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A Need For Technology! Improving Student Learning.

(VVJHS Visual Art Grant/Proposal Draft)- Jessica Bates

The Valley View Junior High School, in Farmersville, Ohio is seeking a grant to expand our Visual Art Curriculum using technology! Our program with the objective of helping all students meet the state standards and learn in the 21st century, rely on computers. Four/Five classroom computers (Mac Desktop) and 1 color printer is necessary for such learning to take place in the classroom. The objective is that students will have improved their researching skills and create digital art using this technology! Funding in the amount of is requested for student computers and to purchase of 1 classroom color printer for the Junior High School Art room. This will allow students to make digital art and make connections to past/current culture through research.

The classroom computers and printer will also motivate students to improve their researching skills. Students using this technology will have more access to the visual art arena searching/creating (Vocabulary, Images, Text, Research, Art reproductions, Digital Artwork) Students will increase their creativity by using the stations in the classroom to obtain information needed to complete projects/assignments. This tool will also decrease the amount of paper that is used on a daily basis when printing out information. Students are currently using the teachers computer on occasions to gather important information during class time. 1 computer in the classroom is not enough to meet the needs of all students. Students have to take turns going to the media center to search/print out materials and then return to class, which shortens the students work period. This technology will further assist in reaching the Ohio Academic Content Standards and benchmarks listed below for Visual Art:

Benchmark B: Apply and combine visual art, research and technology skills to communicate ideas in visual form. Grade Seven 2. Apply computer skills to explore and create a range of visual effects to enhance projects and presentations. Grade Eight 2. Achieve an effective balance between creating computer-generated images and drawing their own original images. Benchmark D: Use words and images to explain the role of visual art in community and cultural traditions and events.

Sarajane and Jill….please help me fill in the blanks on the chart to keep all costs consistent with one another! Thanks!

Technology Quantity Price Total Mac Desktop Computer 5 1 Color Printer 1 Misc.