Week 1 (May 15, 2006)
This week I attended meetings in preparation for the pICT Emerging Trends Summer Symposium. The symposium will be attended by pICT Fellows along with Department of Education faculty. I also attended a workshop on Horizon Wimba, a new learning management system with great potential. Suzanne, the CTL, and ITS are doing a great job of making me feel part of the team!
I began research on grant writing and met with Suzanne to discuss the overall goal of the grant program, which right now, is to provide up to $2000.00 worth of stipends to fellows to incite them to conduct and write about their research. My initial research is focused on how other institutions and organizations write and develop similar grant programs and on journals that would be acceptable for Fellows to publish their research in. As I look at what others are doing, I have to ask myself if the grant is an award for published work, or if it is a stipend to help defray the costs associated with research and publication. The purpose of the stipend will drive the direction of the grant proposal. I have written my questions down in a Writely document so Suzanne can look at them at her convenience, and I must say, I love the Writely application as a source of online collaboration. I will definitely be using this when I return to work full time and will insist that others do the same.
I began research on grant writing and met with Suzanne to discuss the overall goal of the grant program, which right now, is to provide up to $2000.00 worth of stipends to fellows to incite them to conduct and write about their research. My initial research is focused on how other institutions and organizations write and develop similar grant programs and on journals that would be acceptable for Fellows to publish their research in. As I look at what others are doing, I have to ask myself if the grant is an award for published work, or if it is a stipend to help defray the costs associated with research and publication. The purpose of the stipend will drive the direction of the grant proposal. I have written my questions down in a Writely document so Suzanne can look at them at her convenience, and I must say, I love the Writely application as a source of online collaboration. I will definitely be using this when I return to work full time and will insist that others do the same.
posted by Deb and Kurt at 9:21 PM
1 Comments:
I can see how the grant research might be a real challenge -- because grant programs vary so dramatically.
Your angle seems to be action research -- to encourage fellows to write about their technology experiences within the classroom.
A development grant would have different criteria/guidelines, I imaine.
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