Help bridge the digital divide to ensure all students have the same opportunities and learning outcomes through this period of distance education.
ABCN are purchasing refurbished laptops for schools and students they partner with.
TAL has already donated 28 laptops. At just $289 per device, let's help ABCN purchase more.
The TAL Community Foundation is matching all staff donations up to $5,000 to this program up until 30 June 2020.
LinkedIn post - 18.5.2020
Students at Collingwood English Language School in Victoria are delighted to receive 50 laptops as part of ABCN's #Laptops4Learning initiative. A huge thank you to TAL Australia and Ecstra Foundation for your generous support.
All 50 laptops will be going to recently arrived refugees in Years 11 and 12 who have no computer at home. Collingwood English Language School Principal Catherine McMahon tells us that these students often have little digital literacy and the school is providing multi-lingual ‘how to’ support in setting up and using their new laptops.
She believes that Australia will be significantly more digitally savvy in the ‘new normal’ beyond the #covid19aus crisis and that the laptops are the gift that will keep on giving: supporting the students during the crisis and providing an invaluable tool to help the students bridge the #digital divide, transition into mainstream Australian life, and build their futures.