Indiana Focus: The Buddy Project “at home” in Indiana

While the majority of our resources are useful to a much broader audience, they were developed to serve the educational community of Indiana through funding provided largely by the Indiana General Assembly. Any Indiana school, teacher, parent or student may take advantage of the resources and services outlined below, as they see fitting their needs.

• Buddy Teaching and Learning Center — visit this site now
  • Located in northwest Indianapolis (6321 La Pas Trail)
  • Year-round opportunities for learning at the BTLC
  • Host to other non-profit and IN Dept. of Education training programs
  • K-12 professional development across content areas
    • Technology use and integration
    • Linked to Indiana academic curriculum standards
    • Improve literacy skills in all content areas
    • $20 per participant (some sessions have added materials fee)
  • Most classes available as Outreach sessions for local delivery
    • Face-to-face sessions brought to your Indiana school
    • Face-to-face sessions brought to your regional ESC
    • $400 to $800, dependent on timing and topics selected
• The Writing Site — visit this site now (It’s Free!)
  • Interactive scoring tutorial (using Indiana writing rubrics)
  • Writing exemplars (K-12)
  • Writing resources: genres, prompts, instructional strategies, research summaries, parent involvement ideas and more
• Write Connections — sign up for this now
  • Free quarterly publication in three editions: primary, intermediate, secondary
  • Delivered as PDF file via email attachment
  • Filled with feature articles, writing ideas, literature links, home connection, technology in writing, cartoons, Frakshurd Frases, and more.
• Computer Capers — sign up for this now
  • Free monthly flyer for Grades K-8
  • Technology integration activity ideas linked to Indiana Academic standards
  • Written to student audience for home or classroom-based activities
  • Delivered as PDF file via email attachment
• Mini-grant Opportunities — from The Corporation for Educational Technology
  • $500- $1000 awards on competitive proposal basis to Indiana public schools only
  • Request for proposals and grant guidelines will be sent to subscribers of any above services or publications
  • Periodic offerings (as budget and funds allow)
• Special Events - sponsored by the Corporation for Educational Technology
  • Focus topics centered around Buddy mission and targeted teaching areas
  • Rotunda Day (biennial celebration of technology in Indiana Schools)
  • Curriculum conferences (recently focused on Writing)
  • Student “contests” and family-focused online events
  • Announced to subscribers of any of above services or publication

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