The Digital Access Divide

News stories: COVID Pill, Bird of the Year, Supply Chains

Host: Bailey Cornell. Audience: Students learning about the news and educators planning a lesson. Show notes: 1. New pill to treat the COVID-19. Merk and Pfizer have created them. Pfizer saw 89% improvement while Merk saw 50%. 2. Bird of the Year was actually a bat. He is the long-tailed bat called Pepapeka-tou-Ria. He is the size of an adults thumb and can fly as fast as 35 mph. 3. Supply chain shortages are on the rise. There are broken links in the chain such as transportation, production, and distribution. This is happening becuase the pandemic caused businesses to shut down. Quiz. Q1: What were the two companies who made a COVID pill? A. Moderna and Pfizer. B. Pfizer and Biotech. C. Pfizer and Merk. D. Merk and Venus. Q2: How fast could the “bird” of the year fly? A. 20mph. B. 35mph. C. 1mph. D. 100mph. Q3: Why is there a supply chain shortage. A. Pandemic. B. People don’t like their jobs. C. Actual broken metal chains. D. Improperly stored vaccines.

The Digital Access Divide

The host of this podcast is Bailey Cornell. This podcast is for educators and administrators who are interested in making the educational system more equitable for their students. Today we will be approaching this topic in light of digital accessibility. Listeners can come away from this podcast knowing more about factors that play a role in students’ education and digital access. Listeners will also come away knowing some practical areas in their school to address that can help create a more equitable educational environment and specific steps they can implement in their school to close the digital access divide. Finally listeners will gain a useful new resource for their students at the end of the episode. Resource Links: The Digital Divide and Educational Equity - https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/R1698-digital-divide-2018-08.pdf What it Takes to Build a Truly Equitable Education System - https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-new/what-it-takes-build-truly-equitable-education-system Power Up! Helping to Close the Digital Divide - https://www.academy.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb15/vol72/num05/Helping-to-Close-the-Digital-Divide.aspx Bonus Resource - https://www.everyoneon.org/