We have come to the last week of class. My, how 8 weeks of class seem to fly by! This week we discussed educational technology grants. I am constantly overwhelmed by the number of individuals and organizations who are willing to give up their own money to support others in their quest for knowledge.
When looking for grants, we really have to look outside the box. I think a lot of people don't really know how to do that. We go to the search engine and type in "Language Arts" because we teach language arts and accept whatever comes up. If it doesn't include words or phrases like "language arts," "reading," or "English," it must not be for us. If we would just expand our thinking a tiny bit, our options would expand exponentially. One of the students (another Language Arts teacher) in my class found a grant from Fuji film. Most people would see that grant and think that it would only apply to photography classes or possibly journalism. However, he found a way to make it apply to poetry. Sometimes, rather than finding out what grants fit our needs, we need to find a way to make our needs fit the grant.
We hear a lot of teachers complain about what their schools and districts DON'T have or HAVEN'T provided, but are any of them are actively searching for ways to fix that problem? Or are they just looking to the school and district and no further? There are so many resources out there and I just don't think that people are taking advantage of them. I hope that as a new teacher, I will search out and take full advantage of the opportunities available to me and my students.
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