<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[West Des Moines Community Schools Technology]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://wdmtech.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Brian Abeling]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://wdmtech.wordpress.com/author/wdmtech/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Century Link classroom technology grants&nbsp;available]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_7959.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="3206" data-permalink="https://wdmtech.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/ipad-apps/img_7959/" data-orig-file="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_7959.jpg" data-orig-size="3168,4752" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T1i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1334312029&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="ipad apps" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_7959.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_7959.jpg?w=683" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3206" src="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_7959.jpg?w=200&#038;h=300" alt="ipad apps" width="200" height="300" srcset="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_7959.jpg?w=200&amp;h=300 200w, https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_7959.jpg?w=400&amp;h=600 400w, https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_7959.jpg?w=100&amp;h=150 100w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a>The CenturyLink Foundation and Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency are working together to award technology mini-grants to Iowa educators who are interested in fostering innovative classroom uses of digital learning tools. The goal of the CenturyLink Teachers &amp; Technology Grant Program is to provide support to educators who wish to utilize digital technologies to foster deeper thinking and greater agency by students.</p>
<p>The purposes of this competitive mini-grant program are to</p>
<ul>
<li>improve student learning through the innovative use of digital learning tools;</li>
<li>enhance the development of students’ deeper thinking and problem-solving skills;</li>
<li>foster greater student agency, control, and ownership of their learning; and</li>
<li>increase educators’ understanding of how to best integrate technology into student learning experiences.</li>
</ul>
<p>All grants are to be utilized by educators to benefit students in their classrooms.   More information is available at:  <a href="http://www.centurylinktechgrants.org/about2015/">http://www.centurylinktechgrants.org/about2015/</a></p>
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<p>Also be sure to check out our <a href="https://wdmtech.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/techgrants/">10 tips for writing a classroom technology grant</a>.</p>
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