HP Inc. today announced HP Turn to Learn, a new program that will
deliver educational content curated from leading scientific,
publishing and media companies to support teachers and students in
the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. HP is partnering with TIME for
Kids, Britannica and NASA on the program, which will focus on
providing critical resources to Title I school districts and
underserved students across the United States.
In addition to HP Turn to Learn, HP also announced a series of
school district donations, partnerships and new blended learning
programs globally to respond to COVID-19. The new programs
underscore HP’s goal to enable better learning outcomes for 100
million people by 2025 through global educational programs,
equipment donations and on-demand learning tech.
“A student’s right to education should not be contingent on
where they live or their family’s income. We must find creative new
ways for teachers and students to connect from a distance – because
while this pandemic is creating hardship for so many around the
world right now, we cannot afford to let it hold back the
generation that will shape our future,” said Enrique Lores, HP
President and CEO. “As we mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day
this week, it’s an opportunity to reflect on the world around us
and how we’re tackling the greatest threats facing society. Whether
we’re helping to fight COVID-19 or climate change, it’s in our
collective interest to work together on shared solutions,” said
Lores.
As teachers, kids and families experience greater need for
educational content, HP has supported TIME for Kids in
removing the paywall from their digital content and will ensure
printed classroom materials – textbooks, workbooks and other
paper-based assignments – will immediately get into the hands of
students. The program will ensure K-Grade 3 learners in select
school districts will have access to TIME for Kids, Britannica and
NASA for the rest of the school year, with the program expanding to
K-12 soon.
HP and leading partners are turning to immediate action to close
the homework and digital access gap. TIME for Kids has launched a
free digital library to bring the trusted in-classroom
publication to homes for the first time and to provide free and
global access to issues of TIME for Kids and other news
literacy resources for the remainder of the school year.
NASA’s content is geared towards planet-saving lessons around
environmental conservation and stewardship. Britannica has
created a number of resources including virtual lessons, home
activities, tools for administrators and advice for parents.
HP announces HP Turn to Learn
As schools remain closed due to COVID-19, parents, teachers and
students have been thrust into a time of remote teaching and
learning. While free digital content remains incredibly useful, it
eludes those affected by the “homework gap” – meaning, those
students lacking the connectivity or device access to complete
schoolwork at home. This gap in access is particularly critical for
the youngest learners, grades K-3, when their foundational learning
and fundamental skills are just being established. Bridging this
gap – particularly during this time of COVID-19 – is the primary
objective of this collaboration. The packets will be printed
on-demand through the HP Piazza Platform, and delivered to support
blended learning at Title I school districts and underserved
students across the United States.
By converting digital content to printed booklets, all students
will have equal access to materials focused on STEM and
environmental topics. HP, in collaboration with Command
Companies will offer printed content free of charge, culled from
various publishers, to as many US-based K-3 students as
possible. To do this, several publishers have committed to create
and provide content free of charge. HP is providing the HP Piazza
Platform and order processing at no cost to school districts and is
providing an in-kind donation of ink to the print service provider
that will be printing the booklets. HP will also partner with
leading U.S. paper mills to offer an in-kind donation of paper.
It’s important to note that no partner stands to make a profit from
this initiative – rather, it’s being structured to cover all
associated hard costs, including labor and logistics. HP will also
work with UPS on free delivery to the participating school
districts.
HP Foundation
The HP Foundation has contributed $3M grants in total. $1M
to support affected communities with critical medical supplies, and
its board has approved an additional $2M in grants for COVID-19
relief. The HP Foundation is focused on devoting significant
resources to support community response efforts over the coming
weeks and months and will be working with both global and local
partners to prioritize actions that will have the greatest impact.
It will also direct students to the free courses on HP LIFE tied to
business skills, marketing and entrepreneurship and match up to $4M
this year in HP employee donations to any eligible charity.
Community donations
HP has also committed to distribute $5M in product donations
supporting Education, SMB and Healthcare entities in
underprivileged and underserved communities around the world.
Products include laptops, printers, displays and paper. HP has also
contributed financially to the HBCUvc’s Student Relief Fund while
connecting HBCU students to HP’s learning program, HP LIFE and
BeChangeMaker.
HP LIFE, a free program of the HP Foundation that offers modules
to support skills around entrepreneurship and business development
is expanding intro sessions to specifically support teacher and
learners, a response to increased demand. In addition, HP is also
teaming up with the Global Business Coalition for
Education to provide equipment to students impacted with
schools closures with Comp-U-Dopt in Houston, Chicago and
Dallas, and distributing new Chromebooks for Safe Horizon’s
shelters, which support children living in domestic violence
shelters in New York City. Additionally, HP is teaming up with the
Oakland Unified School District to provide equipment, supplies and
HP Turn to Learn content to support remote teaching and
learning.
Global partnership momentum
In China, HP and Rise English have jointly built a home
education ecosystem in China to create a one-stop platform that
conveniently convert online education content into paper texting
for children’s learning. As the first step of cooperation, HP and
Rise jointly launched a “Learning at Home” educational printer
package, including a HP Smart Tank 518 printer, Rise English online
courses and live broadcast courses, as well as a customized online
learning kit. This partnership will provide convenient hardware
support and rich high-quality content for home learning.
HP also announced the launch of the BeOnline program, an
education initiative designed to bring together partners and
resources to support remote and distance learning. To date, this
program has been rolled out in France, Italy, Spain, Middle East,
Turkey and Africa.
HP India has partnered with India-based Interactive Education
company Gamooz Interactive Solutions Pvt. Ltd. to provide access of
educational content to its customers, from worksheets to 2D
Augmented Reality content supported by the Gamooz app to make
learning more engaging and fun. HP and Gamooz will also create a
community in which educators and students can jointly discuss
educational content, problems and solutions.
PC Donations Through HP Refresh
HP created HP Refresh, a new program and free
solution that uses technology and a Community Activation Playbook
to help quickly get remote learning devices to the students who
need them. HP Refresh will make sure students can keep learning
during this challenging time by helping communities upgrade older
PCs that are considered outdated or underpowered. It does this by
providing free software that safely wipes and reimages older HP or
non-HP PCs with a Linux operating system, web browser, and a web
conferencing application, turning older PCs into browser-based
remote learning devices and builds around a Community Activation
Playbook that empowers local organizations and families to help
safely and securely collect, update and distribute the PCs to
students in their communities.
Print, Play & Learn Platform
HP is also partnering with other publishing leaders in education
to provide hundreds of free printable activities as families
transition to life at home. With parents concerned about the
effects of shelter-in-place on elementary education in particular,
HP is also now offering Print, Play & Learn, a free online
resource to support the many millions around the world who have
transitioned to remote learning.
COVID-19 response
- HP and its global digital manufacturing community are
mobilizing their 3D printing teams, technology, experience, and
production capacity to help deliver critical parts in the effort to
battle the COVID-19 pandemic. HP has produced more than 50,000 3D
printed parts to date and growing, with partners and customers
producing tens of thousands more. For more information, visit the
HP 3D Printing COVID-19 response page.
- In Israel, the HP Indigo team will design and manufacture
nearly 3,000 face shields a day for medical staff. Click here for
COVID-19 open source design and manufacturing instructions for Face
Shields and Photo ID stickers for medical personnel.
- For more information, here are the actions HP is taking to help
combat COVID-19.
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