Skyping with the Packers, using Twitter in English class, they were all reality Wednesday at one local high school
Governor Walker declared Wednesday Digital Learning Day across the state.
In business teacher Mary Byrns classroom, students
used Skype for the first time to connect with Packer's public relations
pro Aaron Popke.
“I thought it was a great
opportunity to use Skype as a tool to connect the students with a
business that we normally wouldn't get to speak to. And I just thought
the Packers would be something they’d be very interested in,” Byrns
tells us.
The Skyping session was all part of a national initiative to showcase technology projects in the classroom
“I think it shows them the power of technology, it
just opens up new doors for them, versus when I was in school we just
didn't have those opportunities,” Byrns explains.
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