By Enid Doggett, Special to the AFRO The Alice and Eugene Ford Foundation and Boolean Girl announced a partnership that will bring after-school clubs teaching computer science and engineering to students at Brookland Manor and Ward 5’s Noyes Elementary. Following their Sept. 27 kickoff, the clubs offer programming for students in 3rd- 8th grades for the […]
Category: Technology
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Software Developer Launches Two Apps for Black History
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Hugh Smith, the owner of Quikthinking Software, has released new apps featuring quotes and oral histories from important Black figures. Quikthinking’s Black History Quotes Express app offers several thousand inspiring, motivational, and reflective author quotes. A second app by Quikthinking is an audio narrative app “voiced by the […]
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AFRO Now Available on Apple News
By AFRO Staff The AFRO American Newspaper is now available on Apple’s News app. The app, built into all iPhones and iPads, allows users to access news from around the world for free. The AFRO is posting news from the paper as well as news written just for our web site, afro.com. The AFRO is […]
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Miss USA Encourages Youth to Pursue STEAM Careers
By Micha Green, Washington, D.C. AFRO Editor, mgreen@afro.com Kára McCullough, a scientist turned Miss USA 2017, is encouraging students to pursue science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) careers through her newest program, “Take Flight with SE4K.” Science Exploration For Kids (SE4K) is a personally funded program of Miss USA’s that brings the basics of STEAM to […]
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Discover the Power of Unplugging
Technology has been one of my BFFs ever since I discovered its power when I logged in to the LexisNexis research service as a first-year law student at Howard University School of Law in 1986. Fast forward three decades later, my relationship with technology has blossomed into a full-blown love affair in my digital communications […]
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Maryland Must Stay Committed To Clean Energy
The oil and natural gas industry is responsible for 138,000 asthma attacks leading to over 100,000 missed school days each year for African American children nationwide. This was concluded in a groundbreaking new study by the Clean Air Task Force (CATF) and the National Advancement for Colored People (NAACP). These new findings help illustrate the […]
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Nigerian-Born Tech Entrepreneur Inks Deal with Apple to Sell Gaming Robot
Nigerian-born Englishman Silas Adekunle has raised more than $7 million to fund an innovative gaming robot that can be used, in part, to enhance science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Silas Adekunle, a native of Nigeria who moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 11, is the creator of MekaMon, an innovative […]
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D.C. Seniors Get Crash Course in Technology
Elderly residents learned how to surf the web and use and understand digital applications and devices on Nov. 9 at the FH Faunteroy Enrichment Center, in the Deanwood neighborhood in Northeast, Washington, D.C. The free event was sponsored by AT&T. About 25 residents attended the class at the center. There are plans for the two […]
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Bridging History with Digital Technology
The lines outside of the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture show no signs of dissipating, with online ticket reservations secured through January 2017. For those who wish to get a sneak peek or even relive the experience afterwards, a new museum app may be just the solution. Designed by Clearly […]
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Technology Can Keep Kids Learning Throughout the Summer
By William R. Roberts With summer vacation in full swing, thoughts of warm weather fun, sleeping in and spending time with friends tends to top most children’s to-do list. For too many youngsters, however, one essential activity is missing: retaining much of what they learned during the previous school year. The National Summer Learning Association […]
