January 5, 2021 In preparation for National Computer Science Education Week and Hour of Code, Argonne collaborated with Chicago Public Schools to help students learn more about STEM education and careers. Image by Argonne National Laboratory. The U.S. Department of Energy’s ( DOE ) Argonne National Laboratory celebrated this year’s National Computer Science Education Week (December 7 - 11 , 2020 ) by hosting multiple virtual engagement events leading up to National Week of Coding and ending with researchers virtually visiting classrooms for National Hour of Code Week. Through these events, world-class scientists at Argonne and DOE ’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, as well as University of Chicago students, shared their amazing science with Chicago Public Schools ( CPS ) students.
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Speaking about the unlimited data, Elaine Carey, Chief Commercial Officer, at Three UK said: “Education is crucial for everyone in society and it is vital no child misses out. Three UK wants to support those families that need access to connectivity to support their child’s learning needs during the pandemic”.
This latest EE and Three updates follow a similar idea from Vodafone.
The UK network launched a programme late last year which is giving free connectivity to 250,000 children across the UK.
Schools can order the data SIMs to give to pupils who find it difficult to access education from home because they don’t have the right connectivity. Each SIM has a 30GB data allowance valid for 90 days.
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With the UK once again plunged into a national lockdown, now could be a very good time to remember a hidden feature buried on your Sky Q box. Late last year, the satellite TV firm announced the launch of the FIIT app on its service which offers an easy way to get some heart-pumping exercise without needing to leave the house. With gyms shut for the foreseeable future, this could be the perfect tonic after all the excesses of Christmas and New Year.
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Nurul Shahidatul Afzan Zainal, 37, who was on bail pending the appeal hearing, was ordered by the court to start her jail sentence today.
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Towards the start of March Microsoft Teams had 32million daily active users.
But this user number jumped by almost 40 percent in the space of a week as more offices and schools moved to remote working or learning.
And, at last count in October, Microsoft said Teams was hitting 115million daily active users - around three and a half times the user numbers Teams was recording in March.
When they announced these latest user numbers Microsoft said: When the pandemic first instigated a global shift to remote work, videoconferencing emerged as an immediate solution to work-from-home restrictions. But as the initial era of remote everything has given way to durable, hybrid models of work and learning, we’ve entered a new digital age that is completely transforming how we work and learn today and for the next decade. To connect, collaborate, and create in this new world of work whether that be at home or school, in the office or in firstline industries like healthca