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This wiki serves as the hub for Monroe County, Michigan, teachers who are committed to become fluent in Web 2.0, handheld and other new technologies to better enable their students to learn, and creatively provide evidence of their learning, rich and rigorous content.
 * Welcome to the home of Monroe County's 21st Century Teaching and Learning Collaborative! **

__WHO SPONSORS THE MC21 COLLABORATIVE?__

Monroe County Intermediate School District (MCISD) curriculum, technology, and assessment specialists are the facilitators and resource consultants for this project.

__WHO ARE THE "TEACHERS AND LEARNERS" PART OF THE COLLABORATIVE?__

During Summer 2008, 16 teachers will experience a number of 21st century technology tools. They will also be introduced to teaching and learning strategies which use those tools.

Nine teachers from around Monroe County will be awarded "21st Century Teaching and Learning Grants" from the MCISD for the 2008-2009 school year. These highly motivated and committed teachers will become fluent in using 21st century technology tools in facilitating and motivating high quality teaching and student learning. These teachers will: For more information on this project, contact the project leads at the MCISD or visit the details page.
 * be selected through a competitive application process
 * receive substantial hardware and software resources for their classroom
 * receive substantial training each month over the 2008-2009 school year
 * apply their technology skills and equipment to enable their students to achieve high levels of proficiency in the content areas in which they teach
 * assess their own and their students' progress and performance levels
 * present to a variety of audiences the projects they and their students have created over the school year; these projects will demonstrate significant student learning in the state required content, while using Web 2.0 tools as a vehicle for reaching this mastery