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April 11, 2008
The FUNDRED NAEAC Report
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DOLLARS AND DIRT
FUNDRED at NAEAC
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FUNDRED was well received at the NAEAC.  We are now revamping our resources on the website, please stay tuned for updates!
DOLLARS AND DIRT at NAEAC in New Orleans


FUNDRED/PAYDIRT panel at the NAEAC
photo courtesy Kristen Farr

March 26-March 30 2008 the FUNDRED Team, and associated cohorts, mingled with 3800 arts educators at the National Art Education Association Conference in New Orleans. 

Mel Chin made a surprise appearance at the Art:21 Professional Development Session when he interrupted producer Kelly Shindler who generously gave over the podium.  The standing room only crowd was asked to participate as "operatives" to help with the FUNDRED making across the country.

For Your Eyes Only, an Operation Update was high-level briefing for educators.  The session began with a serious performance by the FUNDRED TEAM that introduced the large New Orleans focused landscape recovery project and the participating scientists and landscape architects.  After presenting the project in detail and answering questions, Mel invited the 300-plus attendees to create their own FUNDRED BILLS.

teachers making fundreds
                     making FUNDREDS at the NAEAC
photo courtesy art:21


The finale of this super session was the unveiling of the armored truck, which traveled all the way from North Carolina to the convention center with not a minute to spare.  

Attending educators witness the armored truck unveiling
outside the Convention Center at the NAEAC.
photo courtesy Toshi Karato

The educators we met were enthusiastic...as are all of you.  And we are happy to report we are already seeing increased FUNDRED activity.


The armored truck makes its debut
photo courtesy Kristen Farr
The Numbers Are (almost) In!

 vault April 4

As the numbers continue to crawl in, we have officially updated our FUNDRED vault.   Of course, we still have a long way to go, but FUNDRED is catching on!  

We understand there are more FUNDREDS out there.  Please send your completed FUNDREDS to the collection center in your area!  Note that the number of Collection Centers continues to grow.  Hyper Link to collection center
FUNDRED RESOURCES

We are currently revamping our resources so stay tuned to the website!  

To that end we are excited to hear from you:  

SUBMIT LESSON PLANS:  send to news@fundred.org

As FUNDRED is an interdisciplinary project, it can be introduced in the classroom through a variety of subjects such as social studies, science, art and design, power of individual and financial literacy.  

We are interested in how you are integrating the project into your classroom curriculum.

We are interested to hear from you about your experiences with, and plans for, the project.  

Based on your input we will include a FUNDRED RESOURCE on our website with lesson plans and project tips. Include your name, school, and location if you would like to be credited

SEND RESOURCES:  send to news@fundred.org
Questions:
If you have questions please e-mail them to: questions@fundred.org.


Please continue to spread the word about the opportunity to participate in the FUNDRED DOLLAR BILL PROJECT!
 

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