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>Subject: Re: #5377 potential sources of funding for h.s. multimedia lab
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>Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 08:17:54 -0500

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Denise -
Get your Administration to approve Lab fees to "amortize" the "loan"/cost
of what you need over3-4  years. After "repayment"  keep and  accrue fees
until  your faculty absolutely need upgrades to  deliver what they
want/need, and then go back to your admin. for another "loan" as a
suppliment to your accrued fees, and increase lab fees to ensure this "
loan" is paid off in 3-4 years. Continuing this strategy will give you a
window every 5-7 years that will allow an realistic assessment of which
emergent technologies/pedagogies your faculty will use, when funds have
accrued to offset costs in making necessary essential replacements and
upgrades.

Good Luck,

Bill Caldwell
American University






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>Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 15:45:11 -0800 (PST)
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Hello,

I teach foreign language in a high school in a suburb
north of Boston.  Our department head is trying to
secure funding for a new language laboratory facility
because our current lab is approximately 25 years old
and is extremely outdated.

We have begun meeting with reps to talk about their
products, and what we are discovering is that while we
would really like a multimedia lab with computers,
listening, and video capabilities, the amount we
believe we will receive from the school budget will
only be enough for a strictly "language lab" with
listening/recording capabilities only.  The reps we
have talked to have suggested that we phase in
computers at a later date, but we fear that once we
are given "what we asked for", the administration will
not be too open to funding computers at a later date.

We are now exploring the possibility of reaching out
to the business community to see if we can secure
donations in the form of money and/or computers.  We
have heard that some other schools may have secured
computers this way. Does anybody have any experience
doing this?  Also, if anyone is from the Boston area,
do you have any suggestions as to businesses we might
contact?

Any suggestions related to this or other forms of
securing funding would be most appreciated.

Thank you.

Denise Hamwey
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