Today, Verizon is celebrating 10 years of its award-winning
education initiative focused on addressing barriers to digital
inclusion: Verizon Innovative Learning. Over the last decade,
working through nonprofit partners, Verizon Innovative Learning has
committed $1 billion in market value to support digital equity and
inclusion within education for some of the most vulnerable
populations across the country. This effort is part of Citizen
Verizon, the company’s responsible business plan for economic,
environmental and social advancement; which is underpinned by using
leading edge technology to drive social impact and create lasting
change. To mark a decade of dedication to the education community,
and to honor the resilience of teachers at the end of another
challenging school year, Verizon is proud to support the first-ever
TIME Innovative Teachers Project. Chosen by a team of editors at
TIME, the list profiles 10 teachers who are changing the landscape
of education in America through innovation.
The 10 finalists of the TIME Innovative Teachers Project have
helped students with disabilities get placed in STEM careers, made
unaccompanied minor immigrants feel welcome in the U.S., connected
students around the world on video chat, planted micro-forests to
teach ways to fight climate change, and designed video game lessons
to teach anti-racism. And they have all demonstrated leadership in
their schools and teaching communities.
“We understood early on that closing the digital
skills gap in the U.S. must start in under-resourced schools.
Verizon Innovative Learning is a strategy to help solve this issue.
Our mission has never wavered and now, 10 years later, we are proud
to have reached over 1.5M students. This is an important milestone,
yet our work is far from over,” said Rose Stuckey Kirk, Chief
Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, Verizon. “We will continue
expanding and evolving this initiative to ensure that deserving
students have the tech tools and resources to become the next
generation of innovators.”
Celebrating 10 years of Verizon
Innovative Learning
Since 2012, Verizon has been working to help close
the digital divide through Verizon Innovative Learning, the
company's signature education initiative focused on helping
students develop the skills, knowledge and capabilities for future
success. Created to help foster digital inclusion, the initiative
has reached over 1.5 million students at schools across the U.S.,
including Title I schools, and provided hundreds of schools with
connectivity and next-gen technologies that bring innovative lesson
plans to life.
"My journey into tech really started with my
experience in Verizon Innovative Learning. Being part of the
program throughout middle school not only taught me about STEM and
the possibilities of tech, but also about discipline, leadership
and accountability. I now mentor young girls, while pursuing a
career in technology, because I know firsthand what a difference
learning to believe in yourself can make," said Minu Patel, Verizon
Innovative Learning alumni and current Information Science and
Technology major at Temple University.
Advancing innovation in under-resourced
classrooms
The initiative’s signature program, Verizon
Innovative Learning Schools, in partnership with long-time
nonprofit partner Digital Promise, equips students and teachers at
select Title I schools across the country with free technology
devices, internet access and innovative STEM learning programs. The
program also provides schools with extensive teacher training
focused on technology integration into the learning experience,
support and the opportunity to engage in powerful teaching and
learning strategies that leverage technology.
With the need for in-classroom tech resources
greater than ever, Verizon is continuing to expand its Verizon
Innovative Learning Schools program and will welcome 50 new Title I
schools from 11 cities across the country this fall, including
Birmingham, AL; Cleveland, OH; Fort Lauderdale, FL; and Houston, TX
- bringing the program’s reach to 561 schools nationwide. Students
and teachers at this new cohort of middle and high schools will be
equipped with devices - including tablets, laptops and hotspots,
and up to four years of data, empowering 24/7 learning in and out
of the classroom. This addition brings the program’s reach to 94
school districts across 37 states and Washington D.C., with 100% of
eligible middle schools across 35 school districts in the country
participating in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools
program.
In addition, Verizon is launching 50 new Verizon
Innovative Learning Labs in Title I schools across the country this
fall, bringing the total to 107 across 18 states, which will offer
emerging technology with a student-facing, project based
curriculum. In collaboration with non-profit partner Heart of
America and the J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation
Institute at Arizona State University, the Verizon Innovative
Learning Lab program provides students with access to robust,
hands-on curriculum and learning tools such as virtual reality (VR)
equipment, 3D printing stations, augmented reality (AR) apps and
more in a custom-designed, state-of-the-art experiential learning
environment. Verizon plans to bring 5G technology to over 100
Verizon Innovative Learning Labs within Title I schools across the
country in the coming years.
Verizon Innovative Learning HQ, next-gen
learning for all
Verizon is leveraging its decade of experience
through Verizon Innovative Learning HQ, its new, freely available
open access education portal that scales the resources of Verizon
Innovative Learning and its proven approach to integrating
technology into the classroom. The portal enables any K-12 educator
in the country to access innovative learning apps, professional
development and tailored lesson plans to empower students to be
social innovators and to create solutions using emerging tech.
Verizon Innovative Learning HQ provides next-gen learning for
students, covering a range of subjects from history to biology,
through access to the latest AR and VR education tools.
Citizen Verizon: Goal to 10 million
youths with digital skills training
Citizen Verizon empowers Verizon to deliver on its
mission to move the world forward through action by expanding
digital access and resources, protecting the climate and ensuring
people have the skills needed for jobs of the future. Through
Citizen Verizon, and the key pillar of Digital Inclusion, the
company's responsible business goals include providing 10 million
youths with digital skills training by 2030. To learn more about
Verizon's digital inclusion efforts, visit CitizenVerizon.com.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was
formed on June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s leading providers
of technology and communications services. Headquartered in New
York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated
revenues of $133.6 billion in 2021. The company offers data, video
and voice services and solutions on its award-winning networks and
platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable
network connectivity, security and control.
Verizon Innovative Learning, Verizon's award-winning education
initiative, is celebrating 10 years of addressing barriers to
digital inclusion for students and teachers. Since 2012, the
initiative has committed $1 billion in market value to support
digital equity, reaching over 1.5 million students. Verizon
Innovative Learning provides free technology, internet access and
innovative learning programs to students in under-resourced
communities - enabling students to develop the skills, knowledge
and confidence needed to build an innovative workforce of the
future. In 2021, Verizon launched Verizon Innovative Learning HQ, a
next-gen online education portal that provides free access to
immersive XR educational experiences to all educators, including
K-12 teachers, nationwide. A key initiative under Citizen Verizon,
the company’s responsible business plan for economic, environmental
and social advancement, Verizon Innovative Learning is helping to
drive the company’s goal to provide 10 million youths with digital
skills training by 2030. Learn more at CitizenVerizon.com.
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