Youth AppLab Using Crowdfunding to Send African-American Students to 3rd Annual Digital Media and Learning Conference
Youth tech program based in Washington, D.C., Youth AppLab help African- American middle and high school students learn and master computer programming skills. Last year, two students attended the Digital Media and Learning Conference in San Francisco, Cali. to showcase their app development skill and this year they need help to send even more students to [...]
Read MoreSanDisk Offering $1 Million in STEM Scholarships to Minorities
More money is available for minority students pursuing degrees in science, tech, engineering, and math. Last month, The SanDisk Foundation created a special fund totaling $1 million to offer students up to $10,000 towards a college education. The need-based scholarships aimed towards women, Latinos and African-Americans will help those in high school as well as [...]
Read MoreWhy Digital Media Should Be Part of Primary and Secondary Education
There have been complaints about children and teens misuse of social networking sites. Typically in school when someone doesn’t know how to do something correctly, it is taught to them. Why is social media any different? Social media and multimedia have changed drastically in just a few years. Today 95% of all teens ages 12-17 [...]
Read MoreTrustAfrica Creates Project to Support Innovation in African Education
Innovation is a concept spreading across the continent of Africa. TrustAfrica is working on a project called “The Learning Innovation Fund” to financially support local organizations in Senegal, Malli, Uganda, and Kenya to help improve literacy and numeracy skills through mobile libraries and other innovative learning approaches. TrustAfrica is a public foundation that strives to secure [...]
Read MoreDigital Learning Day: Help Bring Innovation and Technology Into the Classroom
Many school districts across the country are slowly trying to transition classrooms into innovative, tech- savvy learning environments, but there are a lot more schools that have yet to step into this space. Digital Learning Day was created to give educators, parents, and studens the extra push to make it happen. Digital Learning Day is [...]
Read MoreWhy College is the Best Place to Build a Startup
Typically when people think of entrepreneurs, they don’t automatically think of college students, but they should. College is the best time to think big and execute ideas, especially when hustle and grind is naturally part of the curriculum. There are three core reasons why college is the best place to build a startup: The resources [...]
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