The investment of each dollar in good information for members of the vanguard will pay pay tenfold in flights of imagination. To Build a Fire - The Inventor's Workshop Little funding is available in most school districts for folks to gather together for the actual construction process. Professional development is often viewed as training, not building. Ironically, it turns out that the process of invention actually motivates more learning of technology skills and greater integration into regular classrooms. Some of the teachers walked in as novices but emerged as competent searchers and technology lesson planners thanks to the support of the group.
Grants writing can serve a similar purpose.
Pull together a dozen inventors and watch the sparks fly. Innovation thrives when you find and encourage the right people. We plan so our vanguard may meet with sages and seers from nearby and far away. We expect that they will, in turn, provide support and guidance for the learning journeys of their peers. The challenge is finding someone worth questioning.