I see many students give up easily when technology throws them a slight curveball.
Digital Wisconsin
Parents Say: iPad Puts New Spin on Learning
March 25th, 2011 | by Greg Smith | published in Digital Wisconsin, EngageWI, Your Stories
Above and Beyond: iPads Enhance Learning Process
February 26th, 2011 | by Lissy Blandford | published in Digital Wisconsin, Your Stories
For the past 18 months, I’ve been up to my ears in technology. From the first day of planning the middle school program I faced new challenges in communication
whyPad: Part One
February 19th, 2011 | by Zac Pawlowski | published in Digital Wisconsin, Your Stories
Personally, I’ve never been a big fan of Apple. Their computers and gadgets had always cost too much and offered limited ability to tinker with the hardware. Even before I became Technology Director a few years back, St. Cats was firmly entrenched in the Windows camp.
Revolutionize Learning? There’s an App for That
February 12th, 2011 | by Brendan O’Brien | published in Digital Wisconsin, EngageWI, Your Stories
Racine’s St. Catherine’s High School is one of the first U.S. schools to use iPads in the classroom.
Janesville Storytelling Project
August 10th, 2010 | by Zahra Haider | published in Best of EngageWI, Digital Wisconsin, EngageWI, Your Stories
Behind the Scenes Dispatch by Zahra Haider: Yesterday I spent the evening driving around Janesville with a camera around my neck, trying to capture images of some of the area’s notable landmarks, buildings, and sights.
Call for Janesville Teens
July 28th, 2010 | by Lauren Knoche | published in Digital Wisconsin, EngageWI, Participate, Updates
Janesville youth, help us tell your family’s story! The Janesville Storytelling Project is looking for teens, ages 12-18, to interview their families as part of the digital storytelling project. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Zahra Haider. [7/28/10]
Janesville Storytelling Project
July 26th, 2010 | by Zahra Haider | published in Best of EngageWI, Digital Wisconsin, EngageWI, Your Stories
Will and Kathy Krantz, who have been married for 45 years, run their used bookstore as a retirement endeavor.
Behind the Scenes: Janesville Storytelling Project
July 7th, 2010 | by Engage Wisconsin | published in Best of EngageWI, Digital Wisconsin, EngageWI, Your Stories
Behind the Scenes Dispatch by Zahra Haider: Almost every Friday morning, fresh coffee trickles into a pot, a box of frosted donuts sits open on a table, and the Rock County Job Center hosts a Java & Jobs meeting event.
Janesville Storytelling Project – Participation Call
June 28th, 2010 | by Engage Wisconsin | published in Digital Wisconsin, EngageWI, Updates
We looking for families of Janesville and Rock County to participate in phase two of our Janesville Storytelling Project. If your family has had to locate alternative ways to navigate through unemployment or the future, in general, due to the closure of GM or the changing employment opportunities locally and you’re willing to share your families story, please contact Zahra Haider at zahra.haider@engagewisconsin.org [06/28/10].
Janesville Storytelling Project
June 23rd, 2010 | by Engage Wisconsin | published in Digital Wisconsin, EngageWI, Your Stories
In 2005, General Motors (GM)’s oldest manufacturing plant, located in Janesville, Wisconsin, produced its 16 millionth vehicle. The plant had been producing vehicles since 1919 and had long been the largest employer in Janesville, a city of 60,000. “GM was the town,” one area Chevrolet-Cadillac dealer recently said. “If you didn’t work there, you were [...]
