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MHS participates in Digital Learning Day
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MONROE - Monroe High School celebrated Digital Learning Day with other schools across the nation Tuesday. Tony Evers, state superintendent of schools, called on everyone, regardless of his or her comfort level with technology, including teachers, school leaders, community groups and parents, to do one of three things: showcase their success with technology; start or join a conversation about digital learning; or try a new digital learning activity.

Digital learning includes many different tools, applications and instructional strategies that help students develop 21st century learning skills, according to a news release from MHS. These skills are a set of abilities that students need to develop in order to be successful in the information age. They include critical thinking, creativity, collaborating, communicating and developing information, media and technology literacy.

To hold information-age jobs, students need to develop not only these skills, but also learn to be flexible, self-starters, reflective thinkers, creative problem-solvers, collaborative team members, effective communicators and have the ability to deal with the massive amount of information at their fingertips, the release said.

MHS joined the initiative by providing opportunities for students and staff to see innovation and uses of technology both in and out of the classroom. With the help of community volunteers, students and staff chose from a variety of activities to see 21st century skills in action. These opportunities included field trips to Epic, Fuzzy's Audio & Video, Empire Media Group, Orchid, Monroe Clinic, Swiss Colony, Lindo Theater, TDS, the Kohl Center and Monroe Truck. In addition to field trip opportunities, high school students and staff attended presentations and workshops. These include everything from 3-D printing to robots, gaming to radio, film-making to marketing, digital tools to auto mechanics.

Other volunteers who participated in Digital Learning Day were WEKZ, Blackhawk Technical College, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Dearth Motors, Monroe Police and Fire departments, Filament Gaming, Lamers Bus Company, UW-Madison Dance Company Li Chiao-Ping, Full Compass Audio, Shirley Dilley, Monroe Public Library and teachers and staff at Monroe High School.