Smart Classrooms for Smarter Communities One Spark 2014
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Smarter Classrooms for Smarter Communities About Project
Jill Bunker from Mamie Agnes Jones Elementary School.
I would like to propose getting funding to place an Interactive Smart Board, Interactive Tablet, and interactive testing systems in the classrooms at this school. This would promote higher student engagement and would better prepare these students for the world after graduation. I am using the funding for Interactive Smart Board Technology. I would like to provide an Interactive Teaching System fo
r each regular Classroom and 4 additional Interactive Teaching Systems to be utilized by the Exceptional Education Teachers and Resource Teachers, 3 Interactive test Assessment Systems to be shared between the entire school as needed and interactive tablets for each interactive smart board so that students can interact from their desks with the smartboards. This would also include training for each teacher so that they will know how to use these items in the classrooms when school starts next year. Project Showcase Proposal
For this festival, one of the teachers will be building a booth with a white board, the company that has quoted the interactive whiteboards and tablets will be loaning a system to demonstrate during the festival and we will have software loaded that will demonstrate how to bring interactive programs into classrooms. The plan is to have several students come to the booth after school and on the weekend to use the software and show how this technology make learning fun and engaging. The company that provided the quotes and the technology will be providing handouts about the product that will answer any questions that people may have and several volunteers will be available to man the booth during the festival hours as well. What sets your Project apart from what is currently available? This project is different from other projects currently available because of the target market. This community is a small town that is part of Duval County, it is 100% rural in nature and is in the western most quadrant of the county. Statistically, our income is lower than the city average, there is not access to public libraries, and technology is not readily available except at the school site. By bringing more technology into the elementary school we will be preparing our student for middle and high school as well as life in a technology strong world after high school. Why are you and your team the best people on the planet to handle this project? I am the best person to handle this project because I have taught in this community at the middle and high school level for the past nine years and have noticed a need in more technology savvy students entering the middle school. This year I transitioned to the elementary and saw a need for this change and feel that I can help make this happen and can implement this positive change.
