Rev in High School

[Thomas McGrath III]

Mark,

This is very inspiring to me and I'm sure many others on this list.

Thanks for posting this.

Tom


On Jan 15, 2006, at 2:39 PM, Mark Greenberg wrote:

> 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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