All Technology Grant Awards
- Adaptive PE - Funding to purchase yoga equipment, Wii games, tv, cds, and Dance Dance Revolution to be used in special education during seminar time. $3,044
- Built-In Projector and Screen for Cafeteria - Provide cafeteria with its own projector and screen for presentations. $3,000
- Computer Film Production: “An Apple a Day” - Purchase an Apple iMac computer, a Canon digital camera with accessories, and software such as iMovie, iPhoto, and iTunes to be used by students in the Gifted Ed classroom. $2,337
- Conference Room Projectors - Purchase fwo projector systems for the Administrative and Counseling Conference Rooms. $3,770
- Counseling Department Web Site Design - Fund new Web site to support college counseling activity and meet student needs. $2,500
- Digital Darkroom for Photography Students - Purchase two Macbooks and a special printer to bring our photography students up-to-date with digital photography equipment and techniques. $5,500
- Fine Arts Technology Upgrade: Digital Camera and Projector - Provide funds for Canon PowerShot G5 digital camera, NEC VT 660K projector and one replacement lamp. $2,738
- Hands-on, Minds-on Science 2004: Experiments in Physics - Purchase five PASCO Comprehensive Physics Complete systems to teach Physics and Physical Sciences classes. $28,761
- Hands-on, Minds-On Science 2008: Experiments in Physics - Equip an additional physics classroom with special equipment for bringing to life difficult concepts related to motion, friction, electricity, magnetism, sound, and light. $5,329
- Labquest Chemistry Technology - Purchase 28 stations of high-tech chemistry data collection equipment to be used during lab time in two classrooms.
$32,077
- Laptops for Special Education English: Closing the English Achievement Gap - Purchase a cart of six laptops and printer to help individualize instruction to enhance English learning of special education students. $6,000
- Large Format Photo Enlarger - Funding for the purchase of a large-format enlarger to make high quality prints from large format negatives. $2,600
- Library Books on CD - Acquire initial collection of books on CD for Shawnee Mission East library. Audio books on CD will bring characters to life, improve reading skills, and boost confidence for our English and Special Education students. $2,500
- Mathematics Technology Upgrade - Purchase two SMART Boards and stands, four Laptop Computers, and Maple 9.5 Software licenses. No subsequent funding is necessary. $9,384
- Multimedia Lancers: A Multimedia Center for Students and Faculty - Equip a multimedia center students and faculty. They will have a well-equipped center to create quality presentations for classroom use, Junior Achievement marketing, sports programs, and other activities.
$4,000
- PassKey to Success for at-Risk Students - Initial Grant - Provide funds to purchase of 200 individual student licenses for the PassKey Learning System to assist at-risk students at SME who are enrolled in East for Excellence, Reading Skills and/or Math 1 who need additional support. $6,000
- PassKey to Success Support: 16 Laptops and Mobile Printer - Purchase a mobile cart with 16 laptops and a printer. Equipment will be used to enhance mathematics and reading skills of students in the grades 9-11. $20,000
- Questia Electronic Library - Gives SME access to the world’s largest online library. $5,200
- Robotic Brain Power - Purchase three laptop computers to equip students in forming competitive robotics teams, as well as to support instruction in the CAD, Pre-Engineering, and Auto Tech classes. $3,012
- Social Studies Technology Initiative: SMART Board Instruction - Provide funds for one SMART Board, one laptop computer and stand to incorporate new technology into American History instruction and explore its use in other social studies departments. $4,098
- Tablet PC: Investigating a New Instructional Technology - Purchase one ThinkPad, WijetG software to connect the tablet to the projector, and miscellaneous software. $2,888
- Theatre Set and Lighting Design Lab - Purchase new computer software and two laptop computers to enable theater and music students to better produce creative set designs and lighting schemes in a virtual classroom and then implement their productions to enhance musicals, plays, choir recitals, and assemblies. $4,963
- Wind Power: SME’s Own Turbine - Purchase and install a vertical-axis wind turbine and tie it in to the SME energy grid. $10,618
- Worldwide Web to GO! - Provide two Durabook 14.1 AMD Turion Notebook Computers and one HP Deskjet 460CB Mobile Printer, carrying case and power cord to allow off-campus Internet access for debate teams. $3,510
Grand Total $173,829
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Updated 6/13/2010