Katie Fotis ........................$1,121.85 Galesburg-Augusta Middle School
5 Cannon PowerShot SX 150 cameras, 2 tripods and other items will be used by middle school students to visually “write” and tell the stories of their communities. Students will discover the history of the communities and present a narrative that demonstrates the growth and changes that have occurred as we moved into the 21st Century, raising awareness of changes in education and what students need to succeed.
Nora Thompson ..............$1,403.00 Harley Franks Early Childhood Center, Ingham ISD
Two 16GB iPads with wi-fi including a data plan and Pages & Keynote software will support the development of an online resource library for families, daycare providers, and staff who support infants and toddlers with special needs. Parents and providers will use staff-created instructional videos, presentations and documents to practice specific skills together.
Amy Dirlam .....................$1,200.00 Upton Middle School, St Joseph
3 External Hard Drives, 30 External Desktop Microphones and a Digital Video Camera with a Zoom Microphone will assist with creating, storing and documenting projects submitted by K-12 students who participate in a yearly technology festival for the entire district community.
Mary Jo Andrysiak ...........$1,466.00 Pennfield High School
2 iPads 2s, Apple TVs, cases with keyboards and apps will be used to give middle and high school Physical Education teachers the ability to collect, analyze, and share fitness data with students, parents and staff. The data will be used to show growth and drive instruction.
Margaret Lincoln .............$1,490.06 Lakeview High School
13 FollettShelf ebooks with unlimited simultaneous access and a 16GB iPad with Wi-Fi will provide curriculum resources in the form of ebooks to support a new high school World Mythology course. Although piloted for World Mythology, this librarian/ teacher collaborative project is a model that can be replicated as additional ebooks are purchased for other curricular areas.
Beth Lundy .......................$1,497.00 Galewood Eaton ISD
Three 16GB tablets and applications for emotion diary, emotional identifier and visual schedule will be used to improve students understanding of daily activities and schedules. Students will create visual schedules to help them understand and cope with changes. They will use specific applications to journal their emotions throughout the day when changes occur.
Marie Wolffe ....................$1,477.50 Cass Elementary, Livonia
By using 2 HP Mini 1104 Netbook computers, 3 Sifteo packs and 9 Sifteo cubes, Kindergarten students can work collaboratively to play the games that provide aural, visual and kinesthetic practice for naming letters, letter sounds and basic words. The teacher can assess their understanding by monitoring the immediate feedback provided by the cubes.
Sabina Austin ..................$1,442.00 Gwinn Middle School
This grant will help 8 teachers receive one-on-one professional development to integrate the use of technology tools they currently possess with their curriculum. With the implementation of one-to-one netbooks, the immense wealth of resources available on the web as well as cloud computing and storage are now at the students’ fingertips.
Sallie Spencer ...................$1,497.00 Olivet Middle School
3 iPads from this grant will be used with others to infuse technology into the inquiry process and help students make working plans for their inquiry, gather and evaluate information, create work that represents their learning and share it with fellow students.
Scott Merkel .....................$1,400.00 Cummings Elementary, Grandville
This project will utilize technology and 140 TenMarks licenses to create a blended instructional model to meet individual student needs. The TenMarks online program uses current testing data for our 5th and 6th grade students to create individual “playlists” for each student based on their assessed weaknesses. This will benefit students needing remediation as well as those ready for challenge and extension.
Anne Asplund .....................$898.00 Phelps Middle School/Birchview Elementary, Ishpeming
2 iPads with apps will be used as part of a mobile iPad center to engage and motivate student groups. Teachers will develop lessons and activities for target areas and learning styles allowing students to become active participants in their learning.
Gloria Bond ..........................$1,437 Bath High School
15 Finch robots will be used in teaching a certified Computer Science course to High School students. Finch robots can be used with almost any programming language and come with light, sound and movement sensors.
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