Rev in High School

[Mark Greenberg]

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).