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Media Monday (5/2/22): BOB Updates & AASL Announcement, Grants, and More! Media Monday (5/2/22): BOB Updates & AASL Announcement, Grants, and More!

Hello, May!  Some exciting updates and information to share with you: BOB Regional Competition Results Clayton High School's HBOB team p...

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Media Monday (1/28/2022): Time-Sensitive Grant Opportunities in Support of Literacy Media Monday (1/28/2022): Time-Sensitive Grant Opportunities in Support of Literacy

  Current Grants Open for Proposals! Snapdragon Book Foundation About The Snapdragon Book Foundation provides funds to improve school libra...

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Writing and Winning Grants! Bright Ideas just issued their grant winner checks and Kelly Davis was able to get one of those grants for...

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Monday, May 2, 2022

Media Monday (5/2/22): BOB Updates & AASL Announcement, Grants, and More!





Hello, May! 

Some exciting updates and information to share with you:








BOB Regional Competition Results

  • Clayton High School's HBOB team placed 3rd in the Region 3 HBOB Competion. They traveled to Harnett County to compete on Monday, April 25th. 
  • Swift Creek Middle School's MBOB team placed 3rd in the Region 3 MBOB Competiton. They traveled to Nash County to compete on Tuesday, April 26th. 
                        

 
Congratulations to these teams and their coaches on a job well done!







AASL Announces the 2022 Best Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning

Each year, librarians nominate digital tools which they believe to be the best for teaching and learning. AASL’s Best Digital Tools are recognized for fostering qualities of:
  • Innovation/Creativity
  • Active Participation
  • Collaboration
  • User-Friendly
  • Encourages Exploration
  • Information/Reference
The tools that made the list this year include: 
  • The Stanford History Education Group's Civic Online Reasoning (9-12)
  • Classroom Screen (K-12)
  • The National Humanities Center's Humanities in Class Digital Library (K-12)
  • iVOX (PreK-4)
  • News-O-Matic (K-6)
  • NoodleTools (6-12)
  • Novel Effect (K-12)
  • PowerNotes (6-12)
  • SlidesMania (Educators K-12)
Learn more about these tools at https://www.ala.org/aasl/awards/best. If you have used any of these tools, let us know in the comments how you've used them and which tools you'd recommend to other educators.






Library & STEM Grant Opportunities

There are a few grants that have opened that could be just what you are looking for to jumpstart a programming idea, project, or help you build your collection. Take a look at look at some current grants open for proposals HERE. 





Live Read Alouds from StoryVoice for Teacher Appreciation Week

Teacher appreciation week is here and you can join award-winning authors, celebrity guest appearances, and a global educator community for a full week of live read-aloud events in celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week! Available all week at http://storyvoice.live. Check out the line up in the image below!





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Monday, January 31, 2022

Media Monday (1/28/2022): Time-Sensitive Grant Opportunities in Support of Literacy

 

Current Grants Open for Proposals!



Snapdragon Book Foundation

About

The Snapdragon Book Foundation provides funds to improve school libraries for disadvantaged children. Founded by a former school librarian, this foundation exists to put books in the hands of kids. In a time when many schools are reallocating their funds to technology and audiovisual equipment, the hope is to make sure that school libraries offer children good books to read.


Direct link to site: https://snapdragonbookfoundation.org/?fbclid=IwAR01zWdnZVaNByIx1c-zH5cJ0GnPi0PdssG_KDK-eDq0fq-_P0Ttix4ifB0


Funding Focus

Money from Snapdragon Book Foundation may ALWAYS be used for:

  • Books that will be used repeatedly by school-aged children through classroom libraries, central library (or something similar)

  • Processing or cataloguing fees from book vendors (for processing of the books ordered in conjunction with your Snapdragon project)

  • Reference materials for use by students

  • Magazine or newspaper subscriptions


Grant Amount
Grants typically range from $2,500 to $10,000. When you apply for a grant you should ask for the amount that the project requires. At times, Snapdragon is not able to fulfill the complete request, but offers a partial grant.

Deadline
Sunday, February, 17th, 2022 by 10pm (CST).




Dollar General Literacy Foundation - Summer Reading



About
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation provides grant funding to support literacy and education initiatives serving individuals of all ages. The Foundation funds nonprofit organizations, schools and libraries within a 15-mile radius of Dollar General stores in the states in which they operate.

Funding Focus

These grants support the creation or expansion of summer reading programs. Local nonprofit organizations, schools and libraries are eligible to apply if their programs meet the following criteria:

  • Target Pre-K – 12th grade students who are new readers

  • Target below grade level readers

  • Assist readers with learning disabilities


Grant Amount
$3,000 max

Deadline
February, 17, 2022 by 10pm (CST)




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Friday, January 19, 2018

Google News!

New from Google for 2018

 The Doodle 4 Google Contest is Now Open
It’s time to put your students' imaginations to work, because the Doodle 4 Google contest is now open. This year’s contest is open to K-12 students until March 2 with the theme “What inspires you?" We’ll feature the winning doodle on the Google homepage! Prizes include college scholarships, a behind the scenes experience with the Google Doodle team, and a $50,000 Google for Education technology package for the winner’s school. Submit your doodles here.
CS Educator Grants Applications are Open
Our CS educator PD grant applications are now open to school districts, universities, and education nonprofits around the world for the 2018-2019 school year! This year we’re celebrating the program’s 10th anniversary by offering funding for even more educators. Applications now include PD funding for primary, secondary, and middle school teachers, as well as teachers who are still in school. Read more here.
Tackling the "Homework Gap" with the National AfterSchool Association
Teachers are assigning more and more homework that requires the Internet, but millions of students—especially those from low-income and rural communities—don’t have Internet access at home. That’s why Google is partnering with the National AfterSchool Association (NAA) to fund programs working to close this “homework gap.” Google’s $500,000 grant will fund research and resource development for programs supporting millions of students in underserved communities. Read more here.
Coming to a Classroom Near You
Which sounds more exciting: reading about genetics in a science textbook or staring directly at a strand of DNA? With the Google Expeditions augmented reality (AR) program, you can bring lessons to life in the classroom. Take your students on a journey to explore the eye of a hurricane or watch virtual volcanoes explode right on their desks. For a limited time, the Google Expeditions AR Pioneer Program is traveling the country to give teachers and students a sneak peek into these AR educational tools. Learn more and sign up for a visit here.
Check out the New Certification Platform
Our certification platform now includes an updated user interface and several new features for our Google Certified Educator Level 1 and 2 exams. Even if you’ve already taken the exams, you can revisit the exam platform to view your certification history, refer a friend, or download a letter from our team to your principal. Log in here.
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Monday, May 2, 2016

Media Monday: More Grant Opportunities


The following grant opportunities are just for School Library Media programs.  I hope you will check them out and possibly apply for some of the funding.

1. Innovative Approach to Literacy Grant funded by the Department of Education (6.5 Million dollars to be awarded to school libraries)
Deadline is May 9, 2016 and grant winners will be notified by July.  
Here is the link to apply: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovapproaches-literacy/applicant.html

2. "Save School Libraries" Scholastic's Patterson Partnership.  Scholastic is awarding matching bonus points to those who win the James Patterson monetary award.  (1.75 Million in $ and 1.75 Million in Bonus Pts)  Thanks Heather Pennica for sharing!
Deadline is May 31. 2016  
Here is the link to apply: http://www.scholastic.com/pattersonpartnership/

Here are additional Grant Resources:
http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/programs/grants.htm
http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/browse/grnt?showfilter=no
http://www.toolboxforeducation.com/hta.html (Reopens August 1)

Congratulations to Stephanie Rous at Corinth Holders High on receiving the Ruth Toor Grant for Strong Public School Libraries from AASL which included funding for her and her administrator to attend the ALA Conference and $3.000 to transform her media center!





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Monday, November 16, 2015

Media Monday Tip: Grant Ideas


Writing and Winning Grants!
Bright Ideas just issued their grant winner checks and Kelly Davis was able to get one of those grants for her media center.  Also this week, the JoCo Education Foundation awarded their first round of grants for the 2015-16 school year, congratulations to Natalee Whitaker for getting one of these grants for a 3D Printer in her media center.

Where to start -

You have to first believe that there is money available to get the resources you need for any project or innovative idea you would like to try. Next, you just have to know where to look.  Let's start with a list of grant options, here is a running list that I continuously add to throughout the year, keep checking back, some are local while some are state and national grants: https://delicious.com/amystanley/grants you can also check out the link posted each week in the JCS Happenings: http://www.johnston.k12.nc.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=3023758&pageId=4104807

Tips for writing a successful grant -
  1. Make sure what you going to ask for is something you are excited and passionate about, don't just ask for tools because you think you can use them.  Dream about what you will change in your media center first, then select the items that will make the dream become a reality.
  2. Be sure you share the background data with the reviewers, so they get the whole picture of your situation and how the grant can make a difference.
  3. Follow the guidelines very carefully and be sure you submit your application by the deadline.
  4. Have a pair of outside eyes look over your submission prior to hitting send.  Often times a fresh pair of eyes might help pick up on important details that need clarification or more information (creating a draft in google is a great way to flesh out your ideas then just copy and paste to the real thing when it is time).
  5. Make a connection!  Dave in our office has won many grants and he shared his secret - paint a picture of the interaction your students will have with the items you want, you want the grant reviewer's reaction to be: "I want my own kid to have that experience"  
  6. Keep in the forefront of your submission: "What will students do?" Most successful grants focus on our kids!
Good luck!  Let us know if we can help you in anyway.



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