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Animoto Releases Free Video Tool for Educators to Help Engage and Empower Students in the Modern Classroom

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NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Animoto, the company that makes it easy for anyone to create videos, announced that its latest release will be free for students and educators. Animoto 3, the redesigned and reimagined video creator, supports a wide range of learning activities and styles. The ideal tool for the classroom of today, Animoto allows students to work on video projects across varying subjects, while making it easy for teachers to add technology to their curriculum in a meaningful way. For educators, this means a one-stop shop for key resources like hands-on video-based learning, differentiated instruction, unique video lesson plans, and much more.

“At Animoto, we know video is an incredibly useful medium for students and educators. With the recent move to remote learning, this is increasingly true,” said Brad Jefferson, CEO & co-founder of Animoto. “Animoto 3 is a free edtech tool making distance

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COVID-19, online schools mean kids are skipping start of school

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Before life went sideways in March, Jennifer Ludtke and her daughters were deeply rooted in the public schools in Las Vegas.

Ludtke was a principal of a charter high school and had worked in the Clark County School District, and her daughters took advanced classes at a district middle school.

This year, after a lot of research about COVID-19 and schooling options and after the district announced it was starting virtually, Ludtke withdrew the girls and enrolled them in a state college that offers online classes. They’re earning both college and high school credit in English and math. (Because the girls are 12 and 13, the college administrators asked to interview them first – then offered them a grant toward tuition.)

Ludtke resigned from her principal role and stepped back

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Grand Rapids Public Library partners with 5 groups to provide internet access to students

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GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The Grand Rapids Public Library (GRPL) has partnered with five community partners to provide free mobile hot spots to students without internet access, officials said Monday, Sept. 28.

The new service expands internet access to students and their families as they navigate distance and hybrid learning.

“With the expansion of virtual education across the city due to COVID-19, it’s imperative that we confront the digital equity gap,” said Jessica Anne Bratt, Youth Services Supervisor at the library, in a news release.

“Students without access to high-speed internet experience an immeasurable disadvantage during distance learning. Providing hot spots to neighborhoods with high need promotes equitable learning opportunities.”

Grand Rapids Public Schools started the school year online-only but parents have until 11:59 p.m. tonight to complete a commitment form, regarding whether they want to continue virtually or transition to a hybrid model in which students would attend class

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DepEd to discourage students with smartphones, gadgets from using printed modules

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MANILA, Philippines — Possibly starting the second quarter of this school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) will discourage students with smartphones and electronic gadgets from using printed self-learning modules to cut demand.

In an online briefing on Monday, DepEd Undersecretary Diosdado Antonio said that for the first quarter of the school year, they tried to follow the learning preferences of the students which are printed self-learning modules.

This, however, might not be the case for the following quarters as the education department appealed for students with access to smartphones and gadgets to discard printed modules.

“Sa first quarter, sinubok natin na tugunan ‘yung mga preferences ng mga pamilya kaya popular ‘yung printed self-learning modules,” San Antonio said.

“Pero, ang pinu-push din natin na sa mga susunod na quarters, susubukin natin na kung ‘yung mga pamilya ay may mga gadgets, ay idi-discourage natin na kumuha ng printed self-learning modules,” he

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Flightradar24 website Hit By Three Suspected DDoS Attacks In 48 Hours Prompting Wild Conspiracy Theories

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Airplane flying above the clouds leaving a smoke trail — Watching commercial aircraft movements in real time.

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Someone hiding in the long shadows of the Internet has taken against the world’s most popular flight tracking website, Flightradar24.

The Swedish company hasn’t confirmed it suffered a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack but that seems the most likely explanation for a series of outages and general instability that affected the site from the early afternoon of September 27 ET.

After subscribers took to forums to muse on odd communication errors and empty maps on the mobile app, the company’s Twitter feed initially put the issue down to “network problems.”

Cue further problems and a flurry of updates over the following 24 hours and suddenly the feed’s explanation turned from gremlins in the data center to something more significant:

“For the third time in two days Flightradar24 is under attack. Our engineers are working to mitigate the attack as quickly as

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MPSD purchases new technology for students and teachers

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MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) – The Meridian Public School District will be getting extra help making distance learning possible for all students. Funds from the CARES Act and the Equity in Distance Learning Act are being used to purchase new devices for students and teachers.

a person holding a book: MPSD to receive new technology

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MPSD to receive new technology

“I’m expecting [the new technology] in the next 30-days,” said Tim Boutwell, the director of technology for the Meridian Public School District. “The devices have been ordered a couple weeks ago now, so 30 days gives me about 6 weeks leeway. So I’m expecting them in the next 30 days.”

K-1 students will be receiving iPads and students in other grades will be receiving Chromebooks. Teachers who have not recently been given new laptops will be getting new ones with the funds.

“If we had to close on a moment’s notice for any purpose, you

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West Luray Recreation Center holds Wednesday study hall with computer, WiFi access for students

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PAGE COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) – After three years of work and renovations, the West Luray Recreation Center opened in mid-September, and organizers there are already working to help children in the community.

a sign on the side of a building: The West Luray Recreation Center is offering students in the community access to a computer lab, WiFi, and tutors.

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The West Luray Recreation Center is offering students in the community access to a computer lab, WiFi, and tutors.

Tutors, mentors, and chaperones are available to help students with their schoolwork on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The rec center’s founder Audre King said their facility can safely socially distance about 50 children. There are computers, WiFi, and access to recreational activities available for students.

Based on community support, King said he thinks the center can help students more days of the week with schoolwork.

“Since our opening, we’ve had so many retired teachers and people within the community that said, ‘We want to help,’ so as we staff up

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The Federal Government Promised Native American Students Computers and Internet. Many Are Still Waiting.

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Aubrie Sloan expected to start sixth grade in a virtual classroom where she would learn from her teacher each day and engage with classmates for the first time since the coronavirus forced her school to close in March.

Instead, she marks her attendance at Kaibeto Boarding School, on the western side of the Navajo Nation, by texting or calling her teacher each morning. Then she dives into paper packets the school delivers to her home, breezing through assignments that her mother says aren’t a challenge because she already knows the material.

Aside from two phone calls from her teacher, the 11-year-old has received little

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DepEd to discourage use of printed modules by students with smartphones, gadgets

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a group of people sitting at a table: Teachers from the Geronimo Santiago Elementary School in San Miguel, Manila on Monday, July 6, 2020, sort out mathematics modules to be used by elementary pupils for School Year 2020-2021. The Department of Education said the school year will start on August 24, but no face-to-face classes will be held as ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte. DANNY PATA

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Teachers from the Geronimo Santiago Elementary School in San Miguel, Manila on Monday, July 6, 2020, sort out mathematics modules to be used by elementary pupils for School Year 2020-2021. The Department of Education said the school year will start on August 24, but no face-to-face classes will be held as ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte. DANNY PATA

The Department of Education (DepEd) will discourage students with smartphones or other gadgets to choose the use of self-learning modules possibly starting on the second quarter of upcoming school year.

In a press conference on Monday, DepEd Undersecretary Diosdado Antonio said that 59% of the 22 million students enrolled in public schools or almost 13 million learners preferred the use of the printed lessons.

“Sa first quarter, sinubok natin na tugunan ‘yung mga preferences ng mga pamilya kaya popular ‘yung printed self-learning modules,” San Antonio said.

“Pero, ang pinu-push

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Covid-19 skin rash website criticised for lack of BAME examples

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A website dedicated to sharing images of Covid-19 related skin rashes to help doctors and patients identify whether an unusual rash might be a sign of coronavirus infection has been criticised for containing just two images of black or brown skin.

The British Association of Dermatologists’ (BAD) Covid-19 Skin Patterns website features 400 images of Covid-associated rashes, from prickly heat and chickenpox-type rashes, to raised itchy hives, and chilblain-like ‘Covid fingers and toes’. They were gathered by the Covid Symptom Study app in response to growing evidence that skin rashes are a key feature of the disease, present in around 9% of app users testing positive for Covid-19. In children they may be even more predictive, with a sixth of children experiencing a rash and no other symptoms.

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Animoto Releases Free Video Tool for Educators to Help Engage and Empower Students in the Modern Classroom

COVID-19, online schools mean kids are skipping start of school

Grand Rapids Public Library partners with 5 groups to provide internet access to students

DepEd to discourage students with smartphones, gadgets from using printed modules

Flightradar24 website Hit By Three Suspected DDoS Attacks In 48 Hours Prompting Wild Conspiracy Theories

MPSD purchases new technology for students and teachers

West Luray Recreation Center holds Wednesday study hall with computer, WiFi access for students

The Federal Government Promised Native American Students Computers and Internet. Many Are Still Waiting.

DepEd to discourage use of printed modules by students with smartphones, gadgets

Covid-19 skin rash website criticised for lack of BAME examples