The Verizon Wireless Mobile Learning Lab pulls up twice a week in front of the school to offer academic help. “I have not really seen it anywhere else. I like that our school is being different and participating in the program,” said Dasha Hicks, … See all stories on this topic » ABC2 News
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Mobile Learning Lab helps students make big steps in academics
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Verizon Wireless is one step closer to building a cellular communications tower on property at Colts Neck High School after winning an appeal on Jan. 17 against a decision made by the Colts Neck Zoning Board of Adjustment. read more
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Court rules in favor of Verizon for cell tower
PHILADELPHIA – For students from Conestoga High School in Berwyn, a recent visit to Maysie’s Farm Conservation Center in Glenmoore was more than just a typical field trip. It was a hands-on lesson in environmental sustainability where, through the center’s Down to Earth Farming program, students learned about filtering soil, planting seeds and picking vegetables, and how to be responsible stewards of the environment.
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Eight Pennsylvania Nonprofits Receive $72,500 in Grants From Verizon to Support Sustainability Initiatives
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Dr. Chris Dede, the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is encouraging teachers to embrace mobile learning devices to effectively engage more students, especially those who struggle with conventional instruction.
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Harvard Professor Chris Dede Encourages Teachers to Embrace Mobile Learning Devices to Engage More Students
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Saints offensive tackle Zach Strief visited Lusher Charter School on Tuesday (Nov. 15) to lead a session of Training Camps for Life, a partnership of the National Football League Players Association, A CALL TO MEN and the Verizon Foundation, to educate students about teen relationship violence.
TINTON FALLS, N.J. – The Shore Center for Students with Autism is expanding a special program that will create the environment of a small town to teach children at the school the basic skills they need to function in everyday life. The expanded program, aided by an $8,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation, will be a model for other counties to emulate.
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Verizon Provides $8,000 Grant to Help Expand County Magnet School Program That Teaches Life Skills tor Children With Autism
On Thursday, October 20th at 1:45pm, Jefferson Elementary School will begin Phase1 of this project when a group of 5th grade students will receive Dell mini-laptops with Verizon Wireless broadband cards and a separate group of 4th grade students will … See all stories on this topic »
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New Rochelle's Jefferson Elementary School to Implement "Learning On-The-Go"
MILWAUKEE – One thousand teenage boys from Alexander Hamilton High School in Milwaukee gathered on Tuesday (Oct. 18) for Training Camps for Life, a partnership of the National Football League Players Association, A CALL TO MEN and the Verizon Foundation.
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1,000 Teenage Boys in Milwaukee Pledge to End Relationship Violence
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