I thought I would just fill folks in on some projects I’ve been working on lately. Not fun yet, but there’s certainly potential.
The federal government will be spending $650M in October on “Innovation” grants, and Goochland County Schools will be involved in two of these. The first is called Scribo Digita: Innovating Instruction Across the Curriculum through Writing. This grant will be focused on professional development with a writing across the curriculum model for grades 6-11. As part of this project, we’d be using MyAccess if we get the grant.
The second grant is called JabrDigitAL (Al-jabr is the origin of the word algebra!) and is focused on increasing student achievement in mathematics. The treatment involved would include Dimension-M’s innovative math gaming software for students at GMS and GHS.
Both of these grants take a lot of work from all involved, as we are not applying alone, but in concert with a number of area school divisions, including Hanover, Henrico, Chesterfield, and Hopewell. I look forward to sharing more as the process completes and we hopefully are awarded the grants!