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  • How Orange County's Visual Arts World is Coping with the Coronavirus

    May 22, 2020 |

    Voice of OC |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Some arts organizations in Orange County, CA have found creative ways to deal with Covid-19 closures by bringing their collections online, creating digital programming, and reaching out to new audiences. For example, the Muckenthaler Cultural Center hands out weekly art kits to kids and seniors and reports donation support from an entirely new group of donors. Others have taken the opportunity to create new content and bring their collections online to engage with those stuck at home of all ages. Not all have been able to withstand the Covid-related closures and many art galleries have closed down for good.

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  • Need a Quran teacher? There's an AI for that

    May 20, 2020 |

    Religion News Service |

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    Response Location: United States

    An AI app is potentially eliminating the need for Quran teachers by offering precise feedback to those who are learning to recite or memorize the holy book of Islam. Tarteel uses machine learning technology to enable speech recognition, allowing it to test users' knowledge of the Quran and to receive feedback on recitation without a teacher. The tool can identify mistakes and has a memorization mode, only revealing words as they are recited. Building such an accurate tool "requires a vast data set to train a deep neural network" so users who opt in are crowdsourcing the data set needed to power Tarteel.

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  • Quarantine campuses: With dorms shut and class online, students DIY college life

    May 18, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    Colleges across the nation suspended in-person classes due to the coronavirus, but it also meant suspending campus life—a classic staple of the American college experience. Students innovated by creating their own version of dorm life and activities by setting up "satellite dorms,” either close to campus or places they could quarantine and study together, and staying in contact through various different social apps. But the biggest lesson for students and faculty was “The powerful role incidental and impromptu interactions play in the college experience—and how hard it is to replace them.”

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  • Teaching model ‘flips' traditional classroom in Arizona

    May 15, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    In Arizona, several schools are flipping the traditional format of school on its head; at home, students watch recorded lessons and then, during the day in the classroom, they work through homework. Advocates believe the approach allows for more collaborative and engaging learning, while critics don't believe the approach has shown improved results.

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  • Utec desarrolló laboratorios de realidad virtual y remotos para continuar con las clases

    May 14, 2020 |

    La Diaria |

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    Response Location: Uruguay, Montevideo

    La Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay continúa sus clases prácticas de Energías Renovables y Mecatrónica con laboratorios de realidad virtual, en medio de la crisis causada por la pandemia. Desde casa, los estudiantes usan los laboratorios vacíos y realizan ejercicios virtuales gracias a la tecnología VR. Alrededor del 95% de los estudiantes continúan su año universitario normal.

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  • 'How Can I Help You?' Schools Try To Reach Students Struggling With Mental Health During Coronavirus

    May 13, 2020 |

    LAist |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Los Angeles Unified school district has shifted how it’s helping to support students’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. By opening up a mental health hotline, they are able to connect students and their families with members of the Crisis Counseling and Intervention Services Unit to help provide emotional guidance and support. Since opening, they’ve already served over 3,500 individuals and are working to develop plans for long-term support.

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  • Teletrabajo en barrios populares: una red de escuelas genera empleos digitales en plena cuarentena

    May 13, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

    Una iniciativa digital argentina está formando / educando a adolescentes y adultos jóvenes en una variedad de trabajos digitales durante la crisis de COVID-19. Se centran en jóvenes de barrios desfavorecidos. La mayoría de esta población depende de trabajos informales y vive día a día. Su economía se ve fuertemente afectada por la crisis, pero estos "nuevos" trabajos digitales pueden ser sus soluciones desde casa.

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  • A Virtual Landscape-Architecture Camp Introduces Girls to Careers They Didn't Even Know Existed

    May 13, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, South Bend, Indiana

    An Indiana-based architect started a virtual camp for elementary school-aged girls focused on the lesser-known field of landscape architecture. The weekly virtual lessons work by explaining the career and concepts of landscape architecture through fun relatable activities, and feature lectures from women working in the field. The architect leading the camp hopes the camp will engage young girls to participate in their community and introduce them to a potential career, one which is in need of more diverse perspectives.

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  • Closed-down Maine schools are still serving students meals

    May 13, 2020 |

    Bangor Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    The rate of food insecurity has increased during the pandemic, and elementary schools in Maine are doing their part to make sure as many families as possible have access to meals. Some schools have given teachers and staff designated routes to deliver food to door steps, others set up times that parents can drive to the school or designated sites to pick up daily meals and didn't require students picking up food to be enrolled in the district. The goal is to make food as easy to get to for hundreds of students and their families, while keeping everyone safe.

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  • Décrochage scolaire : à Toulouse, la mobilisation s'organise

    May 11, 2020 |

    Médiacités |

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    Response Location: France

    Depuis le début de la crise sanitaire, des centaines de milliers d'enfants auraient été « perdus » par leurs enseignants, d’après le ministre de l’Éducation. Malgré le manque d’équipements informatiques ou les difficultés des élèves à travailler à la maison, des professeurs, associations et bénévoles sont en partie parvenus à maintenir le lien.

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