Tools for Teachers
Budgeting
with Dissection Alternatives
School Libraries:
A Resource for All Students
Buying alternatives through the school
library creates a potential resource for all science or interested
students. Alternatives can be taken home and studied, which
will enhance learning during a dissection lab. Alternatives
can be used in the library computer lab, if available, or
during lunch hours or study halls.
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Loan Libraries:
Free Alternatives for a Limited Time
There are four major loan libraries
available throughout the country, which provide alternatives
free of charge (with the exception of return postage). Teachers
may "try out" a program before buying it for their district
or supply an alternative to a student who wishes not to perform
specimen dissection. (Additional material available on loan
libraries through ESEC.)
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Grants: Resources
Available for Educational Technology Tools
- Associated Grant Makers of Massachusetts
(AGM): "The mission of GivingNewEngland [or AGM] is to promote,
encourage, and expand effective philanthropic giving in
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont."
AGM offers a library listing hundreds of grants available
to individuals and organizations. Free access is provided
after a short orientation. Employees assist library occupants
in finding whatever they require. Please call 617-426-2606
or visit their Web site at www.givingnewengland.org.
- Massachusetts Department of Education
(MA DOE): The MA DOE offers a variety of information for
districts and teachers on technology grants and initiatives.
For example, the Technology Literacy Challenge Grants provide
funds to meet the President's educational technology goals.
Teachers can work with their superintendent to apply. Please
call 781-338-3000 or visit their Web site at www.doe.mass.edu
.
- United States Government: There
are hundreds of grants, awards, and fellowships available
through the national government and their Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance (CFDA). Grants are available, for example,
for special education and technology improvement.
The Innovative Education Program Strategies Grant "assists
state and local educational agencies in the reform of elementary
and secondary education." Call 202-708-5126 or visit their
Web site at www.cfda.gov.
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September 2000 |
