Getting kids interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is always on our minds at Neustar. We know first-hand that technology isn’t simply a portal to entertainment; it’s a pathway to the jobs that will offer a rewarding future and will power future innovations. This week, we participated in two events that are helping [...]
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Neustar and EverFi Certify 150+ Students in Leesburg Virginia
Last week, we celebrated the My Digital LifeSM certification of 174 middle school students at Smarts Mill Middle School in Loudoun County, Virginia. This online program powered by EverFi, Inc., uses leading-edge instructional design, rich media and game-like simulations to educate students and empower them with the skills necessary to leverage technology safely and effectively. [...]
My Digital Life: Leveraging Technology to Spark an Interest in STEM
Today, Neustar announced that we are bringing My Digital Life—a digital literacy program that teaches kids about technology and how to use it responsibly—to middle and high schools throughout California. As a technology company, we know how important tools such as social media and smart phones have become in our daily lives. We know their [...]
My Digital Life Certifies 100+ as New Digital Citizens
Last week, over 100 students at Mason County Intermediate School in Maysville, Kentucky successfully completed our My Digital LifeSM program, powered by EverFi, Inc. This online program, which we launched in January, uses leading-edge instructional design, rich media and game-like simulations to educate students and empower them with the skills necessary to leverage technology safely [...]
Neustar Celebrates Digital Citizenship at Stone Bridge High School
Last week, we celebrated the certification of 23 students in Mr. Dave Palanzi’s Computer Information Systems class at Stone Bridge High School in Loudoun County, Virginia; the very first class to certify in our My Digital LifeSM platform, powered by EverFi, Inc. This online program, which we launched in January, uses leading-edge instructional design, rich [...]
STEM: Virginia Leaders Stress Student Readiness
Today, in an opinion piece in the Roanoke Times entitled “Online partnership points to future success,” Governor Robert F. McDonnell and U.S. Senator Mark Warner called for creative public-private partnerships to help prepare Virginia students for jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). They pressed the need for bridging the digital knowledge divide to [...]
Digital Literacy and STEM Go Hand in Hand
Here’s a staggering statistic. Last summer, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a report stating they expect job opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math—typically called ‘STEM’ fields—to grow by 17 percent by 2018 [PDF]. Sadly, current predictions state that American-educated workers will fill only a small number of those available jobs. But this does [...]
My Digital Life Kentucky Launch
Last week, we announced that we’re partnering with EverFi, Inc., a leading education technology company, to provide an innovative, online student experience to all Kentucky schools interested in teaching and certifying their students in digital literacy skills and responsibility. Entitled “My Digital Life,” the program is designed to teach kids how to be better online [...]
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Kid Tested, Teacher Approved: My Digital Life Works
Monday, I had the privilege of helping about 70 middle school students celebrate their completion of the My Digital Life program. I, along with Alexandria County Public Schools Superintendent Morton Sherman and EverFi CEO Tom Davidson, visited Francis C. Hammond Middle School in Alexandria, Va., to give the students certificates of completion and hear them [...]