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JMU/Microsoft Partnership Expands P21
Mini-Grant Competition to Include SVTC and CVC JMU/Microsoft Partnership Announces P21 Mini-Grant Program The JMU Partnership for 21st Century Skills is pleased to announce the P21 Mini-grant Program for Virginia teachers and ITRTs. The goal of the program is to assist Virginia educators in designing and implementing projects that address 21st Century Skills in their own classrooms and schools. Mini-grants of $1,000 will be provided to each of up to five educators under this competition. Mini-grant winners will be announced at the upcoming VSTE conference in Virginia Beach on Tuesday March 27 from 1:30-2:30 pm. See below for the terms and conditions of the competition. As you know, the JMU Partnership is funded by Microsoft Corporation to address two goals: a) implement a program of NETS*T certification statewide, and b) explore the implementation of 21st Century Skills. The overall notion is that being able to use technology effectively in the classroom (as defined by the NETS*T standards and reinforced by the NETS*T Certification program) provides a good foundation and is an important pre-requisite for successful exploration of 21st Century Skills. We started work on the first goal in July 2005 at the very beginning of the project. Now that the first wave of Virginia teachers has attained their NETS*T certification under the Microsoft grant, it is time to begin exploring the second goal. As you know, we took the initial step toward this second goal at the recent VDOE Ed Tech Leader’s conference, at which we hosted the P21 Pavilion. The P21 Pavilion featured staffers from the national Partnership for 21st Century Skills (see link below) and the Director of the North Carolina Center for 21st Century Skills, as well as teachers from Virginia considering P21 from a teachers’ perspective. The second step toward the P21 goal is to move this consideration into the classroom – thus, the P21 mini-grants. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Here are the terms and conditions for the competition: 1) The Principal Investigators (PIs; the main contacts for the proposed projects) must have attained their NETS*T certification under the Microsoft grant by the time of proposal submission. PIs must also currently be a classroom teacher or an ITRT. PIs may work in teams (e.g., a classroom teacher and an ITRT, or two teachers or two ITRTs), but the award will be given to the Principal Investigator for the individual project. 2) The evaluation criteria for the projects address six main topics: ▪ Project description 3) Proposals should not exceed five pages (single-spaced, 12-point type, one-inch margins); shorter proposals are acceptable. The suggested format for the proposal, along with the weighting of each section, is shown in the document linked at the bottom of this page. 4) Proposals should be emailed to the JMU Partnership Director at ingramre@jmu.edu by no later than 5:00pm Friday February 9. Proposals will be reviewed by selected members of the JMU Partnership. 5) Winners will be notified via email by 5:00pm Wednesday February 21. 6) If you have a question concerning the competition, please submit your question to ingramre@jmu.edu. The question and response will be posted at the bottom of this page. 7) All who submit a proposal to this competition will become provisional members of the P21 VCOP, regardless of whether the proposal is funded under the mini-grant program. The goal of this VCOP is to support P21 efforts stateside via participation in a connected online community. Activities of this VCOP include capture and dissemination of best practices related to technology usage and collective pursuit of external funding in support of these goals. See more about the P21 VCOP at: http://coe.jmu.edu/netst/VCOPs/P21/VCOP_P21.htm. Full membership in the P21 VCOP will be awarded once the proposed project is completed and the results/deliverables for the project are posted to the P21 VCOP web for dissemination. In considering a proposal for the mini-grant competition, remember that there are no particular experts in this subject area – there is no one place you can turn to the get “the correct answer." This situation is not unlike the circumstance we found ourselves in 2003 when we began the NETS*T certification program with the SVTC. As we tried to work out the fine points of the program, SVTC personnel on several occasions suggested that we contact the experts on the matter. What they finally realized was that they were, in fact, the experts. It is that expertise that enabled us to win the Microsoft award. Now we find ourselves in a similar position with regard to 21st Century Skills. What are 21st Century Skills and how do we implement them? What does a P21 project look like? You will begin to answer that last question with your projects. We look forward to your submissions. Click here for the Mini-Grant Proposal Template (Word). Questions and Answers: posted Wed 7 Feb
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