Document cameras can replace chalkboards to reduce dust inhalation.
The way we display information has in the last century moved from chalk and boards to document cameras. These machines project an image onto a screen on the wall and can show the changes that are occurring to the object in real time. They are similar to the projectors of old but do not use static slides or messy markers with plastic paper. Document cameras facilitate the demonstration of ideas through visual techniques as well as oral, enabling teachers to show the entire classroom the structure of a living cell and a speaker in a conference to illustrate data.
Instructions
Search
1. Search directories to find facilities grants as opposed to program grants and use keywords like education, community and adult programs depending on your organization and planned use of the camera. Use the foundation center's online database and register at DonorsChoose.org to locate funding. If the document camera is needed as part of a specific program your organization is executing, include the cost of the projector in the program costs.
2. Document cameras can display what occurs under a microscope for a large group.
Interview teachers, community and museum directors who already have a document camera to discover how they acquired funding. Follow their advice.
3. Ask your community foundation in your town about available facilities grants and inform them of what you are looking for. Most towns have this resource as it is a simple method for citizens to donate large amounts of money without setting up their own foundation. Grants coming from community foundations often fund facilities such as cameras because of the benefits schools and adult education programs see from their use.
Apply
4. List likely funding sources from your search and include the contact information for the directors. Prioritize foundations that have given facilities to organizations like yours previously.
5. Balance numerical data with program information to earn the foundation's trust.
Ask the foundations for their grant specifications and what data and attachments they will need. Their desired information can vary from group to group but generally the proposal you will write will remain consistent. Included data will be very important for the foundation's comprehension of your organization and serves to show how you will be using the camera.
6. Gather the data and draft the proposal with attention to the mission of the foundation you are applying to. One foundation may want a teacher to outline the lesson plans using the camera whereas another foundation may want the teacher to include statistics from improved test scores in classes using the camera. Pay attention to those details but do not fail to communicate the integrity and mission of your own organization.
7. Review and edit the proposal again previous to submitting it. Check the guidelines from the foundation and double-check the facts. Contact the foundation if you have not heard from them after the proposal closing date but not before. You will be contacted by the foundation if you are awarded the grant. Do not forget to complete required follow-up requests and send a thank-you note.
Tips Warnings
Look over the guidelines to your areas Common Grant Proposal, found on the foundation center website, to familiarize yourself with the requirements.
Request a specific document camera and use reviews and data to back up your request. The more precise you are in your request the more the foundation will trust you.
-Illustrate who the document camera will help so the Foundation can see that while you are requesting an object instead of funding for a program, people are still being helped.
Facilities grants are different than program grants and are somewhat more challenging to obtain.
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