Collaborations
Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program
The Eisenhower Grant provides major funding for Wisconsin Watershed Connection projects. This program is a grant competition for Institutions of Higher Education and Non-Profit Organizations in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications Fund (WATF) and
The Educational Technology Board
WATF and ETB funded the first year of our project. They provide grants for technology purchases in schools in Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Watershed Connection project is spearheaded from Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin.
Education Systems Research Institute, the makers of ArcView software, provided low-cost materials for classrooms involved with the GIS in Education project. This site is for learning and sharing information about the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in K-12 schools, public or college libraries, museums, nature centers, and other sites for educating the public.
Nature Net is a consortium of Dane County, Wisconsin area outdoor environmental education sites. Each site provides special nature programming for schoolchildren, teachers, and the general public. Nature Net and the WWC are collaborating to create a regionally-based phenology web site. Look for it soon!
DaneNet is the community server from which the WWC operates. This site provides links to government, educational, recreational and other useful websites in Dane County, Wisconsin.