Module 2 - Grants and Funding

Additional Resources for Grant Writing - March 20-27

These are some additional resources related to grant writing. The first is a budget worksheet that shows you the kinds of things you would include in a budget table. Not everything would be included in every worksheet, but these are many of the items you would find. For our in-class grant-writing, we didn't have time, space, or information to fill out something in this much detail, but for a real grant, you would likely include something like this.

Next is a program planning sheet that is a more detailed version of the table you included in your in-class activity. The entire table might or might not go into the grant application, but using this as a planning tool can help you understand what you are asking for. This includes some filled in parts as an example.

Fill in the blank sample on the Program Planning Worksheet for 1 or 2 objectives. If you have a specific grant in mind, fill it out with that in mind. If you have not yet found any grants, just fill it in as if you had a specific timeline from a grant. You can either attach a Word document to your response, or better yet, copy and paste the table from the document right into your response.
Optionally, respond to others' posts as to how they might improve this to make it more appealing to potential funders.
Complete by March 27.

Watch the internship presentation below by March 24
Email the presenter (via the class email list, et680@googlegroups.com) one question by March 24
In your group wiki, discuss the following questions (join the discussion no later than March 24)

Group leader is first name on wiki
Group leader is responsible for getting discussion started and nudging participation
Group leader should post results of discussion to discussion forum by March 27
Case Study: Keller Internship Presentation file

The online book Obtaining Resource for Technology in Education has a great deal of useful information. A lot of it is more in-depth coverage of stuff you already know. Do not feel obligated to read this book word-for-word, but focus on the following chapters:
Chapter 4 helps you think about whether writing a proposal is worth effort
Chapter 5 - focus on the table in the "Dialogue" section
Chapter 6 explains different types of grants you can seek
Chapters 8 and 9 (optional) give some more detail about the writing process than what we covered
Chapter 10 has good information about partnerships
Appendices - peruse examples of grant proposals
Each person should add one new thing to the wiki below that you didn't know about the grant-writing process before reading parts of this book. Do not repeat what others have listed. Complete by April 2.

If your school has received any technology grants, describe them in the forum below. Add them to the forum by March 27.
Information to Share: Technology Grants Advanced Forum

In the following wiki, locate one grant opportunity for educational technology in your school that no one else has added. Put a link to the main page for the grant and a one or two sentence description of the grant.
This doesn't have to be a grant that you would actually find appropriate for your school (e.g., you could add one that is specific to interactive white boards even if you are not thinking about purchasing interactive white boards. It just must be appropriate for educational technology in schools in general and different from anything anyone else has listed.
Add your item by March 27. Hint: this is easier if you go earlier.

Project details can be found on the class Web site under Funding Paper

Return to ET680 home page.

Send email to Dr. Marcovitz at marco@loyola.edu.

Send email to the class (enrolled students only) at et680@googlegroups.com.

Last updated: May 16, 2012