I've had a dream of starting a school library makerspace ever since I made the switch from classroom English teacher to school librarian two years ago. I had already heard of them and read about them and thought they sounded AMAZING. Creativity, technology, problem solving, collaboration, critical thinking, and trying new things! What's not to love? So last summer when I attended a summer PD in my district that had a session on grants, I jumped at the chance to learn about grants. I then applied for and got a small grant from my district's education foundation. Fast forward to this past winter, and we had some funds to spend on technology. Some of those funds got allotted for collaboration stations and some for a makerspace. I ordered the items in the spring for us to use this coming school year. In both of these cases I worked to make sure I got the most bang for my buck. When you have a chance to use funding for a makerspace, you want to put money in things that will benefit students and have impact, but you also want to do that as cost effectively as possible to get more. So how do you get the most bang for the buck with provided funds or prepare a grant proposal budget?1. Brainstorm. After scouring blog posts like this one
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