Grants

Since the launch of the Michigan Learning Channel (MLC), educators have been asking for more Michigan aligned resources that have been vetted and are known and trusted to be high quality. In the past year, the MLC has been building project-based lesson plans with local educators that include media components with great success. The MLC […]

Oakland Schools, with the cooperation of numerous partners, established the STEM Check Out Program (STEMco) in 2021. Between the 21-22 and 22-23 school years, utilization of the STEMco program nearly tripled, creating a need for a more extensive check- out inventory to meet the needs of students and teachers in Oakland County. For many districts […]

Wayne RESA is a previous recipient of a multi-year CTN grant that enabled creation of three different Maker cohorts, comprised of educators throughout the county to collaborate and learn together. As result of the multi-year RESA initiative, 93 educators from 36 schools in 22 public school districts and two public school academies were provided with […]

The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum has a history of offering Distance Learning opportunities for K-12 students throughout southeast Michigan. When in-person learning halted for most students in 2020, the demand for its virtual programming increased. The Museum responded by establishing a second DL studio at the Leslie Science and Nature Center using equipment borrowed from […]

The Chaldean Community Foundation (CCF) was awarded funding for technology to support drivers training for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. This population can request ADA accommodations when testing for a drivers license but must meet the same driver education requirements as every other new driver. CTN grant funds will be used to purchase a […]

The Michigan Learning Channel was established early in 2021 to bridge digital divides and provide standards-aligned supplemental educational resources for use by teachers, students, and parents all across Michigan. This first-of-its-kind statewide collaboration and broadcast provides a unique opportunity to expose students to locations and learning experiences all around the state of Michigan, utilizing the […]

Oakland Schools is engaged in a multi-year countywide initiative to expand STEM education and promote STEM careers. The primary audience is students in grades 4-7 with specific strategies to target schools and/or districts with students from underserved populations. The STEM education initiative is comprised of two components. 1) STEMi is a traveling mobile lab – […]

The goal of the summer camp scholarship project is to increase the number of historically underrepresented students who are motivated and prepared academically to pursue degrees leading to careers in STEM related field through K-12 supplemental educational programming during the summer.  For 2021, STEM summer camps have been transformed by WSU faculty and staff to […]

Oakland Schools is engaged in a multi-year countywide initiative to expand STEM education and promote STEM careers. The primary audience is students in grades 4-7 with specific strategies to target schools and/or districts with students from underserved populations. The STEM education initiative is comprised of two components. 1) STEMi is a traveling mobile lab – […]

The U-M ArcPrep program, located at the Michigan Research Studio in Detroit, offers Detroit students an immersive, semester-long college preparatory course in architecture, urbanism and studio design. The program meets three hours per day, five days a week over the course of a semester and typically serves 30 students each semester. U-M ArcPrep works to […]

This  project was designed to build capacity for maker-centered and STEM learning opportunities within each of Wayne County’s 33 school districts over a period of 2-3 years. The CTN Board supported the multi-year approach and approved initial funding in Summer, 2018.  The team partnered with The Henry Ford that fall and offered the first Maker […]

The WSU College of Education was awarded a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to address the critical shortage of critical shortage of math and science teachers, especially in urban school districts. The purpose of the project is to recruit 40 mid-career professionals to the teaching profession and provide an 18-month program of […]

The project will fund virtual STEM program opportunities for K-12 students who might not otherwise envision the possibilities of a STEM career.

Through this project, 56 technology-ready new teachers will attend the 2020 MACUL and receive ongoing support for innovative technology projects in their classrooms.

The project will enable the WSU College of Education Building Healthy Communities program make its resources accessible through a digital platform.

The project will fund summer STEM program opportunities for K-12 students at Wayne Statue University who might not otherwise envision the possibilities of a STEM career.

Students on the Autism Spectrum who attend Riverside Middle School in the Crestwood School District will create and use video modeling as a means to learn appropriate school and community behaviors.

The Michigan Science Center will host a variety of educational programs to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Lunar Landing.

Uses mobile coding labs to give students throughout the school district an opportunity to using coding to program a robot.

Introduces Swivl videos to add a new gateway for instructional coaching and mentoring.

Convene educators, non-profits, and representatives from institutions throughout Southeast Michigan to design and develop a pilot connected learning project.

An innovative way to experience educational, artistic, and cultural organizations

Experiment with Virtual Reality tools in the Classroom

Educators can experiment and learn in a learning lab setting that includes digital tools for collaboration and new pedagogy.

A year-long project to develop technology integration lessons for K-12 Mathematics and ELA

Increases STEM awareness and opportunities for students through project based learning and maker activities.

Uses digital tools improve the mathematics courses for elementary pre-service teachers.

Wood Creek Elementary School in Farmington Public Schools was awarded a grant for Lights! Camera! Action! Sharing our Learning Wirelessly! Fifth graders at Wood Creek will be developing new technology skills and using video technology and iMovie to communicate their learning with other students, their families and the school community.

For this project, second graders will practice leadership habits and critical thinking skills as they identify situations within the school community that need to be changed.

To create a Maker Space in a middle and high school environment

Teach teachers to develop and use interactive textbooks

Develop a mobile website that delivers a parenting program

Create a Podcast writing experience for students.

A Teacher Residency Master Degree Program

An innovative program engaging students, teachers, industry, and community in mobile communication

Develop an interactive video broadcast initiative with a peer-to-peer science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)teaching focus

Increase Solar Science Programming

Second grade students will identify problems and situations to solve using technology and collaboration

Demonstrate technology in multicultural experiences