Volume 3 Issue 1
CONTENTS:
Grant opportunities
Web sites worth a browse
Hendricks' Hype
Professional Development Newsletter Archive
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Plant the Seeds of Learning
The Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program gives small monetary grants to schools, nature centers or other nonprofit educational organizations for the purpose of establishing outdoor learning centers. Project goals should focus on enhancement and development of an appreciation for nature using native plants. Projects should involve students and volunteers in all phases of development and increase the educational value of the site. Examples of appropriate projects are wildflower gardens with habitat for butterflies or other pollinators; rainwater gardens that capture run-off and feature native plant communities; and groves of trees or native shrubs that support birds and other wildlife. Larger-scale projects that may receive funding include design, establishment and maintenance of a native-plant community (prairie, wetland, woodland, etc.) in an educational setting, such as an outdoor classroom; development and maintenance of an interpretive trail landscaped with native plant communities; and development of a wetland area to study the effect of native vegetation on water-quality improvement. Cash awards range from $100 to $500. Funds will be provided only for the purchase of native plants and seeds.
Deadline: October 15, 2012
Web site: http://www.wildones.org/seedmony.htm
Brighten Students’ Futures
The Clorox Company is seeking nominations for its Power A Bright Future grants to help provide resources to school programs that give students the opportunity to grow and develop. The three categories—Play, Create and Explore—all focus on different aspects of educational experiences. Nominate your school for the chance to win one of seven grants—four based on votes, and three based on merit. The nomination with the most votes overall will receive a $50,000 grant. The nominations with the most votes in each category will each receive a $25,000 grant. Clorox will then review all nominations and pick one from each category based on merit to award a $25,000 grant in each category. Visit the website to download the merit-based grant criteria.
Deadline: October 17, 2012 for nominations
Web site: http://www.powerabrightfuture.com/
WEB SITES WORTH A BROWSE
Evaluate Progress Toward Digital Education
The US Department of Education, the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) have partnered to create epic-ed, a new online community of practice that aims to help schools and districts as they move toward digital education and implement corresponding policy changes. Epic-ed will focus on all stakeholders involved in ed-tech programs: school administrators, teachers, chief technology officers, instructional coaches, parents, students and others. The community’s website displays the digital transition cycle, a framework that epic-ed uses to help stakeholders begin or evaluate their progress toward digital education. That cycle consists of four phases: Vision, Plan, Implement, Assess.
Web site: https://www.epiced.org/home
Bring History Alive with Eyewitness Accounts
HistoryBuff.com is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing free primary source materials for students, teachers and history buffs. The site focuses primarily on how news of major, and not so major, events in American history was reported in newspapers of the time. The online newspaper archive is organized by year and event. The earliest newspapers in the archive were published in 1707. The newspapers can be viewed in detail through the zoom tool accompanying each newspaper. In addition, there is information about the technology used to produce newspapers over the past 400 years. The latest addition to the site is a set of 15 panoramas of historic sites in America. Some of the panoramas you will find in the collection include Davy Crockett’s childhood home, Appomattox Courthouse, Thomas Edison’s birthplace and Valley Forge.
Web site: http://historybuff.com/
How to Avoid Teacher Burnout
Teacher burnout, which happens when stress and mental fatigue become more than occasional companions, strikes many thousands of teachers every year. Reports suggest roughly half of all teachers quit within five years. And it’s no wonder. Burnout saps joy from teaching, makes effective classroom management virtually unattainable, and infuses dread into every drive to work. It’s also avoidable. No matter where you teach or who your students are, you not only can protect yourself from burnout, but you can wake up every morning refreshed, excited, and ready to teach.
Web site: http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2011/07/16/teacher-burnout/
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