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We Use Mobile Technology To Prepare Students for Success

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The Verizon Foundation is using our digital know-how to boost student achievement in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

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Instructors Marybeth Coen and Natalie Spangler of Lewisville High School in Texas are seeing remarkable results from students using mobile technology in their studies.

Verizon Innovative Learning Schools

The Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) Program trains teachers in 12 schools across the country to take our mobile technology into the classroom.

  • More than 100 math and science teachers are in the program.
  • Teachers get a year of in-school coaching and support.
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Teachers at Charles Carroll Middle School in Prince George’s County, Md., are part of a year-long training program that prepares them to effectively use mobile technology and digital content.

Verizon Innovative App Challenge

We’ve established a national contest that encourages middle- and high-school students to use skills in science and math to develop concepts for a mobile app.

  • Winning schools get $10,000 for science and math instruction.
  • Winning teams get MIT Media Lab training to build their app.
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A sixth-grade team from the Bronx Academy of Promise was named one of 10 winners of the Verizon Innovative App Challege for devising an app concept to increase speed in basic math computations by using a Greek Myth-themed game.

Thinkfinity

Thinkfinity offers rich, interactive online content developed in partnership with the country's leading educational organizations.

  • Thinkfinity and its partner sites had 35 million visitors in 2012.
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Refining Products for the Education Market

Verizon Wireless is working with schools, tablet manufacturers and publishers to provide education solutions across the country. These mobile technology solutions are gaining acceptance and delivering impressive results.

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