Awards
2002-2003 Grant Awards
Third Annual Grants Competition
December 2002
Summaries of Approved Projects
(10 Projects, 12 Teachers)
Seeing is Believing
Stockbridge Plain School, Grades K-3, Joanne Sweeney, 68 students.
Use digital pictures to illustrate books and stories, to promote writing ideas, to describe class trips, and to document each student's progress through the year.
Take Four: Fourth Grade Playwriting Program
Stockbridge Plain School, Grade 4, Susan Coles & Fran Locke, 34 students
Students will web-publish monthly photographic updates of their work on plays to be written and performed by two classes at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, as well as videotaping and editing the planning and rehearsal sessions and the final production.
Music Unites Successfully with Community/Curriculum
Housatonic/Searles, Grades K-3, 7-8, Karen Bru Ross, 300 students
Elementary school students will create and perform a musical theme for each character in "stories that jump off the page." Seventh grade students will dub new sound effects to movie clips from various genres, then compare the revised clip to the original: Searles vs. Hollywood. Eighth grade students will produce video commercials for Berkshire County businesses.
Through Our Eyes
Bryant, Kindergarten, Marilyn Bisiewicz, 36 students
Students and teacher will share the pen during interactive writing, using a digital camera to illustrate books on various subjects and field trips.
The Sounds of Music
Bryant & Searles, Grades K-3, 6-8, Juraye Moran, 175 students
Students' singing and instrument playing will be digitally recorded on
CD's for instruction as well as performance.
Multimedia Student Profiles
Housatonic, Grades K-3, Sam Ernst, 10 students
A CD will be produced on each special needs student to record behaviors and progress for orientation of next year's teachers.
Capture, Captivate and Communicate!
Bryant, Grade 2, Dianna Lupiani, 13 students
Students and teacher will create photo scrapbooks for each child to take home, documenting the year's activities, do multimedia presentations, and share student work and news on a classroom website.
Learning English Using Technology
Monument Mountain, Grades 9-12, Karen Luttenberger, 200 students
An ESL website will be developed with heavy student involvement to be used as an interactive learning tool for both English and history, for parents and students alike.
Middle School Film Making and Video Editing
Searles, Grades 6-8, David Heath & Christina Koldys, 200 students
Students will produce classroom-ready videos as part of Spanish and Enrichment programs.
The Biology Website
Monument Mountain, Grade 10, Celeste Drumm, 120 students
Students will digitally record and manipulate specimens they view under
the microscope, display coursework to the public, and see animations of
difficult biological concepts via links provided on the website.