Re: TENET Mini-Grant Awardees

[Melissa Davis <mbdavis@TENET.EDU>]

Congratulations Betty !!!

>             GRANTS AWARDED FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS
>  AUSTIN -- More than $49,000 in state technology education funds has been
> awarded to 19 teachers who used innovative methods to integrate educational
> telecommunications activities and the Texas Education Network (TENET) in the
> classroom, Texas Education Agency officials announced today.
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>         The awards, ranging from $930 to $3,000, are part of a continuing
> competitive program of annual mini-grants providing "grassroots" input
> into the development of educational projects and resources on TENET.
> These grants give teachers access to TENET and enable them and their
> students to use the network's information infrastructure and access to the
> continually developing information superhighway.
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>         Applications for the mini-grants were received from more than 70
> educators throughout Texas and were reviewed by previous mini-grant award
> winners and Agency personnel. To be considered for the grants, applicants
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>
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> Betty Hamilton
> Brownfield I.S.D.
> Putting a District On-Line Educators Teaching Each Other
> $1900
>
> As BISD's Master Trainer, I plan to use the "each one teach one" concept
> to provide instruction and mentoring type of support as Brownfield
> educators learn to use TENET and discover how they can incorporate it into
> their teaching strategies and professional growth. With three telephone
> lines into the library writing/research lab, I will be able to teach three
> people at a time for forty-five or one hour segments throughout the year,
> one step at a time.  Those that I teach will, in turn, instruct anywhere
> from one to three others, and they will each teach three more, etc.  (I
> will always be available in BHS Library Media Center for consultation and
> continuing education.)
>