School Nurse List Serve

In class I had mentioned briefly that the school nurse list serve I had belonged to a few years ago was not very helpful. Well, old habits die hard. I looked for another list serve that might be helpful, but nothing showed up that would be as helpful in my day to day job as the ol' school nurse list serve. Some of the questions that nurses across the nation ask are pitiful, but some are interesting. It appears the nurse in charge of the discussion board, a university instructor, is more involved in providing helpful information and is even posting grant information from time to time! It is a little annoying to open up my computer on Monday mornings and having a ton of emails from school nurses all over the country, but it's not too bad. Generally speaking, I feel very fortunate to be in the district I am after reading some of the posts from the school nurses.

http://www.listserve.acsu.buffalo.edu/user/sub.html

Addendum: the website for the hp grant information is...http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/us/programs/tech_teaching/index.html?jumpid=reg_

I'm sorry for any confusion.

Deb

Grants

I found three grants that I will review. I have to start be stating my IT person was not very helpful at all. He knew of only one grant and directed me to the ESD for help. I decided instead of asking anyone else, I would just research grants myself. True confession time...I found grants relating to health/PE promotion that I found very exciting, but there was no technology pieces attached to any of them. So, here goes the summaries on the technology grants I found.

1. Toshiba America Foundation Grants - This foundation stongly encourages projects by a single classroom teacher or a team of teachers for up to $1,000. All equipment must be primarily for student use. The website offers "Ten Tips for New Applicants" that explains criteria for the grant fairly well. http://www.toshiba.com/tafpub/jsp/forteachers/teachers.jsp

2. QWest Teacher and Technology Grants - This grant is encourages K-12 teachers to integrate technology into their classroom. The average grant award is $5,000 and the funds go directly to the teacher (One of the math teachers at WHS was awarded this grant a couple of years ago). Some of the elgibility requirements include that the teacher has at least 3 years of teaching and have not won a QWest grant in the past. Also included are step by step instuctions for applying for the grant(s). http://www.qwest.com/about/company/sponsorship/foundation/requestFunding.html

3. Hewlett-Packard Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative - This grant is for teachers ( a team of 5 full-time teachers) who teach k-12 in public schools. Some of the requirements are that the school have the infrastructure and technical support to maintain granted products. This is a large grant as it is at least $30,000. depending on the outcomes of the grant project, additional money may be awarded. The webpage goes into further detail for the requirements. http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/us/programs/tech_teaching/2006_Tech_for_Teaching_RFP_K1

Technology Goal

Since I do not have a classroom, my technology goals are a little different than those of classroom teachers. My first goal is to get the KNOW HIV/AIDS lesson on line for grades 7-12. If we are going to be offering courses on-line, having a 3 day mini-unit available for students to use, minus the issues of who is going to teach it, will be a win-win for everyone. I would also like to have all of my parent corresponses (as many as possible) on line. Thirdly, I would like to work with health teachers to create lessons, using technology, if they would be open to that. We have great health teachers at WHS, and I think they would be very receptive to having a school nurse perspective on current health issues.

Debbie

Webquest 2

I came across this webquest and thought it would be fantastic, especially for boys who are sports fans. The premise of the lesson is that the student is on an airplane and meets a professional sports player. They strike up a conversation, and through discussion, the player will hire the student on a temporary basis as his nutritionist/conditioning coach. If the student's plan increases the players shape, the student will be hired permanately. This would be perfect for a health/P.E. class.

http://www.manteno5.org/webquest/high/Science/StrengthNutrition/strength.htm

Webquest

I came across a webquest site that would be very helpful for the ms and hs kids alike. Headaches are a common complaint across those ages, so this would be great lesson for them to investigate and maybe help them out.

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/headaches


Debbie