THE BENJAMIN BANNEKER ASSOCIATION, INC.
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC.
TECHNOLOGY AWARD

The Benjamin Banneker Association, Inc. in partnership with the Texas Instruments, Inc. is pleased to announce  awards of $3000 for innovative use of technology in the mathematical education of pre-service or in-service teachers.  Mathematics  educators and mathematicians at community colleges, colleges and universities are eligible to apply. The award must be used during the 2005-06 academic year or the summer of 2006.

Suggested activities and uses of the funds could include:
* Purchase of graphing technology,
* Purchase of professional development to learn
- how  to integrate the effective use of handheld technology in a mathematics curricula,
- about new teaching methods using handheld technology,
- how mathematical understanding can be enhanced with technology,
- how to use technology to implement appropriate instructional changes in classrooms ;
* Collaborations with faculty and/or graduate students to create a course module that integrates the use of graphing technology in a teacher education course.

Applications must include the following:
1. Name, street address, city, state and zip code,
2. Home and work telephone numbers, fax number and e-mail address.
3. School, position and description of the class or in-service activity,
4. Summary of the project-maximum one page,
5. Description of the proposed activity-maximum two pages, and
6. Detailed budget with necessary explanations.

There is no application form.

Applications can be submitted by mail to Irvin E. Vance at BBA, P.O. Box 24182, Lansing, MI. 48909, by e-mail to vance@math.msu.edu or by fax at 517 432 1562.   The dead line for applications is 5pm Eastern daylight time on April 20, 2005. Winners  will be notified by May 13, 2005.