Technology Grants for the Classroom
Jonathan Anderson, Conestoga
High School, Murray, NE
TESTED
TESTED stands for Testing Environ- mental Systems Today with Exact Data. The project will involve incorporating Vernier electronic testing instruments like carbon dioxide, oxygen, pH and soil mois- ture sensors with science lessons. Along with the testing devices, interface programs to integrate the testing devices to graphic calculators and computers will enable students to witness and record their inquiries.
VaReane Heese, Springfield
Elementary, Springfield, NE
Station Springfield Elementary
Podcasts
Fifth and sixth grade students will create podcasts on social skills for their peers as well as visit classrooms in the school and help teachers and their students create “on the spot” podcasts. Students will interview business owners in downtown Springfield and podcast these interviews. Students will create posters and bookmarks for peers and businesses to advertise the podcasts and share the web address where podcasts can be heard.
Anne Hostert, West Elementary
School, Sidney, NE
Inspiring Improvement
Inspiring Improvement is a project to bring the graphic organizer Inspira- tion 8 to the 5th and 6th graders at West Elementary in Sidney, Nebraska. Nebraska State Standards state that students will use self-generated questions, note taking, summarizing, and outlining to write compositions with focus, related ideas, and sup- porting details. Inspiration 8 will be a tool to aid in the ongoing quest for excellence in reading and writing.
Traci Parr, Dorchester Public
Schools, Dorchester, NE
Up2Parr for iPods
This grant involves utilizing iPods to enhance the learning environment in the classroom. Students will use i-Pods to do daily listening exercises and view short videos & narrated PowerPoints of missed lectures without disrupting the class. Stu- dents in the SPED dept. can take tests at their own pace, but still ask the teacher for help. Using iPods in the classroom will motivate students to learn while the teacher can encour- age and monitor the educational content.
Thanks to the grants coordinator, William Bolen from ESU 10.