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Shannon Mastrogiovannni and Natalie Finley

Empower students and teachers by providing 21st century technology =)Shannon Mastrogiovannni and Natalie Finley

COMPETED FOR

$25K
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Competed in
August, 2010

Goals

  • Empower learning through leadership by offering teachers training
  • Provide opportunities to educators to comfortably integrate technology
  • Encourage students to become independent learners through technology
  • Develop technological skills to motivate student learning
  • Purchase modern technology to be infused throughout all classrooms

Overview

The "Empower Students and Teachers by Providing Technology" project will create a learning environment in which students and teachers will be innovative and creative. The project will allow Stafford Schools to build communication, collaboration, critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills through a multitude of technology. This technology will allow endless possibilities for students and teachers, some of which will include: creating a digital portfolio, iPod audiobooks, original music, digital photography, multimedia videography, educational podcasts, and a secure local Wikispace.  
This project will allow for circulation of the stated technology equipment throughout the media center.  The media center will act as a resource hub for teachers and students to borrow this state-of-the-art equipment from MacBooks, to iTouch iPods, to iPod Shuffles equipped with student created audiobooks, to iPads, and video equipment.  

How will the 25K be Used?

Budget Notes: All of these products will be used and available for borrowing throughout Stafford Intermediate School. There are well over 1400 students who could benefit from this technological advance.
$ 1,800 20 iPod shuffles
$ 1,000 5 iTouch iPods
$ 1,500 2 iPads + accessories
$ 12,000 6 MacBook Pro + one-to-one training
$ 900 5 Flip Video Recorders
$ 900 5 Canon Powershot Digital Cameras
$ 1,000 adaptors, SD cards, iTunes, and other camera accessories
$ 5,900 Professional Development Training and Teacher Substitutes
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