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White Plains, NY
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New 'Digital Lab' Opens To Teach Online Skills To 17K White Plains Children Without Internet
Because internet literacy is essential to success in the 21st century, a new "digital learning lab" in Westchester County is aiming to teach these skills to children without regular access to technology. The new learning lab, opened by both the Urban League of Westchester County and AT&T, is located in White Plains at the Urban League's headquarters at 61 Mitchell Pl., and will provide computers, digital education tools, mentoring, and internet access to children across the county, according to an announcement from AT&T. The lab celebrated its grand openin…
Stamford, CT
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Stamford's Crashcode Believes Progress Starts With A Simple Line of Code
Creating a website is not rocket science. And it sure can make you more valuable as an employee. “There’s a perception that it’s hard,” said Michael McClure, a New Canaan native and founder and managing director of Stamford-based Crashcode, a nonprofit coding bootcamp looking to up the digital literacy quotient of Fairfield County. “When you write your first line of code, it opens up your mind and you think, ‘I can do this.’ People shouldn’t be daunted by it.” McClure certainly wasn’t. A political science and philosophy major in college, he taught himself coding when he decided to launch h…
