Awards
2003 Grant Awards
Fourth
Annual Grants Competition
December 2003
Summaries of Approved Projects
(5 Projects, 20Teachers)
From Sea to Shining Sea: a Tour of North America
Stockbridge Plain School, Grade 4, Jessica Redman, Ginny Passetto, Kathleen
Gillis, Susan Coles, Connie Dombrowski, 80 students
Integrate computer and web-based technology as a means of acquiring,
using, and sharing with teachers, students and parents a new curriculum
based on the geography and people of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. (wireless
router, four laptops, LCD projector)
Integrating Probeware in Middle School Science
Searles Middle School, Grades 7-8, Melissa Farrell, Randy Koldys,
Carole Aberdale, 200 students
Offer students the opportunity to collect real time data and observe subtle changes through the use of science probes, and to organize data graphically. (one laptop, LCD projector, various PASCO probeware and software)
Music Technology Lab
MMRHS, Grades 9-12, Robert Kelly, Jeffrey Stevens, Robert Putnam, 100
students
Enable students to work at piano keyboards connected to computers, to
study music theory and play, compose, and arrange independently or under
the guidance of the teacher. (6 keyboard stations, one iBook, one LCD
projector)
Projecting and Recording Visual Images
MMRHS, Grades 9-12, Linnea Macé, Krista Kennedy, Neel Webber, 600
students
Access and present organized images for lesson plans and demos, allow students to present PowerPoint research projects, record student artwork, and illustrate visual concepts and ideas inherent in the Art curriculum. (2 ceiling mounted LCD projectors and 2 digital cameras)
Using Technology in the Production of Science Lab Reports
MMRHS, Grades 9-12, Elizabeth Roberts, Celeste Drumm, Nancy King, Diane
Wespiser, Lisa Baldwin, Hans Teutsch, 120 students
Students use digital cameras to document lab activities, to supplement
standard lab reports in class presentations, and to incorporate totally
digital reports in the science department web pages as examples of the
lab activities performed in different courses. (2 laptops, 3 digital cameras,
1 digital camcorder, 1 LCD projector, 6 workshop tuitions)