grant application for ing

7/28/2019 Grant Application for ING

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Statement I: Project Description:

Students of today are truly immersed in the digital world. From iPhones to iPads and podcasts

to gaming, technology is very much a part of their world. Unfortunately, the public school

system cannot afford to keep up with the current trends in technology. If we hope to engage

the 21st

century student and train him or her to enter a world where technology rules, we must

address the need for technology in the classroom. This project addresses that need by

providing iPads, digital camera/camcorders, and software that will enable our students to

create projects in the classroom that meet the demands of the 21st

century digital world. We

will begin with establishing a School News Club which will be responsible for creating a digital

news broadcast each day. Students will use digital camera/camcorders and iPads with iMovie to

create the news which will be broadcast throughout the school each morning. We have also

been working with our faculty to begin using technology in the classroom for products that will

be shared with the school. For example, the students will be able to create original book

trailers, digital history documentaries/research projects, and digital tutorials for lessons taught

by students.

Statement II: Benefits to Students:

We plan to use this new technology to engage our students while providing them with

important digital skills that will allow them to be competitive in the college markets and their

future employment markets. Our school system has recently installed the foundation for

wireless connectivity in our school, and we have future plans for a Bring Your Own Device

(BYOD) program. Research has proven that students learn by doing, and this program will offer

students the chance to produce digital products to an authentic audience using up-to-date

digital tools. This plan will begin small with the School News Club student group producing


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the daily news, but the plan will grow to have the potential of impacting all 680 students in the

school with technology toolbox sets that will be housed in our school media center available for

all teachers to check out and use in their classrooms with their students. The Common Core

Georgia Performance Standards require authentic work that is relevant to the world in which

our students live. By allowing our students to produce historical documentaries, news shows,

and digital lessons to share with their school and community, we are preparing them for college

and future careers where projects of this type will be the norm. We plan to evaluate the

effectiveness of our project through the use of student, teacher, and parent surveys to be sure

that the project has a positive impact on our students and community. We also hope to grow

the program through the use of our own local funds as they become available.

Statement III: Use of Funds:

As stated earlier, our school system has equipped our school with wireless throughout which

means that we have the infrastructure for this digital program. We also have computer labs

which are currently being updated with 25 working systems and a SmartBoard interactive white

board with document cameras. This grant would enable us to purchase the wireless iPads and

cameras needed to go forward with our project. If awarded, we would begin purchasing

equipment as follows:

$2,000 award

iPads (4 units @$399 each) $1596.00

Digital Camcorder (2 units @$160 each) $ 320.00

iPhoto and iMovie apps (x4 units) $ 39.92

TOTAL $1955.92


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Additional $5,000 award

iPads (11 units @$399 each) $4389.00

Digital Camcorder (3 units @$160 each) $ 480.00


TOTAL $4978.78

Additional $10,000 award

Apple iPad Learning Lab which includes

PowerSync cart and 10 iPad2 16GB devices

(includes room for 30 devices)

$7059.00

7 additional iPad 2devices ($399 each) $2793.00


TOTAL $10021.66

The additional money up to $25,000 would be used to remodel a room in our media center as asoundproof media room where our students could create professional level digital products.

This would also be a place the school news crew could use as their studio for interviewing and

producing the daily news. This room is currently a storage area that is easily accessible from the

schools main server and computer storage area. The room is also accessible from the computer

lab which is located near the media center. We feel that we could offer this room to all teachers

and students for production purposes.

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