Roar of support for students in need of e-learning aid

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TWENTY-FIVE Lions Club chapters (Region 1 and 2) have pledged to support Penang’s e-learning programme meant to provide underprivileged students with digital learning devices. A sub-task force set up for the ‘E-Refurbishing to E-Learning Computer Programme’ has been tasked to give continuous supply of used computers or laptops to deserving […]

KHOU, Comp-U-Dopt virtual telethon | khou.com

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There are an estimated 50,000 students in the Houston area who are lacking the basic tools they need to do their schoolwork from home. HOUSTON — Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, learning from home has become the new norm for tens of thousands of Houston students. The technology gap […]

Wildfires Set School Plans Ablaze For More Than 70,000 Students

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Already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, schools in rural areas like Bonny Doon must now contend with wildfires and related problems like blackouts, poor air quality and damaged internet infrastructure. Kristie Summerrill immediately began texting her kindergartners’ parents to check if they were safe as the CZU Lightning Complex fires […]

How We Ran a Student Hackathon Online — THE Journal

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Coding How We Ran a Student Hackathon Online This education provider that teaches students to code ran its first hackathon virtually and drew more than a hundred young participants in a two-day event. The Coronavirus-induced lockdown has not only made the classroom go digital, but also onsite events too, such […]

Roanoke City Public Schools readies for virtual first day as district grows short on laptops | Education

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Virtual learning for elementary students will be structured throughout the day, according to Executive Director for K–5 Education Greg Johnston. This will include multiple synchronous and independent learning periods, along with breaks, lunch, recess and office hours. The independent learning blocks will involve structure and can also involve contact with […]

School program enhances computer skills

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Dampier Primary School is taking part in an inaugural Scitech program aimed to develop students’ computing and information and communications technology (ICT) capabilities. Scitech’s Future Computing Program was launched this year at Dampier Primary School and involves students using a Raspberry Pi which is an educational computing kit. Students assemble […]

Di-No Computers

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  Di-No’s Monthly Tech Note     With the onset of the Corona Virus, the “bad guys” think they have a “green light” to take advantage of people. We are seeing many customers coming in with malware, fake purchases from fraudulent marketers, and intrusions into their private data. Please be […]

Computer Definition & Meaning | What is a Computer?

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Main » TERM » C » By Vangie Beal A computer is a programmable machine. The two principal characteristics of a computer are: It responds to a specific set of instructions in a well-defined manner and it can execute a prerecorded list of instructions (a program). Modern Computers Defined Modern […]