training in the natural sciences and engineering. What could you have done better? The Waksman Foundation kept E.S.S.R.E. solvent in a critical year for this program. Because our annual workshops at the National Science Teacher Association’s national convention had been well received, we tried in 2004 to take E.S.S.R.E. to a national participant audience. But we weren’t ready. If not for the Waksman Foundation, E.S.S.R.E. 2005 would never have happened, and it is because of their generosity that we only stumbled for a year before being able to rebuild the program as a successful regional one. WINNERS: SANDRA HALL, INTENSIVE READING TEACHER, AND LINDA WHITE, MATH TEACHER, AT SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, VOLUSIA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, DELAND, FL Grant won: NEA Learning and Leadership Grant Description: This grant was written to help improve the achievement and personal development of ninth- and tenthgrade students by integrating the “7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” in core academic classes. I attended a five-day workshop and became a facilitator to teach both adults and teens the 7 Habits. I facilitated monthly lunch meetings to teach nine core academic course teachers and support staff. Teachers implemented the 7 Habits in their classrooms in a way that was comfortable to them. What was the best part of your expe- Leadership Winning this grant allowed me to grow as a teacher and conduct my first staff development workshop. rience winning this grant? Winning this grant allowed me to grow as a teacher and conduct my first staff development workshop. What could you have done better? First, make sure all participants were receptive to the ideas being presented and willing to implement them in their classrooms. Second, change the time of the workshop to after school and finish within six weeks. Third, I would have preferred to have more contact with the teachers and to observe how they implemented the 7 Habits in their classrooms. Sponsored by: Sign up today at http://www. techlearning.com/ K12/Fundamentals (Editor’s note: Brock has won more than $50,000 in grants and awards for “The Little Things that Run the World” and Environmental Science Summer Research Experience for Young Women projects.) For more info, head over to techlearning.com 26 | TECH & LEARNING http://www.techlearning.com/K12/Fundamentals http://www.techlearning.com/K12/Fundamentals http://www.techlearning.com/K12/Fundamentals http://techlearning.com

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