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Fundraising and Grant Opportunities for Schools

Fundraising and Grant Opportunities for Schools. Shopping - Shop for items to add to your classroom account. Teachers - Login, or invite other teachers to join Digital Wish . Class Locator - Search for your school or other users on Digital Wish by state, county or school.

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Fundraising and Grant Opportunities for Schools

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  1. Fundraising and Grant Opportunities for Schools

  2. Shopping - Shop for items to add to your classroom account. • Teachers- Login, or invite other teachers to join Digital Wish. • Class Locator - Search for your school or other users on Digital Wish by state, county or school. • Lesson Plans - Browse the National Library of lesson plans for ideas for your classroom, add these ideas to your profile and edit to make them fit your curriculum. • Fundraising - Explore 3 ways to find funding for technology in your classroom. • Grants- Browse our database of grant opportunities by subject or search by keyword.

  3. www.digitalwish.com Click here to Login or Register.

  4. Classroom Locator Click on your state or search by school name.

  5. Choose Your County Click on a county or choose from the drop down menu.

  6. Find Your School Scroll to find your school. Schools are listed alphabetically by county.

  7. Register or Add A Missing School Fill out registration details and click ‘Finish’.

  8. My Account View and edit your profile.

  9. Profile Page Wish list - What each teacher would like to purchase for their classroom and why. Lesson Plans - Lesson plans added to a profile. Friends - Friends or colleagues also registered on Digital Wish. Comments - Notes or comments other users of Digital Wish can add to your profile.

  10. My Account Inbox Receive and send messages to Digital Wish users. Receive product updates for items in your wish list.

  11. Fundraising Letter Writing Campaign - Step by step instructions on how to run a letter writing campaign. Grants - Browse a library of grant opportunities. Search by keyword. Fundraising Ideas - Browse fundraising ideas by cost v.s. effectiveness.

  12. Grants Database Browse the database of national and regional grant opportunities by subject or search by keyword.

  13. Digital Wish Grants Two Steps to winning a Digital Wish Grant: Step 1: Create a profile. Step 2: Add an original lesson plan. That’s it!

  14. Digital Wish Grants Schedule • Mobile Digital Camera Lab - 3 awarded annually October, January and April. • Monthly Grants - Every Month September to July an Olympus digital camera and Tool Factory Podcasting software license will be given away. • Monthly Theme Grants - Every month a site license of software is donated based on the theme of the month. • $26,620 in annual software giveaways!

  15. Letter Writing Campaign

  16. Step 1: Select Your Project Downloadable Project Ideas

  17. Step 2: Create Your Budget Sample budgets and worksheets.

  18. Step 3: Identify Your Targets Who are you going to target for your letter writing campaign?

  19. Step 4: Write Your Letters Browse examples and edit to suit your curriculum.

  20. Step 5: Send Thank You Cards It’s always important to thank those whom have given you donations. Browse the worksheets and edit to suit your curriculum.

  21. Browse Lesson Plans Browse the National Library of Lesson Plans by subject level or search by keyword, subject or grade level. Add a lesson plan to your account then edit it to fit your curriculum. Share new lesson plan ideas with all Digital Wish users!

  22. Lesson Plan Badges • Nationally Recognized Lesson Plan - Lesson Plans with a red badge have been selected for the national library. • Grant Winner - Lesson Plans with a blue badge were winners of a grant. Lesson plans borrowed and edited will always cite the original author’s information.

  23. Shopping for Your Wishes • Shop for your wish list by category. • Select an item for more details. • Click ‘Add” to add to your wish list. • Tell donors why you need this item.

  24. Seek Donors • Shop for This Classroom - Donors can also purchase items from the teacher’s wish list. • Make a Donation - Donors can contribute cash funds to a teachers account.

  25. Coming Soon... • Look for new updates on Digital Wish such as: • Email Address Book - auto send emails to parents, community or administration with updates of your wish list. • Monthly updates of new grants or prize winners. • Enhanced features, blogging, notes and more... www.digitalwish.com

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