Best Buy Accepting Applications for School Technology
Program
Deadline: September 30, 2005
Best Buy's ( http://www.bestbuy.com/ ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (teach) program is a
national effort to reward K-12 schools that are using interactive technology
to make learning fun for kids.
In the past two years, more than two thousand schools have been awarded
nearly $6 million through the [EMAIL PROTECTED] program to help them expand or
enhance existing programs that use the school's available technology to make
learning more enjoyable for children.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] awards are not based on the sophistication of technology in
the schools, but rather reward programs that use all levels of interactive
technology in ways that genuinely engage students in the process of learning.
In 2005, there will be three levels of [EMAIL PROTECTED] awards:
1) Up to 1,200 Best Buy [EMAIL PROTECTED] gift cards valued at $2,500 will be
awarded; 2) up to thirty-six schools will receive additional [EMAIL PROTECTED]
awards valued at $15,000 each (these awards will be based on the creativity of
the award- winning programs); 3) to conclude this round of [EMAIL PROTECTED],
in February 2006 an RFP will be presented to public school districts that
have $15,000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] award winners. From the RFP respondents, a
National [EMAIL PROTECTED] School District will receive a [EMAIL PROTECTED]
award valued at $250,000.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] applications must be completed and submitted online this
year. All accredited, public and private nonprofit elementary, middle, and
secondary schools located within twenty-five miles of a Best Buy store are
eligible to apply. Applications are welcomed from K-12 educators.
For complete program information, application materials, and an FAQ, visit
the Best Buy Web site.
RFP Link: http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/3300/bestbuy
(from RFP Bulletin (July 15, 2005))
siobhan
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell
Community Outreach Liaison
NN/LM-MCR
Creighton University Health Sciences Library
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
402.280.4156/800.338.7657 option#1,#2, then #1
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http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/
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