February 1998
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Bell Atlantic's $23K Innovator Grant
Goes to Urban ScholarsUMass Boston's Urban Scholars Program has received a $23,000 Innovator Grant from Bell Atlantic, which enables the program to continue integrating technology into its inquiry-based math/science and language arts/humanities curriculum.
The grant has been used to purchase seven Texas Instruments TI-83 graphing calculators with calculator based laboratory systems (CBLs). These calculators can be plugged into a variety of devices which collect data, and have the capacity to create graphs with the information. According to Michael Benway, a math and science mentor-teacher for the Urban Scholars Middle School Program, these calculators will enable students to create more sophisticated projects for the annual science fair.
Part of the Innovator Grant money will go towards training teachers in the use of new technologies, such as these calculators, to build their skills and knowledge. The grant will also be used to link, via telecommunications, Urban Scholar sites in Boston to their sister program in New York.