>>> WELCOME BACK.
>>> AND WELCOME TO TECH TIME
WITH ME.
THE VIRUS IS SHUTTING DOWN
SCHOOLS AND CAMPUSES AND
NON-PROFIT MENTORING PROGRAMS
PHYSICALLY ACROSS THE STATE AND
ACROSS THE REGION.
ONE ACADEMY IS EXPANDING THE
SERVICES AND DOING IT
VIRTUALLY.
THE CORONAVIRUS HAS SHUT DOWN
PROGRAMS TO PRESCHOOL TO PHD ONE
IS PLUGGING AWAY ADAPTING FOR
STUDENTS USING TECHNOLOGY.
SMASH STANDS FOR SUMMER MATH AND
SCIENCE HONORS T IS YEAR ROUND
THE STUDENTS ARE KNOWN AS
SCHOLARS AND THE MISSION IS TO
INSTITUTE STEM LITERACY NO MATTER THE HURDLE.
MATTER THE HURDLE. COVID-19 INCLUDED.
COVID-19 INCLUDED.
>> , AND AND THE EVEN BEF
COVID-19 HIT THE SCENE.
THIS IS A GOOD SEND FOR STUDENTS
LIKE ERICA HARVEY U.
>> THEY KEEP GOING WE CAN STILL
STAY CONNECTED.
WE CAN STILL CONTINUE MAKING IT
HAPPEN AND PROVIDED US WITH
LAPTOPS WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE
EDUCATION AND.
>> MISS HARVEY IS A SCHOLAR BUT
A SURVIVOR.
HER AUNT AND INKLE CAUGHT THE
DECEMBER AND PASSED AWAY EARLY
IN THE PANDEMIC MANY WHEN SHE
AND HER MOTH WERE DIAGNOSED
POSITIVE IN THE THICK OF IT. >> I’M ABOUT TO ASSUME INTO THE
>> I’M ABOUT TO ASSUME INTO THE
ADULT WORLD MORTALITY, IT CAN BE
A VERY STRESSFUL BUT I CAN DEAL
WITH IT.
SHE DEALT WITH IT LEANING ON HER
FELLOW SCHOLARS.
>> WHERE THE MOTIVATION IS AND
SUCH AS YOU CANNOT LIKELY STOP.
ARE YOU GET TO GET PAST IT.
THEY SAY I HAD TO KEEP GOING
BECAUSE ONE OF THE IMPORTANT
YEARS OF MY HIGH SCHOOL COMING
UP.
AND SO I WAS GOING TO GET
THROUGH.
>> AND IT IS NO SURPRISE TO THE MOTOWN.
>> SHE WAS ABLE TO CONFIDE THOSE
CONCERNS.
, THAT’S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
>>> AND NOW THE NEW USE OF
TECHNOLOGY CREATES OPPORTUNITY
FOR LOCAL SMASH SCHOLARS TO
CONNECT WITH OTHERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE COUNTRY.
>> WE ARE CONNECTING WITH THE
THEY WILL KNOW EACH OTHER AND
MOVING THE EXPERIENCE AT TO A
VARIETY ALL ONE.
>> WE’RE MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE
INTERACTIONS JUST SO WE CAN MAKE
SURE WE’RE STILL CONNECTED IN
SOME WAY AND THEN INCREASE THIS
IS INTRODUCING A NEW WORLD THAT
IS USEFUL IN THE CAREERS AND
COLLEGE AND BEYOND.
PROFISH ENSY AND TECHNOLOGY USED
BY PROFESSIONALS CAN BE ADDED TO
THEIR RESUME.
>> IT HAS MADE ME MORE
COMFORTABLE BEFORE -- BEFORE ALL
OF THESE I HAVE NEVER HAD A
VIRTUAL MEETING I’M PREPARED FOR
IT.
>>> I KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
IT WILL NOT FEEL NEW I WILL BE
COMFORTABLE AND I CAN GET IT
DONE.
>> WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT EDUCATE
AND THEY ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE
THEIR DREAMS.
IT HAS NOT MISSED A BEAT.
IN FACT AND THE I ADAPTATION HAS
EXPANDED THEIR SERVICES TO
EXPAND THEIR MINDS IN THE REALM
OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND
MATH.
>> AND AMAZING.
NOT ONLY EXPANDING THEIR
KNOWLEDGE WITH REGARD TO STEM
BUT LIFE LESSONS ALONG THE WAY.
IT IS AMAZING HOW THEY HAVE
ADAPTED.
>> COOL TO SEE HOW THEY ARE
USING TECHNOLOGY TO KEEP THEM
CONNECTED AND LEARNING.
>> THAT’S A PROBLEM THAT THEY
HAVE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT.
IT IS A LESSON FOR THEMSELVES
BUT FOR ALL OF US HERE IN