Rev in High School
Mark Greenberg
markgreenberg at cox.net
Sun Jan 15 14:39:02 EST 2006
Step 1: My wife clipped a tiny notice from the paper that the Qwest
Foundation was granting money to teachers for "innovative use of
technology in the classroom."
Step 2: I researched the grant and contacted the organization that
was managing the grant process and money.
Step 3: I attended a workshop put on by that organization on how to
write this particular grant. The workshop gave me good info but was
a bit intimidating since most of the attendees were professional
grant writers and district technology coordinators. I'm just a teacher.
Step 4: I got the class authorized through my district, just in case
I did get the grant. I also spoke to the person in our district who
handles federal funding so she could give me advice. It wasn't a
federal grant, but she still understands this type of thing better
than I do.
Step 5: I wrote up the proposal, passing it by half a dozen people
for ideas, wording, spelling, etc. Since innovation was a key
element in the wording of the grant information, I focused on the
video game nature of the stacks my students would be creating.
Step 6: I mailed it off, checking and rechecking that everything was
exactly the way they wanted it.
Step 7: I waited.... until Friday when I got the call. : )
If anyone is interested in more detail, contact me off-list.
Ciao,
Mark
On Jan 15, 2006, at 11:00 AM, use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com
wrote:
> This is fantastic news. How did this happen? I think learning how you
> were able to do this might help in other states as well.
> A description from first contact to final acceptance might be useful.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On Jan 15, 2006, at 1:17 PM, Mark Greenberg wrote:
>
>> Fellow Revolutionaries, just a note to let you know of some
>> progress in getting Revolution into the classroom. I have been
>> awarded a $10,000 grant to train students to program game-like Rev
>> stacks that help learners understand academic topics. My district
>> has authorized an elective course for 11th and 12th graders at our
>> brand new Cyber High School in Phoenix (Arizona, USA).
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