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** Department of Education ** Teresa Bader, Director Amy Reynolds, Assistant Director **Quality use of instructional technology** provides multiple opportunities for teachers and students to leverage existing and emerging technologies, to foster teaching and learning environments to become self-directed learners, who have opportunities and will be prepared to compete and succeed in the twenty-first century.
 * Manhattan Office of Instructional Technology **
 * Grant Goal:** The grants were designed to help school leaders in seven selected schools create and implement, with their respective staffs, a shared vision for becoming a 21st century teaching and learning environment.

This grant will enable teachers to:
 * use the //Habits of Mind// as the lens for discussions of instructional practices that support the development of critical thinking and problem solving skills in our students
 * leverage the use of **Web 2.0 Tools** to improve teaching and learning and provide students with a 21st century skill set
 * to create learning environments that are:
 * Interactive and engaging
 * Relevant and authenic
 * Collaborative and inclusive
 * Employing 21st-century tools & technology
 * Leveraging experts and resources in and outside of school

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