Week 7 -- technology grants

I would like to apply for the Dollar General literacy grant for new programs and purchasing equipment and materials for our literacy program. Schools must be within 20 miles of a DG -- lucky for me, there's one right across the street from WCHS! These funds must be used for expansion of libraries or literacy programs that target new readers and below-grade level readers, or readers with learning disabilities. These grants range with a maximum of $5000 and due by June 12, 2008.

If my principal came up and informed me that I could use $2500 to integrate technology into the classroom curriculum, I would purchase a few things. If my room did not already have a LCD projector, I would like to spend it on that, but I think they're quite expensive. If that doesn't cover it, I would like to purchase a set of laptops for student use along with literacy programs I can install on them. With the money left over, I would purchase the microphone for podcasts and probably a few of the flip cameras that record for 60 minutes for student projects. Any extra money from there, I would purchase whatever I wanted or felt I could need or use in the classroom.