Year+3+Grant

At our very first Arts Educator 2.0 day, which was on September 24th 2010, a technology playground was held. This enabled us to go to different stations where we receive a demonstration on technology equipment. Many of the pieces of equipment we were able to test out for ourselves. This created great discussion with myself and the music teacher who teaches at the same two schools as myself. Would we possibly be able to share an avermedia document camera with pens that the students could interact with what we have on the screen?

As it came time to file our requisition, I thought back to the technology playground. What would benefit my classroom the most? What, how and why? So I've been thinking of this lately. It would be great to be able to put cameras in the students hands- this could lead to multiple aspects of learning. However, I thought back to many lessons when I was bound to being in the center of the room to show an overall demonstration, when I really needed to be out helping a child pinch together their pinch pot that is about to collapse. So I am going to go with the __Aver media document camera__, so that I will be able to demonstrate once and then play the demonstration continuously so that the students can continue to watch - but I will be able to go around the class and help the students as needed.

I also plan to use the ipad in the classroom by placing it under the document camera so that the entire class can see what is on the screen. I am also going to use various cables to upload pictures to the ipad and hopefully be able to view the ipad on a projector or television.

Last year we were only able to order three __istopmotion software__ licenses, so I am asking for one more license to this software which I demonstrated at the technology playground. With that an additional __tripod__ is also needed to hold the camera which is connected to a computer.

Even though I am not able to get multiple cameras into the students hands, it would be great to be able to have the capability to print in the classroom. I would like to see the students learning about portraiture or pop art through printing images of their faces. I am hoping to have a __printer__ in place at both schools.