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  • Texas Teacher Takes Her Students On A Road Trip Through U.S. History — Remotely

    September 11, 2020 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Students taking AP U.S. History at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, may have been limited in their ability to attend in-person classes, but their teacher decided to supplement their lessons by taking on a 15-day virtual road trip across the U.S. to see the places often mentioned in their textbooks. Cathy Cluck traveled as far as the east coast to show students historic sites like Jamestown, Gettysburg, the Lincoln Memorial, and many others.

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  • Women Data Scientists Created GPS-Driven App to Help Kenya Keep Covid-19 Numbers Low

    September 11, 2020 |

    Zenger News |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Kenya

    Women in GIS Kenya created a digital tool that helps the government track the number of Covid-19 cases, recoveries, and confirmed deaths, as well as the number of tests administered. The online database combines a survey that assesses a person's symptoms with cellphone GPS data to create a map of current hot spots and recommend treatment locations. The government credits the tool, which can also predict high-risk areas vulnerable to future outbreaks, with helping to keep Kenya's COVID-19-related deaths relatively low compared to other countries. The tool is popular among younger, tech-savvy populations.

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  • Online Art Keeps Bosnia's Isolated Seniors Connected in Pandemic

    September 09, 2020 |

    Balkan Insight |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Before the coronavirus pandemic, Our Bridge in Bosnia provided services to seniors to combat social isolation. Despite having to shut down in-person classes due to the pandemic, both groups now use online art and music classes to reach people who are isolated and at risk of depression. The group joined with the Serbian association, Art Aparat, to offer singing, art, and handicraft classes by video. In person connections are preferred and missed, but the group adapted to changing circumstances to provide even more isolated seniors with social connections, and the partnership allows for cultural exchanges.

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  • Remote Learning Progress Report: Broadband proves to be major issue

    September 08, 2020 |

    Concord Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Rochester School District previously used hotspots on buses to help students traveling to extracurricular events, but once the pandemic showed how many families were struggling to stay virtually connected, the buses were turned into traveling hotspots for different neighborhoods. The district was able to get all but 20% of its student population connected and is looking for more ways to minimize the digital divide.

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  • Seniors Struggle With Isolation In The Pandemic. Here's How Some Organizations Are Trying To Help.

    September 07, 2020 |

    WBEZ |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated how seniors are able to come together for companionship, but groups in Illinois are trying to utilize technology to address the problem. While the digital divide is a significant limitation to this approach, some seniors say "they are having new experiences, meeting new people and that their world has actually expanded since COVID-19."

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  • Telemedicine and Montana's digital divide

    September 03, 2020 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Orlando, Florida

    What started as a small group of young adults wanting to help their aging parents navigate telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic, is now a multi-state program that provides devices to seniors and low-income people as a way to close the digital divide. The group has grown to over 300 volunteers and partners with local health care providers, who in turn help their patients set up their new devices provided by the organization.

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  • Stranded Aussies mapped in project aimed at removing the cap

    September 01, 2020 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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    Response Location: Australia

    Stranded overseas for more than half a year by border closings because of the pandemic, Australians flocked to a new mapping tool that tells the story of their plight. Remove the Cap website attracted more than 600 users in more than 30 countries in just its first week online, all of whom posted their photo and the story of their inability to return home. It’s too soon to tell if the site can succeed in easing the government’s cap on the number of returnees, but in the meantime it provides a platform for frustrated citizens who want their stories told.

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  • COVID goes to college

    September 01, 2020 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Missoula, Montana

    Universities across the U.S. are looking to different testing techniques to decrease the likelihood of Covid-19 spreads on campuses. At the University of Arizona dorm wastewater is tested regularly to determine if students in a specific building need to be tested and isolated. The University of Illinois uses a saliva test to screen students and staff for the virus and either approves or denies access to school buildings via a smartphone app based on each person's test results, or denies access altogether if no test was taken.

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  • Communities Are Trying To Help Working Parents Who Face A Child Care Gap

    August 31, 2020 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    School districts and cities are creating learning hubs, or learning centers, to provide students with remote learning and access to Wi-Fi. The hubs are free, low-cost, or subsided. The hubs are a necessary alternative for working parents who don’t have access to childcare or the internet at home.

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  • Rural California Transit Agency Reinvents Itself During COVID

    August 31, 2020 |

    Governing |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    The coronavirus pandemic drastically reduced the ridership of the Monterey-Salinas Transit District, so the system shifted services to help the mostly rural community it serves. Despite cash-flow problems, unused drivers and vehicles helped Meals on Wheels deliver 8,000 meals to seniors and persons with disabilities, wi-fi-enabled commuter buses parked in rural areas to provide hot spots for students, and the system donated unused vehicles to groups serving veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and at-risk youth. The system continues to adjust to rapidly changing circumstances.

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