I’m proud to share that the Miami Dade High School System has officially announced that they will be launching 100,000 HP and Lenovo Windows 8 devices for elementary school children along with some 7th and 9th grade students. I have been involved with the school system since starting with Microsoft in the summer, and couldn’t be more proud to see them moving in this direction! You can check out the article here
Thank you, James Quick, Microsoft
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The Miami-Dade County school district announced Thursday that it will launch a 1-to-1 computing initiative this spring, providing Hewlett Packard and Lenovo Windows 8 devices to students throughout the 350,000-student school district.
This announcement comes after a 1-to-1 computing initiative was delayed last year due to concerns about similarly ambitious efforts around the country having run into problems, perhaps most notably in the Los Angeles school district, where a highly publicized technology rollout has faced a series of setbacks.
This digital transformation will put 100,000 HP and Lenovo Windows 8 devices in the hands of elementary school children, along with select 7th and 9th grade students.
In addition to the HP and Lenovo devices, the plan calls for 10,000 interactive boards to be added to classrooms in the district. Microsoft Corp. will provide Office 365 software for all district students to use along with Skydrive, a cloud-based storage system.
Microsoft will also provide technical support to ensure that the wireless devices run education applications properly.
“This is a long-term commitment,” said Margo Day, vice president of U.S. Education for Microsoft Corp., in an interview with Education Week. “We wanted to partner with Miami-Dade County because they have an instructional model that allows students to learn in a personalized way.”
In addition to Microsoft Office software being available to all students and instructors in the district at no cost, Miami-Dade county will begin using Bing for Schools, which is an ad-free, high-security web browser. All teachers will be enrolled in Microsoft’s Partners in Learning Network where they are provided with professional development to utilize the technology in their classrooms.
“We want to play a role in helping teachers bridge the learning gap,” said Day.
“Technology, by itself, is not going to close the achievement gap between the rich and the poor, a gap that threatens so many of our minority students,” said Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho in a statement. “But when technology is used correctly, we have seen powerful results.”
Miami-Dade County is the fourth largest school system in the country. Houston and Madison, Wisc., have also made recent announcements about launching 1-to-1 computing initiatives in their school districts.
Computer Science Education Week is offering FREE on-line video tutorials to millions of students through its ‘1 Hour of Code’ initiative.
What’s an Hour of Code?
It’s a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify “code” and show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, an innovator.
Computer Science provides a foundation for virtually any career — everybody can benefit from learning the basics.
Other CSEdWeek events
Computer Science Education Week is observed each year, in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906).
The Hour of Code is just one of many different events planned for CSEdWeek. If you are a CS teacher, see our Participation Kit for CS Teachers, and if you plan a special event tell us about it so we can celebrate your hard work.
Join SherlockTech and other Internship Providers in a celebration of the NAF Summer Internship Program. SherlockTech’s own intern, Jason Becerra developed an Android App that lets job Seekers view the latest jobs available on the SherlockTech Job Board.
The event will be held at the Miami Beach Holiday Inn on Collins Ave. Please RSVP by Sep, 23.
One primary strength of this program is that it gives students a tase of the real world. Students are made aware of expectations in business environments. This may especially help students who realize they need to break bad habits before they negatively affect their career.
While most students are enjoying what’s left of their summer vacation, some students in the National Academy Foundation (NAF) Career Academy programs at Booker T. Washington, Miami Central and Miami Jackson senior high schools are learning gaming development. Students honed their technology skills using Microsoft Windows 8 and Game Maker software at a three-day training session held at Florida International University’s (FIU) state-of-the-art computer lab at its main campus.
The workshop was a partnership among Miami-Dade County Public Schools, FIU and Microsoft. The code camp training provided students with the opportunity to become not only users of computer games but also authors of gaming applications thus bridging technology and entrepreneurial thinking in classroom instruction.
NAF academies function as dynamic partnerships and collaborations between schools, teachers, administrators, business volunteers, and an active advisory board led by industry and higher education professionals. NAF Academy students complement their core academic studies with a focus on one of the following career themes: Finance, Hospitality & Tourism, Information Technology, Engineering or Health Sciences.
or more information, contact the Academy Lead Teacher at each respective school or call the School Choice & Parental Options Office at 305.995.1922 or visit http://yourchoicemiami.org
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