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Access To All Phase 2 District Wide Grant

The Midland Park Public Education Foundation is currently seeking donations to fund the $70,000 Access to All Phase 2 District Wide Grant. This phase will provide additional Interactive White Boards in classrooms throughout the district so that ALL MP Students will have access to this cutting edge educational tool.

Using Interactive White Boards in the Classroom
The evolution of a classroom chalk board continues to evolve. White boards have been replacing the common chalk board in many classrooms. A white board offers a clean, dustless, and allergy-free way to communicate to students. However, the technological evolution of the white board has a reached new level with the Interactive White Board.

An interactive white board is a large interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computer’s desktop onto the board’s surface, where users control the computer using a pen, finger or other device. The board is typically mounted to a wall or on a floor stand.

They are used in a variety of settings such as in classroom at all levels of education, in corporate board rooms and work groups, in training rooms for professional sports, coaching, broadcasting studios and more.

There are three main uses for the interactive white board:

1. Operating any software that is loaded onto the connected PC, including Internet browsers or proprietary software.

2. Using software to capture notes written on a whiteboard or whiteboard-like surface

3. Controlling the PC (click and drag), mark-up (annotating a program or presentation) and translating cursive writing to text (not all whiteboards)

Below find two links to videos that can provide you with a basic overview of the interactive white board.

The Interactive White Board: A Beginners Guide by Ruth McElhone http://youtube.com/watch?v=ptUNzMFJb3E ·

Interactive White Board Demonstration http://youtube.com/watch?v=DjdNPMZJbLs

“Management Theorist Peter Senge speaks to the construct of successful schools in identify that the best schools are found in the center of communities that value education and hold forth goals for its children at the forefront of collaborative work. In this spirit, it is difficult to find adequate words to express our gratitude to the MPPEF for its consideration of this immensely generous proposal.

As we watch funding for some public school districts continue to diminish, we face the stark reality that it has become fiscally impossible to address the needs described herein. In Midland Park, it is through the commitment and support of parent and community groups that we can make greater strides in our efforts to level the playing field for our children. Soon, our students will move beyond our neighborhoods to claim their place in an increasingly borderless global workplace…how wonderful to work together to insure they have the best resources available to them during their time in with us!”

~Dr. Marie Cirasella, MP Superintendent of Schools

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Please consider making a donation today to help fund this District Wide Grant.
Contact Missy Furlong at 201.444.4657 or EMAIL msfurlong@Verizon.net to receive a donation pledge envelope or you may submit your donation thru PayPal.