I see many students give up easily when technology throws them a slight curveball.
Parents Say: iPad Puts New Spin on Learning
March 25th, 2011 | by Greg Smith | published in Digital Wisconsin, Engage WI, 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, Engage WI, Your Stories
Racine’s St. Catherine’s High School is one of the first U.S. schools to use iPads in the classroom.
Passing the Torch
November 29th, 2010 | by Jill Sisson Quinn | published in Best of Engage WI, Engage WI, Sustainable Wisconsin, Your Stories
“You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother,” Albert Einstein claimed. It’s true that the best way to really learn about a topic is to teach it to someone else. And that is just what my students in the Wisconsin River Academy will be doing at the Boston School Forest throughout the winter, and, I hope, for the rest of their lives.
