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"التحضير للطلبات المسبقة لـ Vision Pro: نصائح Apple الحصرية!"

Are you excited about the upcoming Vision Pro pre-orders from Apple?

Get ready to enhance your viewing experience and capture the essence of cutting-edge technology! In this video, Apple shares exclusive tips on how to prepare for the Vision Pro pre-order launch next week.

Get a head start by learning about the incredible features and specifications of Vision Pro. Discover how this revolutionary device will change the way you perceive visual content and take your viewing pleasure to new heights. From stunning graphics to immersive audio, Vision Pro is designed to leave you in awe.

فكرة فيديو BETA لـ AI Content Generator: تشرح Apple كيفية الاستعداد للطلبات المسبقة لـ Vision Pro في الأسبوع المقبل، إعادة التعيين على: تعد خطة المحتوى هذه مثالاً على كيفية استخدام vidIQ للذكاء الاصطناعي لمساعدتك في إنشاء المزيد من المحتوى الجدير بالعرض. للحصول على تجربة أفضل، قم بالتسجيل وتجربة أدواتنا الرسمية. تهدف هذه الأداة إلى المساعدة في عملية إنشاء المحتوى ولا ينبغي استخدامها كبديل للبحث أو التفكير النقدي أو الجهود الإبداعية المستقلة. نوصي باستخدام هذه الأداة جنبًا إلى جنب مع أفكارك ومدخلاتك الخاصة لإنتاج محتوى عالي الجودة. لا ينبغي الاعتماد على هذه الأداة باعتبارها المصدر الوحيد لعملية إنشاء المحتوى الخاص بك. العنوان "التحضير للطلبات المسبقة لـ Vision Pro: نصائح Apple الحصرية!" الوصف هل أنت متحمس للطلبات المسبقة لـ Vision Pro القادمة من Apple؟ استعد لتعزيز تجربة المشاهدة الخاصة بك والتقاط جوهر التكنولوجيا المتطورة! في هذا الفيديو، تشارك Apple نصائح حصرية حول كيفية الاستعداد لإطلاق الطلب المسبق لـ Vision Pro الأسبوع المقبل. احصل على السبق من خلال التعرف على الميزات والمواصفات المذهلة لبرنامج Vision Pro. اكتشف كيف سيغير هذا الجهاز الثوري الطريقة التي تنظر بها إلى المحتوى المرئي ويأخذ متعة المشاهدة إلى آفاق جديدة. من الرسومات المذهلة إلى الصوت الغامر، تم تصميم Vision Pro ليتركك في حالة من الرهبة. يرشدك خبراء Apple خلال الخطوات الأساسية لضمان تجربة طلب مسبق سلسة. تعرف على كيفية التحقق من التوافق مع أجهزة Apple الموجودة لديك واستكشف خيارات التخزين والألوان المتنوعة المتاحة. اكتشف مباشرة مزايا تقديم الطلب المسبق مبكرًا، وتضمن لنفسك جهازًا من الدفعة الأولى. علاوة على ذلك، تعرف على العروض والمكافآت الحصرية التي أعدتها Apple لعملاء الطلب المسبق لـ Vision Pro. من خيارات التمويل الخاصة إلى الوصول المجاني إلى المحتوى المتميز، توفر Apple كل ما تحتاجه للارتقاء برحلتك الترفيهية منذ البداية. لا تفوت هذه الفرصة لتكون من بين أول من يجربون Vision Pro الثوري. ترقبوا المزيد من التحديثات والرؤى الحصرية والتعليمات التفصيلية مع اقترابنا من إطلاق الطلب المسبق الأسبوع المقبل. اشترك في قناتنا للبقاء على اطلاع بأحدث الأخبار والنصائح من Apple!Keywords#VisionProPreOrders #AppleTips #AppleVisionPro #PreOrder #ExclusiveTips #AppleProducts #TechReviews #AppleInsider #TechUpdates #AppleFans #SmartGlasses #ARTechnology #LatestTech #GadgetEnthusiast #AppleNews # Innovation #NewRelease #TechGurus #AppleCommunity #TechPrepThumbnails اشترك للحصول على صور مصغرة مخصصة نص فيديو مرحبًا بالجميع! أخبار مثيرة لجميع عشاق التكنولوجيا هناك. أصبح جهاز Vision Pro الذي طال انتظاره من شركة Apple قاب قوسين أو أدنى، ونحن هنا لمساعدتك في الاستعداد للطلبات المسبقة التي تبدأ الأسبوع المقبل. لذا تناول وجبة خفيفة ودعنا نتعمق! أول الأشياء أولاً، تأكد من أن لديك أحدث معرف Apple. إنه المفتاح لكل ما يتعلق بشركة Apple، بما في ذلك الطلب المسبق لـ Vision Pro. إذا لم يكن لديك واحدة بعد، فلا تقلق! ما عليك سوى التوجه إلى موقع Apple الإلكتروني وإنشاء حساب. إنها سريعة وسهلة، أعدك بذلك. بعد ذلك، خذ دقيقة من وقتك لتحديث أجهزتك. يضمن الحصول على أحدث البرامج تجربة طلب مسبق سلسة. ما عليك سوى الانتقال إلى الإعدادات الموجودة على جهاز iPhone أو iPad أو Mac، والضغط على زر تحديث البرنامج السحري. إنه مثل إضافة قليل من الذهول الإضافي. الآن، دعونا نتحدث عن الدفع. إن تجهيز طريقة الدفع الخاصة بك مسبقًا سيوفر لك وقتًا ثمينًا أثناء جنون الطلب المسبق. سواء كان ذلك عبر Apple Pay أو بطاقة الائتمان أو خيارات الدفع الأخرى، تأكد من إعداد كل شيء وجاهزيته للعمل. ثق بي، أنت لا تريد أن تفوت فرصة استخدام Vision Pro. وأخيرًا، قم بوضع إشارة مرجعية على موقع Apple الإلكتروني. سيكون هذا هو مركزك المفضل للحصول على أحدث المعلومات والتحديثات المتعلقة بالطلبات المسبقة لـ Vision Pro. راقب قنوات التواصل الاجتماعي الخاصة بهم أيضًا، حيث قد يقومون بإسقاط بعض الإعلانات التشويقية المثيرة قبل اليوم الكبير. وهذا كل شيء يا ��وم! آمل أن تساعدك هذه النصائح الحصرية من Apple في الاستعداد للطلبات المسبقة لـ Vision Pro. لا تنسَ المتابعة في الأسبوع المقبل وتأمين مكانك لهذه القطعة التكنولوجية الرائعة. شكرًا على المشاهدة، ولا تنس الضغط على زر الاشتراك لتبقى على اطلاع بكل ما يتعلق بشركة Apple! طلب مسبق سعيد!

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I've had enough of fucking email scams and job offers from fake fucking companies, I'm taking a free techprep course and doing cybersecurity micro-credentials and going into cybersecurity and systems set-up and safety.

fuck it. I don't want to be in customer service, hoping I meet ever-changing KPI metrics and be at the whims of stupid people who treat me like shit and have to thank them when they spit on me. I want to get paid consulting fees to be a tech wizard and arrange wires in nice bunches and set up secure servers and educate people about how to avoid data theft and be respected for specialized skills and solve problems. I want to be in the cool server rooms and listen to the hum of the heart of the machine.

give me tickets, give me three monitors and a laptop, give me a room with no view in the basement in my computer lair to be summoned from when needed.

[ashutosh4]

"🚀 Use these study suggestions to ace the AWS Solution Architect exam: practice labs, FAQs, forums, and staying current! "#TechPrep #AWSCertification"

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Facebook sends Sphero robots so classrooms can apply coding education

Program a robotic toy to move and you could be hooked on coding for life. That’s the idea behind Facebook’s newest educational initiative called CodeFWD. It provides online coding tutorials for teachers and students powered by Code.org, and if classrooms finish those, they can apply to be sent a free Bolt robot from Sphero, makers of the popular animatronic R2D2 Star Wars toy. Students can then learn how to use block-based JavaScript to make Bolts roll if different directions, light up, and interact with each other.

CodeFWD’s launch comes alongside the debut of the social network’s new Facebook For Education website that could help Facebook repair its public image by touting its positive contributions to society. After a year of Cambridge Analytica, election interference, and digital well-being worries, Facebook’s brand needs all the help it can get.

Education.fb.com compiles Facebook programs including TechPrep for easing students into computer science, Oculus Next Gen and TechStart for getting VR headsets into classroom and college programs, Oculus For Good and LaunchPad for supporting philanthropic VR content and diverse creators, and Facebook’s own tools like Workplace and Groups for teachers.

One more new program launching this month called Engineer For The Week teaches teens applied computer science after school. Students build chatbots and games to support a local cause while learning the fundamentals of computational thinking over a three-week regimen of collaborating with Facebook’s own engineers. Engineer For The Week runs four times per year with the next cycle starting October 1st that culminates in a two-day hackathon at Facebook HQ.

Beyond bolstering Facebook’s brand, the coding education programs could supply Facebook’s engineering needs a decade later. “We know that it’s important to make sure we’re supporting the next generation of diverse talent. It can really widen the pipeline” says Facebook Education’s director Lauryn Hale Ogbechie. “I think it’s of benefit to any tech company and the industry more broadly. If we’re able to support students staying computer science . . . that will benefit everyone down the road.”

Right now, Facebook’s US staff is just 4.9 percent Latinx and 3.5 percent black. Looking at technical roles it’s even worse, with just 3.1 percent Latinx and 1.3 percent black. It’s only managed to nudge those numbers up slightly over the past five years.

To drive inclusivity in engineering from a younger age, Facebook has piloted the CodeFWD program at the Harlem Children’s Zone, and Austin’s  Latinitas. The company tells me it will continue to target underserved students, and the program is open to fourth grade to eight grade classrooms with credentialed teachers as well as registered non-profits that have Internet access and computers for students.

Facebook will pay for the $150 Sphero Bolt robot kits which are free for teachers (who need no prior programming experience), though it won’t say how many it plans to distribute. Once they and their classes complete the teacher-only I Do, teacher-student We Do, and student practice You Do coding tutorials and their quizzes, they can apply for a robot. Facebook will prioritize applications that expand computer science education to the underserved. And the company notes that “Facebook will have access to aggregate, anonymous usage data from Sphero” . It’s always ready to seize on new types of data.

Facebook’s philanthropic efforts like this are often overshadowed by its privacy and political scandals. The company’s heart is usually in the right place, even when it’s naive, clumsy, or ruthless in its execution. If anything, Facebook would benefit from a broader range of perspectives on which is the right path forward. Hopefully these education programs will see the wealth it’s accumulated today contribute to a more diverse set of leaders for tomorrow.

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Facebook sends Sphero robots so classrooms can apply coding education

Program a robotic toy to move and you could be hooked on coding for life. That’s the idea behind Facebook’s newest educational initiative called CodeFWD. It provides online coding tutorials for teachers and students powered by Code.org, and if classrooms finish those, they can apply to be sent a free Bolt robot from Sphero, makers of the popular animatronic R2D2 Star Wars toy. Students can then learn how to use block-based JavaScript to make Bolts roll if different directions, light up, and interact with each other.

CodeFWD’s launch comes alongside the debut of the social network’s new Facebook For Education website that could help Facebook repair its public image by touting its positive contributions to society. After a year of Cambridge Analytica, election interference, and digital well-being worries, Facebook’s brand needs all the help it can get.

Education.fb.com compiles Facebook programs including TechPrep for easing students into computer science, Oculus Next Gen and TechStart for getting VR headsets into classroom and college programs, Oculus For Good and LaunchPad for supporting philanthropic VR content and diverse creators, and Facebook’s own tools like Workplace and Groups for teachers.

One more new program launching this month called Engineer For The Week teaches teens applied computer science after school. Students build chatbots and games to support a local cause while learning the fundamentals of computational thinking over a three-week regimen of collaborating with Facebook’s own engineers. Engineer For The Week runs four times per year with the next cycle starting October 1st that culminates in a two-day hackathon at Facebook HQ.

Beyond bolstering Facebook’s brand, the coding education programs could supply Facebook’s engineering needs a decade later. “We know that it’s important to make sure we’re supporting the next generation of diverse talent. It can really widen the pipeline” says Facebook Education’s director Lauryn Hale Ogbechie. “I think it’s of benefit to any tech company and the industry more broadly. If we’re able to support students staying computer science . . . that will benefit everyone down the road.”

Right now, Facebook’s US staff is just 4.9 percent Latinx and 3.5 percent black. Looking at technical roles it’s even worse, with just 3.1 percent Latinx and 1.3 percent black. It’s only managed to nudge those numbers up slightly over the past five years.

To drive inclusivity in engineering from a younger age, Facebook has piloted the CodeFWD program at the Harlem Children’s Zone, and Austin’s  Latinitas. The company tells me it will continue to target underserved students, and the program is open to fourth grade to eight grade classrooms with credentialed teachers as well as registered non-profits that have Internet access and computers for students.

Facebook will pay for the $150 Sphero Bolt robot kits which are free for teachers (who need no prior programming experience), though it won’t say how many it plans to distribute. Once they and their classes complete the teacher-only I Do, teacher-student We Do, and student practice You Do coding tutorials and their quizzes, they can apply for a robot. Facebook will prioritize applications that expand computer science education to the underserved. And the company notes that “Facebook will have access to aggregate, anonymous usage data from Sphero” . It’s always ready to seize on new types of data.

Facebook’s philanthropic efforts like this are often overshadowed by its privacy and political scandals. The company’s heart is usually in the right place, even when it’s naive, clumsy, or ruthless in its execution. If anything, Facebook would benefit from a broader range of perspectives on which is the right path forward. Hopefully these education programs will see the wealth it’s accumulated today contribute to a more diverse set of leaders for tomorrow.

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Facebook sends Sphero robots so classrooms can apply coding education

Program a robotic toy to move and you could be hooked on coding for life. That’s the idea behind Facebook’s newest educational initiative called CodeFWD. It provides online coding tutorials for teachers and students powered by Code.org, and if classrooms finish those, they can apply to be sent a free Bolt robot from Sphero, makers of the popular animatronic R2D2 Star Wars toy. Students can then learn how to use block-based JavaScript to make Bolts roll if different directions, light up, and interact with each other.

CodeFWD’s launch comes alongside the debut of the social network’s new Facebook For Education website that could help Facebook repair its public image by touting its positive contributions to society. After a year of Cambridge Analytica, election interference, and digital well-being worries, Facebook’s brand needs all the help it can get.

Education.fb.com compiles Facebook programs including TechPrep for easing students in computer science, Oculus Next Gen and TechStart for getting VR headsets into classroom and college programs, Oculus For Good and LaunchPad for supporting philanthropic VR content and diverse creators, and Facebook’s own tools like Workplace and Groups for teachers.

One more new program launching this month called Engineer For The Week teaches teens applied computer science after school. Students build chatbots and games to support a local cause while learning the fundamentals of computational thinking over a three-week regimen of collaborating with Facebook’s own engineers. Engineer For The Week runs four times per year with the next cycle starting October 1st that culminates in a two-day hackathon at Facebook HQ.

Beyond bolstering Facebook’s brand, the coding education programs could supply Facebook’s engineering needs a decade later. “We know that it’s important to make sure we’re supporting the next generation of diverse talent. It can really widen the pipeline” says Facebook Education’s director Lauryn Hale Ogbechie. “I think it’s of benefit to any tech company and the industry more broadly. If we’re able to support students staying computer science . . . that will benefit everyone down the road.”

Right now, Facebook’s US staff is just 4.9 percent Latinx and 3.5 percent black. Looking at technical roles it’s even worse, with just 3.1 percent Latinx and 1.3 percent black. It’s only managed to nudge those numbers up slightly over the past five years.

To drive inclusivity in engineering from a younger age, Facebook has piloted the CodeFWD program at the Harlem Children’s Zone, and Austin’s  Latinitas. The company tells me it will continue to target underserved students, and the program is open to fourth grade to eight grade classrooms with credentialed teachers as well as registered non-profits that have Internet access and computers for students.

Facebook will pay for the $150 Sphero Bolt robot kits which are free for teachers (who need no prior programming experience), though it won’t say how many it plans to distribute. Once they and their classes complete the teacher-only I Do, teacher-student We Do, and student practice You Do coding tutorials and their quizzes, they can apply for a robot. Facebook will prioritize applications that expand computer science education to the underserved. And the company notes that “Facebook will have access to aggregate, anonymous usage data from Sphero” . It’s always ready to seize on new types of data.

Facebook’s philanthropic efforts like this are often overshadowed by its privacy and political scandals. The company’s heart is usually in the right place, even when it’s naive, clumsy, or ruthless in its execution. If anything, Facebook would benefit from a broader range of perspectives on which is the right path forward. Hopefully these education programs will see the wealth it’s accumulated today contribute to a more diverse set of leaders for tomorrow.

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Facebook sends Sphero robots so classrooms can apply coding education

Program a robotic toy to move and you could be hooked on coding for life. That’s the idea behind Facebook’s newest educational initiative called CodeFWD. It provides online coding tutorials for teachers and students powered by Code.org, and if classrooms finish those, they can apply to be sent a free Bolt robot from Sphero, makers of the popular animatronic R2D2 Star Wars toy. Students can then learn how to use block-based JavaScript to make Bolts roll if different directions, light up, and interact with each other.

CodeFWD’s launch comes alongside the debut of the social network’s new Facebook For Education website that could help Facebook repair its public image by touting its positive contributions to society. After a year of Cambridge Analytica, election interference, and digital well-being worries, Facebook’s brand needs all the help it can get.

Education.fb.com compiles Facebook programs including TechPrep for easing students in computer science, Oculus Next Gen and TechStart for getting VR headsets into classroom and college programs, Oculus For Good and LaunchPad for supporting philanthropic VR content and diverse creators, and Facebook’s own tools like Workplace and Groups for teachers.

One more new program launching this month called Engineer For The Week teaches teens applied computer science after school. Students build chatbots and games to support a local cause while learning the fundamentals of computational thinking over a three-week regimen of collaborating with Facebook’s own engineers. Engineer For The Week runs four times per year with the next cycle starting October 1st that culminates in a two-day hackathon at Facebook HQ.

Beyond bolstering Facebook’s brand, the coding education programs could supply Facebook’s engineering needs a decade later. “We know that it’s important to make sure we’re supporting the next generation of diverse talent. It can really widen the pipeline” says Facebook Education’s director Lauryn Hale Ogbechie. “I think it’s of benefit to any tech company and the industry more broadly. If we’re able to support students staying computer science . . . that will benefit everyone down the road.”

Right now, Facebook’s US staff is just 4.9 percent Latinx and 3.5 percent black. Looking at technical roles it’s even worse, with just 3.1 percent Latinx and 1.3 percent black. It’s only managed to nudge those numbers up slightly over the past five years.

To drive inclusivity in engineering from a younger age, Facebook has piloted the CodeFWD program at the Harlem Children’s Zone, and Austin’s  Latinitas. The company tells me it will continue to target underserved students, and the program is open to fourth grade to eight grade classrooms with credentialed teachers as well as registered non-profits that have Internet access and computers for students.

Facebook will pay for the $150 Sphero Bolt robot kits which are free for teachers (who need no prior programming experience), though it won’t say how many it plans to distribute. Once they and their classes complete the teacher-only I Do, teacher-student We Do, and student practice You Do coding tutorials and their quizzes, they can apply for a robot. Facebook will prioritize applications that expand computer science education to the underserved. And the company notes that “Facebook will have access to aggregate, anonymous usage data from Sphero” . It’s always ready to seize on new types of data.

Facebook’s philanthropic efforts like this are often overshadowed by its privacy and political scandals. The company’s heart is usually in the right place, even when it’s naive, clumsy, or ruthless in its execution. If anything, Facebook would benefit from a broader range of perspectives on which is the right path forward. Hopefully these education programs will see the wealth it’s accumulated today contribute to a more diverse set of leaders for tomorrow.

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[glenmenlow]

Facebook initiatives in supporting the Black and diverse communities

The past few weeks have compelled Facebook to confront the reality of violence and injustice which members of the Black community face on a daily basis. Although the social media company have shared words of support for its friends, colleagues and communities. Facebook believes it needs to take action as well.

The social-media company is focused on building powerful tools and resources. They are taking steps to improve its products, programmes and policies. They have pooled ideas from diverse groups of its employees across different teams on how the company can better fight against racial injustice.

Building on earlier investments, Facebook is committing an additional US$200m/£161m to support Black-owned businesses and organisations. This commitment is part of a broader US$1.1bn/£885.8m investment in Black and diverse suppliers and communities in the US. Facebook is also creating a new space in the Facebook app called Lift Black Voices and is building a more diverse and inclusive workforce so they can better support communities around the world.

From the early days of the pandemic, Facebook has been listening to small businesses and have tried to do what they can to help them weather the storm – including direct financial help through their US$40m/£32.2m US grant programme. Since the launch of the applications for the programme, Facebook has seen a huge amount of interest from Black-owned businesses – so the company knows they are facing enormous challenges.

Facebook is investing US$100m this year in Black-owned small businesses, Black creators, and nonprofits that serve the Black community in the US. This includes US$25m/£20.1m in support of Black content creators and US$75m/£60.3m in grants of cash and ad credits to support Black-owned businesses and nonprofits that serve the Black community.

Facebook is setting a goal to spend at least US$1bn/£805m with diverse suppliers next year and every year thereafter. As part of this, the company will spend at least US$100m/£80.5m annually with Black-owned suppliers, from facilities to construction to marketing agencies and more.

Over the next three years, Facebook will reach 1 million members of the Black community and 1 million members of the Latinx community in the US through a programme called Elevate that provides free training in the digital skills they need to succeed, from setting up an online presence to creating marketing materials and more. The company has also pivoted its Boost with a Facebook programme to all virtual training this summer, starting with the Summer of Support programme, launching on 24 June.

Facebook is giving 100,000 scholarships to Black students working toward digital skills certifications through its Facebook Blueprint programme. This is in addition to its CodeFWD and TechPrep programmes that offer resources and support to help underrepresented communities get started in computer science and programming.

To support people raising money for causes they care about on Juneteenth, Facebook will donate US$5m/£4m to over 250,000 Facebook Fundraisers created for three racial justice organisations: Equal Justice Initiative, Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the Innocence Project.

Facebook is creating a new space in its app called Lift Black Voices to highlight stories from Black people, share educational resources, and inspire people to take action through fundraising for racial justice causes. The company asked its employees to share ideas for new products and features to help fight racial injustice, and this was one of the more than 700 ideas submitted so far.

In Instagram search, Facebook will surface accounts to help people take action for racial justice. The company is also continuing its #ShareBlackStories editorial series on @instagram, @instagramforbusiness, @creators, @shop and @design to amplify the voices of Black creators, artists, activists and businesses. The company will continue to build on these over time.

Knowing that more diverse teams will make better decisions and build better products. The company is invested in increasing diversity and inclusion because it cares about doing better at serving diverse communities all around the world.

Facebook is committed to have 50% of its workforce be from underrepresented communities by the end of 2023 and is working to double their number of Black and Latinx employees in the same timeframe. And over the next five years, the social-media company is committing to having 30% more people of colour, including 30% more Black people, in leadership positions. The company will also continue its ongoing efforts to increase the representation of women in leadership.

The social-media company is taking a closer look at how they make decisions. Facebook has already made some shifts and investments and are continuing the work to get more voices and diverse perspectives included in the development of its products, policies and programmes.

Achieving racial justice and equity is a goal all of us share – and a goal that will take real work to achieve. This is just the start of how the company plans to help in this fight. Facebook will continue to listen and take action to support the long-term success of the Black community.

The article Facebook initiatives in supporting the Black and diverse communities appeared first on World Branding Forum.

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The Dubai Marina Skyline. . . Wearing @gant1949 tech prep shirt Photo by @stoikoffphotography_abudhabi #techprep #gant (at Zero Gravity)

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Facebook sends Sphero robots so classrooms can apply coding education

Program a robotic toy to move and you could be hooked on coding for life. That’s the idea behind Facebook’s newest educational initiative called CodeFWD. It provides online coding tutorials for teachers and students powered by Code.org, and if classrooms finish those, they can apply to be sent a free Bolt robot from Sphero, makers of the popular animatronic BB-8 Star Wars toy. Students can then learn how to use block-based JavaScript to make Bolts roll if different directions, light up, and interact with each other.

CodeFWD’s launch comes alongside the debut of the social network’s new Facebook For Education website that could help Facebook repair its public image by touting its positive contributions to society. After a year of Cambridge Analytica, election interference, and digital well-being worries, Facebook’s brand needs all the help it can get.

Education.fb.com compiles Facebook programs including TechPrep for easing students into computer science, Oculus Next Gen and TechStart for getting VR headsets into classroom and college programs, Oculus For Good and LaunchPad for supporting philanthropic VR content and diverse creators, and Facebook’s own tools like Workplace and Groups for teachers.

One more new program launching this month called Engineer For The Week teaches teens applied computer science after school. Students build chatbots and games to support a local cause while learning the fundamentals of computational thinking over a three-week regimen of collaborating with Facebook’s own engineers. Engineer For The Week runs four times per year with the next cycle starting October 1st that culminates in a two-day hackathon at Facebook HQ.

Beyond bolstering Facebook’s brand, the coding education programs could supply Facebook’s engineering needs a decade later. “We know that it’s important to make sure we’re supporting the next generation of diverse talent. It can really widen the pipeline” says Facebook Education’s director Lauryn Hale Ogbechie. “I think it’s of benefit to any tech company and the industry more broadly. If we’re able to support students staying computer science . . . that will benefit everyone down the road.”

Right now, Facebook’s US staff is just 4.9 percent Latinx and 3.5 percent black. Looking at technical roles it’s even worse, with just 3.1 percent Latinx and 1.3 percent black. It’s only managed to nudge those numbers up slightly over the past five years.

To drive inclusivity in engineering from a younger age, Facebook has piloted the CodeFWD program at the Harlem Children’s Zone, and Austin’s  Latinitas. The company tells me it will continue to target underserved students, and the program is open to fourth grade to eight grade classrooms with credentialed teachers as well as registered non-profits that have Internet access and computers for students.

Facebook will pay for the $150 Sphero Bolt robot kits which are free for teachers (who need no prior programming experience), though it won’t say how many it plans to distribute. Once they and their classes complete the teacher-only I Do, teacher-student We Do, and student practice You Do coding tutorials and their quizzes, they can apply for a robot. Facebook will prioritize applications that expand computer science education to the underserved. And the company notes that “Facebook will have access to aggregate, anonymous usage data from Sphero” . It’s always ready to seize on new types of data.

Facebook’s philanthropic efforts like this are often overshadowed by its privacy and political scandals. The company’s heart is usually in the right place, even when it’s naive, clumsy, or ruthless in its execution. If anything, Facebook would benefit from a broader range of perspectives on which is the right path forward. Hopefully these education programs will see the wealth it’s accumulated today contribute to a more diverse set of leaders for tomorrow.

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Program a robotic toy to move and you could be hooked on coding for life. That’s the idea behind Facebook’s newest educational initiative called CodeFWD. It provides online coding tutorials for teachers and students powered by Code.org, and if classrooms finish those, they can apply to be sent a free Bolt robot from Sphero, makers of the popular animatronic R2D2 Star Wars toy. Students can then learn how to use block-based JavaScript to make Bolts roll if different directions, light up, and interact with each other.

CodeFWD’s launch comes alongside the debut of the social network’s new Facebook For Education website that could help Facebook repair its public image by touting its positive contributions to society. After a year of Cambridge Analytica, election interference, and digital well-being worries, Facebook’s brand needs all the help it can get.

Education.fb.com compiles Facebook programs including TechPrep for easing students into computer science, Oculus Next Gen and TechStart for getting VR headsets into classroom and college programs, Oculus For Good and LaunchPad for supporting philanthropic VR content and diverse creators, and Facebook’s own tools like Workplace and Groups for teachers.

One more new program launching this month called Engineer For The Week teaches teens applied computer science after school. Students build chatbots and games to support a local cause while learning the fundamentals of computational thinking over a three-week regimen of collaborating with Facebook’s own engineers. Engineer For The Week runs four times per year with the next cycle starting October 1st that culminates in a two-day hackathon at Facebook HQ.

Beyond bolstering Facebook’s brand, the coding education programs could supply Facebook’s engineering needs a decade later. “We know that it’s important to make sure we’re supporting the next generation of diverse talent. It can really widen the pipeline” says Facebook Education’s director Lauryn Hale Ogbechie. “I think it’s of benefit to any tech company and the industry more broadly. If we’re able to support students staying computer science . . . that will benefit everyone down the road.”

Right now, Facebook’s US staff is just 4.9 percent Latinx and 3.5 percent black. Looking at technical roles it’s even worse, with just 3.1 percent Latinx and 1.3 percent black. It’s only managed to nudge those numbers up slightly over the past five years.

To drive inclusivity in engineering from a younger age, Facebook has piloted the CodeFWD program at the Harlem Children’s Zone, and Austin’s  Latinitas. The company tells me it will continue to target underserved students, and the program is open to fourth grade to eight grade classrooms with credentialed teachers as well as registered non-profits that have Internet access and computers for students.

Facebook will pay for the $150 Sphero Bolt robot kits which are free for teachers (who need no prior programming experience), though it won’t say how many it plans to distribute. Once they and their classes complete the teacher-only I Do, teacher-student We Do, and student practice You Do coding tutorials and their quizzes, they can apply for a robot. Facebook will prioritize applications that expand computer science education to the underserved. And the company notes that “Facebook will have access to aggregate, anonymous usage data from Sphero” . It’s always ready to seize on new types of data.

Facebook’s philanthropic efforts like this are often overshadowed by its privacy and political scandals. The company’s heart is usually in the right place, even when it’s naive, clumsy, or ruthless in its execution. If anything, Facebook would benefit from a broader range of perspectives on which is the right path forward. Hopefully these education programs will see the wealth it’s accumulated today contribute to a more diverse set of leaders for tomorrow.

via TechCrunch