As I began reviewing the course materials for module 5 on
Grant Opportunities, I quickly realized that there are many options and avenues
for funding. I also realized that the grant search is very overwhelming and
filled with many details. I think at this point I would need to work with
someone who is more experienced in grant writing, so that I could learn the
ropes. I really like how the Grants Alert site was organized by deadline date
and a link to each source. I also searched for grants for iPads and many of
those resources also suggested using donorschoice.com. I looked through that
site and what a wonderful resource it is. I loved how teachers anywhere can
post their project needs and the public can choose what project to donate
to. I believe that this would also be
the route that I would go about to try and acquire funding for iPads for the
art classroom. One downfall that I saw was that projects can only be listed for
4 months. So it could be difficult to
get the needed funds in such a short time period just through donors. In
addition to just posting on the site, some advertising to the parents and local
community about the project on donorschoice.com would be necessary. I saw that
another classmate posted about local grants such as those through US Cellular
and I know that the high school that I taught at in WV was able to obtain an
award through them as well. It seemed more of a contest type thing but the
school was awarded a pretty large amount of money to use. So checking into
local businesses might be a good avenue for funding. Finally simply asking for
the devices to be part of the budget might be a possibility as well. Although
with funding being cut everywhere recently, this route may prove to be
difficult.
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