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News Apr 05, 2018
Pasadena High School student Anthony Viloria, 11th Grade, examines his new Sprint hot spot device.- Photo by Terry Miller/Beacon Media News
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Pasadena High School student Anthony Viloria, 11th Grade, examines his new Sprint hot spot device.- Photo by Terry Miller/Beacon Media News
By Terry Miller
Starting early 2018, Pasadena Unified School District started the 1:1 Tech Equity Take Home Program which afforded middle and high school students the opportunity to check out a Chromebook to use both at home and at school. PUSD is committed to preparing students for their future and believes that this objective cannot be accomplished without the use of technology.
The Tech Equity program provides our students with opportunities to leverage technology for learning both at home and at school and ensures that all participating students have equitable access to digital learning resources. It is our goal that students will learn to: access digital resources where and when they need them; proficiently and safely use information, media, and technology to succeed in a digital world; communicate with peers, teachers, and appropriate resources beyond the schoolhouse in support of learning; learn, share, collaborate and create to think and solve problems; manage work, equipment, resources, and timelines to lead to accomplishment; and take ownership of goals and apply resources to reach them.
The latest in this endeavor is a partnership with Sprint to get students access to the internet where they not be able to.
On Tuesday, PUSD officials started handing out nearly 1300 of these devices that will allow students who would otherwise not have internet access, to do homework and other studies online.
“It’s an amazing opportunity for not only our students but for the students of Pasadena Unified School District. This partnership will help us close the digital divide that many of our students face on a day to day basis and with these hotspots, be able to bridge that gap,” said Pasadena High School Principal Robert Hernandez.
Sprint hopes to help one million high school students who do not have Internet access at home reach their full potential by giving them free high-speed Internet access.
Pasadena Unified is one of 118 school districts involved in the program.
