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Hopeworks Mixes Tech and Life Skills in Camden

Donna Liu

January 30, 2019 |

CivicStory |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

An organization in New Jersey called Hopeworks combines trauma-informed practices with career and life-readiness skill-learning. Teens who enter the program are equipped with a team of mentors (academic and life) to help guide them along the way, and they have a range of classes teaching tech skills such as web design or data management. Students testify to the importance of the community and the self-confidence it builds.

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How This Southern City Is Making Tech Work for People

Audrey F. Henderson

January 09, 2019 |

Next City |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

Successful public private collaborations promote civic innovations that add value to communities. Programs that bring together nonprofits, tech start-ups, universities, and city leaders are helping Birmingham, Alabama, emerge as a model city for tech innovation in the region. Initiatives such as Innovate Brigham and the NHabitBham housing database use grants from the city and federal government, and donations from other partners to fund collaborations. While empowering residents by gathering and providing access to data on the wellbeing of Birmingham’s communities, these programs also add value to the city.

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Finland's grand AI experiment

Janosch Delcker

January 02, 2019 |

Politico |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Finland, Helinski

The government of Finland is positioning its country as the leader in practical applications of Artificial Intelligence technology by providing its citizens with a free course. Recognizing the potential in AI technology, and the coming shifts in the global economy that will favor countries well versed in these technologies, the government has partnered with the University of Helsinki and a consulting agency named Reaktor to develop the free course. “We’ll never have so much money that we will be the leader of artificial intelligence. But how we use it — that’s something different," says one minister.

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This course helps former prisoners learn the tech they missed in jail

Eillie Anzilotti

December 06, 2018 |

FastCompany |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Most prisoners don’t have access to computer, in order to bridge the digital divide the Prisoner Reentry Institute is offering a free course called Tech 101 to former prisoners who served long sentences. People are taught things like how to set up Google accounts, navigating Microsoft Office, and social media. “Once you learn the basics, you really start feeling good about yourself, especially when you learn enough that you can start helping others.”

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How you can get a low cost computer in CLE

Homa Bash

December 05, 2018 |

WEWS-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Since launching in October, PCs for People have collected, refurbished, and distributed at an affordable cost to hundreds of people. They have also distributed hot spots to libraries for patrons to check out.

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More girls, African-Americans enroll in AP computer science. Why that matters.

Elena Weissmann

November 09, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

At a Boston high school, a targeted approach to attract a diverse student body to computer science courses is showing signs of success. By implementing a "computer science-heavy curriculum," and applying the technology to the student's own interests, the diversity of the school is now reflected in the diversity of those enrolled in the courses.

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Students analyze rap lyrics with code in digital humanities class

Tara Garcia Mathewson

October 18, 2018 |

The Hechinger Report |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

As more states have added computer science courses to required education standards, teachers are taking creative approaches to integrating computer science into traditional subjects such as music and social studies. “When I think about entering a digital future, it’s simply understanding how machines work on a conceptual level and understanding what they can do," one high school English teacher says.

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A rural Montana district goes all in on makerspaces

Tara Garcia Mathewson

October 11, 2018 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Havre, Montana

A coalition of philanthropic and professional development organizations are partnering with a rural Montana school district to provide donated hardware and software and professional development training. By developing "makerspaces," the initiative aims to ensure students and teachers learn tech literacy, a skillset many of their urban and suburban counterparts take for granted.

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IPads for the elderly — the London loan scheme fighting digital exclusion

Siobhan McKenna

September 21, 2018 |

Apolitical |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: England, London

In London, the residents who have never accessed the internet are disproportionately disabled, elderly, or otherwise marginalized but a new approach by the Mayor's office, supported by results from pilot programs in the city, is looking to change that. Allowing people to rent tablets, and training people to use them and the internet, along with a deliberate effort to convince users of the utility of the digital world, has been shown to be an effective way to reduce isolation and boost quality of life.

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Big Tech's Newest Experiment in Criminal-Justice Reform

Alexis C. Madrigal

August 29, 2018 |

The Atlantic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Building on the Last Mile program that teaches inmates to code in some California prisons, Slack launched an apprenticeship program for the formerly incarcerated. It's a small initiative compared to the vast need, but organizers hope other companies will join the effort. While Last Mile graduates have stayed out of prison, it's been challenging for them to find actual coding jobs and critics say the effort does not addresses systemic issues around incarceration.

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