EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY GRANTS

  The “Educational Technology” Index will allow K-20 schools, after-school programs, non-profit educational organizations, colleges and universities to meet the constant challenge of providing up- to-date technological training, equipment and materials by drawing on new available resources. Expand your present offerings, or create new and challenging courses with the help of cash grants, hardware, software, computer/IT training, and staff professional development grants, as well as funding for new programs and curriculum development.

The “Educational Technology” Index gathered from the most recent issues of Technology Grant News, provides a new outlook and practical resources for K-20 instructors, school superintendants and district supervisors, technology coordinators, and development/grant officers.

Recent excerpts from Technology Grant News:

“Texas Instruments & The Jason FoundationTeam Up
to Provide Free Curriculum, TI Equipment Packages & Grants”

Deadline: Open-Ongoing
http://www.jason.org/media_center
/press_releases /ti_jason.htm
http://www.education.ti.com/us
/resources/borrow /jason.html
e-Mail: workshop-loan@ti.com
1-888-917-6411

“Texas Instruments and the Jason Foundation for Education team up to create and offer free to middle school and high school teachers an additional 30 curriculum activities to supplement the 230 activities and online lesson works they have to teach science. JASON Foundation for Education Joins Hands with Texas Instruments. Schools and school districts may apply for free subscriptions to use the curriculum. Teachers may apply for permission to attend the Jason Institute to learn to use the materials. Texas Instruments will provide a loaner package of Texas Instruments equipment to schools requesting it. The package will include: Five (5) TI-73 Explorer™ handhelds; One (1) TI-73 Explorer ViewScreen™ Package (includes overhead panel and TI-73 Explorer handheld); Six (6) Calculator-Based Laboratory™ (CBL 2™) data collection systems; Twelve (12) stainless steel temperature sensors; One TI/JASON Project activity. The equipment is borrowed for two weeks on a first-come, first-served basis, and then returned using prepaid shipping labels. In addition, the Texas Instruments Foundation provides funding to schools and school districts. Applicants are encouraged to submit one-or two-page proposals that briefly outline the following: the population served, amount requested, how the requested funds will be used, and how the proposal matches funding interests of the foundation. Contact: http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/company
/citizen/education , Tel.: 214-480-3221.”

“Securing Technology Funding: The Expanding Role of Local Education Foundations (LEFs)
by Ellen Wright, School Grant Technology Consultant”

“There is enormous potential for technology support to schools and districts through local (and county) education foundations. LEFs are non profit organizations whose boards represent local community and education leaders and who are financially accountable to their communities…. At the local level, the Palo Alto Foundation for Education (PAFE) gave $200,000 to Palo Alto's middle school science program last year. Their gift of laptops, as well as large-screen LCD projectors has made an enormous difference in science classrooms according to the teachers, helping students to conduct research and then to pick out key ideas to highlight in PowerPoint presentations or iMovies. The funds raised through PAFE to enhance middle school science programs at three schools, represent a long-term capital investment in technology. Those interested in starting a new local education foundation must consider many issues before they begin….”

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Recent Educational Technology

Grants:

Albert Einstein Distinguished
Educator Fellowship Grants
Educator Grants ($5250 per month
for year) for public or private
elementary and secondary mathematics,

technology, and science classroom
teachers to go to Washington and work
in public arena for science, math,
technology education
http://www.scied.science.doe.gov ;
http://www.triangle-coalition.org/einhtm

Christopher Columbus Foundation
$25,000 Science-Technology Competition
http://www.christopher
columbusawards.com/

Electronic Data Systems
K-12 Technology Grants for Purchase of Equipment

www.eds.com/about/community/grants/

Intel - Teach to the Future
High-quality progessional development

for classroom teachers in inquiry-based
learning and integration of computers

in the cirriculum
http://www.intel.com/intel/community
/nm/nmgrant.htm

National Computational Science

   Leadership Program
Computer Technologies Training for

High School Math & Science Teacher

Teams
http://www.sc-conference.org/SC2002/

National Council for Social Studies
Christa McAuliffe Award
http://www.ncss.org/awards

National Science Foundation
Centers of Research Excellence in

Science & Technology (CREST)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods
/getpub.cfm?nsf03579

National Science Foundation
Information Technology Experiences

for Students and Teachers
Funding (ITEST)
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin
/getpub?nsf02147
Contact: Sylvia M. James, sjames@nsf.gov

Recent Educational Technology

– Technology Resources:

Globalschoolhouse.org
International Schools CyberFair
Best Projects Awards in Eight Categories
To encourage youth to work

collaboratively using technology
http://www.globalschoolhouse.org/cf/

Mid-continent Research for
Education and Learning (McREL)
Free Report: Content Knowledge:

Compendium of Standards and
Benchmarks for K–12 Education, including
mathematics, science, and technology.
http://www.mcrel.org/compendium
/kSkillsIntro.asp

Oracle "Help Us Help" Foundation
ThinkQuest Collaborative Learning/
Website Development Competition
http://www.helpushelp.org/;
http://www.thinkquest.org/
e-Mail: thinkquest_ww@oracle.com