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=**TMI Application for Customized Support - For Schools with Residencies**=

The Office of Instructional Technology is pleased that your school is implementing Teaching Matters’ web-based curricula and professional development series designed for middle schools. **For schools already taking part in these web-based programs, we offer the opportunity to supplement program implementation with one of the following customized program-related activities.**

A school wide Share Fair is a multimedia celebration of student work from all Voices and Choices units and selected literacy units in Writing Matters series. Parents, teachers and students can interact, question and respond to kiosk presentations, pod cast listening booths and other student-created media showcased at this a school wide event.
 * School-Based School Wide Share Fair**

A school-based Town Meeting provides comprehensive engagement for all students taking part in the Constitution Today unit of the Voices and Choices series. Students demonstrate that the Constitution is a living document by applying their understanding of the amendments to current issues. Facing the tough questions of modern society, students persuade others and defend their well-researched point of view with multimedia presentations and effective oral communication.
 * School-Based Town Meeting**

A school based Spoken Word event is an exciting way to bring alive the art of poetry for all students taking part in the Writing Poetry unit of Writing Matters. Students will take the stage along side professional poets to recite their insights and reflections through a variety of poetry media including Self Portrait, Memory or Haiku poems.
 * School-Based Spoken Word Event**

A school wide Digital Documentaries program that helps teachers inspire their students to learn about history. Students research, direct and produce their own video examining a major historical event while meeting social studies and language arts requirements. A film festival will be held at the end of the school year.
 * Digital Documentaries** (Specifically for schools with partial residencies)

In order to qualify for this additional support, please complete the following questions and email your responses to jcondliffe@teachingmatters.org with “iTiL Matching Grant” in the subject line. **The email must come from the account of your building principal.**

The deadline for response is **Friday, November 9th at 5 PM.** Confirmation will be made by Teaching Matters by November 14th, 2007. School Name: MS 118 School DBN: School Phone: 718 - 584-2334 Grades Served: 6 -8
 * School Information**

Principal Name: Elizabeth Lawrence Principal Phone: 718-584-2334 Principal Email: elawren3@schools.nyc.gov

Tech Coach Phone: 718-584-2334 Tech Coach Email:** **edrago@schools.nyc.gov**
 * Tech Coach Name: Elizabeth Drago

1. How has your involvement in TMI's web-based programs lifted the level of teaching and learning in your school so far? Both teachers and studen ts have been benefiting from the animated mini-lessons; class publishing tools and management system of student work
 * Application

2. Which event do you want to bring to your school?

We would like to host the School Based Town Meeting.

3. How do you plan to get your school community excited about this event?

Through professional development workshops, staff and parent newsletters and highly publicized local events. We plan to invite parents, videotape the the activities and then share through our school web site

4. How do you envision this event will enrich teaching and learning in your school community?

We hope that the Constitution Today culminating event will cause the web-based social studies programs to become as popular as the literacy programs currently being engaged throughout this middle school.**

Sending this application under the school principal's email account confirms that I understand that Teaching Matters will provide this additional program-related support in my school and will make necessary arrangements for teachers and students to receive maximum benefits from the services.
 * Principal Sign-off**

Thank you for your interest.

Submission Directions** This application must be completed and emailed from the building **principal’s** email account with the subject “iTiL Grant” to jcondliffe@teachingmatters.org by **Friday, November 9th at 5 PM.**

Contact Jane Condliffe if you have questions concerning the program or the application itself.

Contact Information: Email: jcondliffe@teachingmatters.org Phone: 212-870-3505