PBL Education Foundation Awards $4,295 in
Grant Money for 2008-09 School Year
Grants totaling $4,295 were awarded as follows:
- Panther Time to Jodi Coplea, 6th-8th Grade Jr. High Teacher
for exposure to good literature ($500)
- Alice McGinty Author Visit to Linda Tammen and Connie Early,
kindergarten through 5th grade Clara Peterson & Eastlawn Elementary
for exposure to good literature ($2,000)
- Literature Circles to Erin McKavangh, 8th grarde English and Sherrie Jacobs,
Junior High ($300)
- Web Design Software to Travis Duley, High School Business Ed.
($1,000)
- Small Digital Recording System to Beth Nuss, Junior High and Elementary
Instrumental Music teacher ($495)--Opportunity Grant for 2007-08 School
Year {See Results Report
Below}
Results Report:
Beth Nuss, instrumental instructor for PBL Junior High and Elementary
students, applied for an Opportunity Grant for a small Digital Recording System
in the spring of 2007-08. This recording device is a small
hand-held unit that Beth can carry around in the palm of her hand,
record incredibly high-quality digital music, and store it on a
removable media card similar to that used in a digital camera.
The ultimate goal that Beth hopes to accomplish with the recording
device is to podcast concerts and performances to the band's website. By doing so, students could listen to
concerts that they participated in and parents and grandparents anywhere
in the world could access the concerts so that even if they are not able
to attend in person, they can still "attend" the concert. The
device could also be used as an important instructional tool as Beth and
her students listen to individual contest pieces as well as concert
selections. There is also the possibility of downloading the
recordings from the internet so that the listener can enjoy the
performances for years to come.
As with all technology, it takes time to learn how to use the
equipment itself and then make the result accessible via the worldwide
web. Beth has taken a class to help her master the equipment, and
Dr. Mike Brehm, PBL's Technology Coordinator, has also been assisting
her with the device.
Watch announcements in the 2008-09 school year about this exciting
new facit in the PBL schools' technology.
|
