Grant's Perspective on ... Sharp Scientific Calculator Promotion
Have you seen the promo from SHARP on the Inland AV website? Great idea!
It’s available for any K-to-12 school. For each and every SHARP PG-F267X short throw projector purchased the school will receive 25 Sharp scientific calculators. Free! And that’s not all; 1 CD calculator software simulator. Ya gotta love it!
Now I’m no marketing genius but I recall back to my elementary school days and the World maps with a picture of a chocolate bar in each corner. Maybe this is why today I’m addicted to the Crispy Crunch (psst… Cadbury, kick backs are sent to my home address – I think it’s your company policy…). I recall my Mother mentioning to me she had similar maps when she was a kid. What a great way for the schools to acquire these teaching aids and equipment. Would there have been so many maps in classrooms without that promo? Sharp definitely had their historical thinking caps on when they developed this promotion.
Students love their cell phones and i-Pods so I would think they’d enjoy using a scientific calculator.
Then I thought about how the scientific calculators would be used at the school. Would they all remain in the room with the projector? Would they be provided to the classroom that needs them? Maybe they would be given to the students that would benefit the most from a free scientific calculator. The school could also give them away as prizes. Please check out the survey (closes June 13) on the right hand side of the page and tell me how you would distribute the 25 free scientific calculators.
Grant
Monday, May 25, 2009
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Okay, the chocolate bar on the map is what cracked me up. I too remember this, back when Prussia was also on the map. Thanks for the memory. Ken made mention of this blog to me.
ReplyDeleteI'll keep checking in.
Jen