Qwest Teachers & Technology Grant Program
The Minnesota Business Partnership Education Foundation is proud once again to administer the Qwest Foundation Teachers & Technology Grant Program. This year, the program presented grants totaling more than $93,000 to 15 public school teachers across Minnesota.
| Project Lead | Project Title | School | Grant |
| Oskar Cymerman | On or off? Energy Now & Beyond | Woodbury Senior High | $7,500 |
| Sara Hansen | ASL-English Bilingual Transition Project | Metro Deaf School – MN North Start Academy, St. Paul | $7,330 |
| Kristi Wobbema | iCreate Media Club | Falcon Heights Elementary | $7,476 |
| Debra Barraza-Hibbard | iPod and iLearn | Willow Lane Elementary, White Bear Lake | $7,500 |
| Berni Ester | Brown Bear's Concepts & Community - SMART Table Integration | Central Learning Center Forest Lake | $7,500 |
| Natalie Hagberg | Buffalo GPS in the Classroom | Buffalo Community Middle | $5,367 |
| Amy Jordan | "Hands On" - Integrating Technology into an Early Childhood Special Education | Cambridge Primary School | $7,500 |
| James Kulzer | Integrated Science Education Outreach | Lincoln K-8 Choice, Rochester | $7,238 |
| Linda Liebl | You're Such a Character | ROCORI High, Cold Spring | $3,441 |
| Ann Lindsey | The Way ilearn initiative | Jackson Middle Champlin | $7,283 |
| Jane Meehan | "FLIP"ing for Learning | Lowell Music Magnet, Duluth | $5,000 |
| Nancy Meyer | Butterflies, Bees & Biomimicry | William Byrne Elementary STEM, Burnsville | $7,500 |
| Andrew Schwen | Activinspire Classroom Clicker Integration | Roosevelt Middle, Blaine | $2,425 |
| Lynn Tenney | It's a Small World After All: A Video Conference Inquiry Project | Salem Hills Elementary, Inver Grove Heights | $7,498 |
| David Peterson | Robotic Engineering | Lincoln High Thief River Falls | $3,250 |
Summary of 2009 Recipients (includes links to project narratives and sample lesson plans)
Purpose
The Qwest Teachers and Technology Grant Program is a competitive grant open to Minnesota public school teachers. The program, administered by the Minnesota Business Partnership (MBP) Education Foundation, aims to improve E-12 education by:
- Recognizing teachers who are finding innovative ways to integrate technology into their curriculum and teaching practices to improve student achievement
- Raising awareness of how teachers are finding creative ways to use technology to improve learning
- Modeling best practices of technology integration and application
Grant Awards & Eligibility
The program will consider requests up to $7,500 submitted by educators who meet the following criteria:
- The applicant must be a teacher in a Minnesota public school
- The school must be located in the Qwest service area but need NOT be a Qwest customer (see below)
- The school must be open and operating for at least one year prior to applying for the grant (see below)
- Neither the teacher nor school has received a Qwest Teachers and Technology Grant in the past year
For additional information contact russ.jowers@mnbp.com or call 612-370-0840.