EAST BRUNSWICK — Residents are being asked to support an East Brunswick Education Foundation proposal by visiting a website and voting.

Residents can visit the site at http://www.refresheverything.com/ebefsmartresponse and vote for the EBEF’s “Good Idea,” which would bring interactive technology to 4,800 students in the district’s eight elementary schools. The foundation’s $50,000 initiative is among the grant proposals accepted for the June Pepsi Refresh Project.

Through June 30, anyone over the age of 13 can vote for the idea, up to once a day, after signing in with a valid email address. The ideas with the most votes will receive grants. With the $50,000, the EBEF would purchase 43 SMART Response interactive response systems for shared use in the elementary schools. Teachers would develop interactive lessons and question sets in all subject areas that will be shared on school and district-wide websites, according to the proposal. Teachers would use the systems to increase student involvement and participation during lessons and monitor student performance to adapt and review lessons to suit the needs of the diverse learners in the classroom. Students will be actively engaged during lessons without fear or embarrassment because their answers are private, the proposal stated.

Susan Mizerak, second-grade teacher at Warnsdorfer Elementary School and a member of EBEF, is already using SMART Response technology in her classroom thanks to an EBEF grant.

“My class loves using the SMART Response system,” she said. “They actually cheer when I pass out the voting pads. Every student is involved in the lesson and receiving immediate feedback privately on their voting pad. I am able to track and monitor student progress. This technology has greatly enriched the motivation and involvement in my classroom.”

EBEF is an independent, nonprofit corporation established in 1993 by parents, residents and members of local business to support programs in the schools.