Rep. Joe Kennedy on Tuesday night took aim at one of Sen. Ed Markey’s signature bills, the Telecommunications Act of 1996, arguing too many families still cannot afford cable service or access broadband at a time of confusion and concerns for public health as teachers and parents grapple with COVID-19 […]
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Student’s Laptop Catches Fire During Remote School Class, Warning Issued to Parents
A North Carolina school system has issued a warning to parents after a student’s Chromebook laptop caught fire. In an email, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools district said parents should not leave laptops plugged in and unsupervised for long periods of time, particularly overnight. © Ethan Miller/Getty Images Goolsby Elementary School […]
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89% of Nigerian parents use their gadgets to entertain their child when they travel: Kaspersky on tendencies of parenting in a digital age [ARTICLE]
According to the “Responsible Digital Parenting” survey 1 , 89% of the parents in Nigeria use their gadgets to entertain their child when they travel. Furthermore, 33% of the respondents try to calm down their children with the help of devices and 22% aim to gain some spare time for […]
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Dan River Region parents split on decision to start schools in virtual mode | Local News
“Until we actually turned in that [registration form], I went just back and forth because you do also worry about the health aspects of it, obviously,” she said. “But I just feel like my kids are also at an age where they understand, they can social distance, they will wear […]
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Teachers, students, parents told not to sell gadgets provided by Manila city gov’t
Teachers and students, as well as their parents, were told not to sell the gadgets and connectivity devices that the Manila city government lent them to equip them for the blended distant learning set-up. Division of City Schools (DCS)-Manila Superintendent Maria Magdalena Lim said the teachers and students have to […]