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Create a lesson plan and qualify to win as many as 43 different grants for hardware and software.
Step 1 - Register Your Classroom at Digital
Wish
Locate your school on the map and register your classroom. Digital
Wish provides great tools for creating a detailed class profile.
You will be automatically entered to win many different
technology grants, and your class story will be publicly posted
so that potential donors can make a contribution to your classroom.
Step 2 - Write a Lesson Plan
Login at Digital Wish
and enter
a technology-based lesson plan. Every lesson plan you enter will be automatically
added to your class profile. Start by visiting the free Digital
Wish Lesson
Plan Library and get some great ideas for integrating digital
technology in your classroom.
All teachers who submit a technology-based lesson plan on Digital Wish
will be automatically entered to win as many as 43 technology grants!
Print
a flyer for your staff.
Deadlines
Grants will be awarded on the 28th of every calendar month.
Judging Criteria
Grants will be judged based on:
- Creativity and depth of your Digital Wish user profile.
Tell your story and let the world know how you will use technology
in your classroom. The judges look for detailed profiles and
compelling classroom ideas. Your profile is your application!
- Popularity of lesson plans. Your lesson plan will automatically
become part of your class profile. The very best lesson plans
will be invited to become part of the national
lesson plan library. Every lesson plan on Digital Wish
can be viewed, shared, and rated by other educators. The more
popular your lesson plan becomes, the better chance you will
have to win a grant. Invite your colleagues to share their lesson
plans on Digital Wish.
Your entire "Friends" network will be one-step closer
to winning an award by virtue of sharing.
- Quality of lesson plan. Coherent and well-written lesson
plans will always be given higher ratings by the judges. Make
sure your plan is relevant to the curriculum. All subject areas
are rated equally.
- Activity of the Digital Wish user. Keep your
profile current, invite lots of friends to join your network,
and get higher marks from the judges. Remember, every month
there are more grants deadlines maturing. You
don't have to re-apply to be considered each month!
We'll do our best to match the winners to the most appropriate
grant awards based on your wish list of materials.
About Digital Wish
Digital
Wish is a public charity designed to help educators locate much-needed funding for
technology. Regardless of whether you win one of these grants,
your technology wish list will be posted publicly so that donors
can make a contribution to your classroom. It's basically a wedding
registry for technology products! There's a searchable
library of grants, and a myriad of ideas
for fundraising. The entire site is designed to help teachers
find funding for technology for the classroom.
Go to Digital
Wish, surf the national
lesson plan repository, or write your own lesson plans. Locate
friends
from other schools and see how other educators are integrating
technology in the classroom.
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