On May 14th, 2019, students from Whitehorse High School presented their newly formed businesses to a panel of judges in hopes of receiving a cash prize. The judges included: Andy Platt, Assistant Director of Office of Economic Development, San Juan County; Leslie Haven Law: Manager, Wells Fargo Bank; Cheryl Bowers: Blanding City Council and CFO …
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In a few months, Indian Country Today, a news organization owned by the nonprofit arm of the National Congress of American Indians, will open a newsroom at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. This marks the beginning of an innovative, unique partnership that will provide students the resources to cover Native American stories …
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In 2018, Indigo Impact Initiative received a grant from Talent Ready Utah, a workforce development program that focuses and optimizes the “efforts businesses make to enhance education,” and “supports businesses as they become involved with education in activities such as job shadows, internships, donations, industry tours and in-classroom presentations.”
On February 4th, 2019, Chief Technology Officer Chris Kalish had the opportunity to meet with Native American Leaders at the American Indian Caucus Day held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
To many, edtech, distance learning, and remote work offer the ability to level the playing field for less affluent communities around the world. An initiative at Whitehorse High School in San Juan County, Utah, is trying to make that happen for young community members, many of whom belong to the Navajo Nation, by training them in virtual reality (VR) and entrepreneurship.
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SAN JUAN COUNTY, Utah (January 28, 2019) — At Whitehorse High School, Principal Kim Schaefer hopes students, who she calls “scholars,” will be certified in Virtual Reality (VR) technology and entrepreneurship, to reward a new generation with successful jobs and careers without leaving their families, rural reservation, and community.
The high school is located within the Navajo Nation in Southeastern Utah.
As expressed in the 2010 census report, one third of the Navajo population is under 18. The community has a 38% poverty rate, and unemployment is over 40% – more than 10 times the US average.
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“Innovation can come from the talents already hidden within the school by identifying staff and students who possess entrepreneurial qualities to drive change and create community in the process.”
BOULDER, COLO – Sheri Smith, CEO of the Indigo Education Company, will deliver a keynote address on Nov. 14 at the “9th Annual National Convening on Personalized Learning: Think Like a Start-up,” in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The conference is sponsored by the Institute for Personalized Learning.
Vince Jordan, CEO of Lobaki, sets up a virtual reality opportunity for students, joined by 15 of the Innovation Scholars and Innovation Fellows at the Catalyzing Entrepreneurship and Economic Development program in the University of Mississippi’s Mclean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement.
The San Juan community’s events and news on the VR demonstrations done by the VR Center and Indigo in Whitehorse High School.
The Clarksdale VR Center will be implementing a VR program for high school students in Coahoma County this fall!
