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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With New York City still working to distribute necessary technology to an estimated 300,000 students who currently lack an internet-connected device, the Department of Education (DOE) has provided supplemental learning materials to keep students engaged during the transition to remote learning.

The grade level-specific instructional resources, which were sent home with students in grades pre-K through fifth grade, are available on the departments Learn at Home website.

Due to the inconsistent availability of access to internet-enabled devices among the citys student population, the work will not be graded, but rather used to prevent the loss of learning, according to the DOE.

The supplemental learning materials provided by the DOE are separate from students remote learning assignments being administered on a daily basis at the discretion of the individual school.

The materials on the Learn at Home pages are designed to provide supplementary learning resources to students in the event that students may need to be home from school. We encourage you to use this time to continue your students learning while they are at home, according to the DOE website. These materials do not replace what your child has been learning at school, but during this unusual time it is important that students continue to read, write, do social studies and science activities, and work on math problems.

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Included in the supplemental learning materials, with activities geared for grade levels through high school, are suggested daily study schedules, guides and materials for instructional activities, recommended educational television shows and links to various books, magazines and websites.

Materials are available for a range of subjects, including math, English language arts (ELA), science, social studies, health and physical education, with specialized instructional resources available for students with special needs.

Each grade level and subject includes worksheets for in-home activities featuring instructions, information about the content and one or more focus or discussion questions to complement the activities.

Heres a look at some of the content.

KINDERGARTEN MATH

The Kindergarten mathematics packet includes five activities focused on students ability to add and subtract numbers under 5. The activities should take approximately 40 to 60 minutes, but information on how to extend the activities is included.

Heres a sample activity:

Activity: More or Less

Description: A partner game that builds fluency in recognizing numbers and comparing their value.

Materials: One coin, deck of cards (number cards only), scratch paper, pen and pencil.

What to do: Two players will play a card game where each will draw a card. The players will compare cards to see who wins that round. Before you begin, flip the coin and call heads or tails to see if the winner of each round will be the person with a greater value card (heads) or a smaller value card (tails).

1. To begin the game, divide the cards evenly between the two players.

2. Place the cards face down. Each player turns over one card at a time and compares: Is mine more or less? How many more? How many less? The player with the greater or smaller value card (depending on whether heads or tails was tossed) takes both cards.

3. The winner of the game is the player with more cards when all the cards are gone from the stack.

KINDERGARTEN ELA

The Kindergarten ELA packet includes 10 days worth of instructional materials with students tasked with listening to, reading, writing and illustrating their own short stories.

During the first two days, students are tasked with listening to and reading along with a short story and then drawing four illustrations showing what occurred during various parts of the story.

During days three and four, students are tasked with writing and illustrating their own short story using as many details as possible.

THIRD-GRADE MATH

The third-grade mathematics packet includes five activities focused on students ability to add and subtract numbers under 1,000 and multiply and divide numbers under 100. The activities should take approximately 40-60 minutes, but information on how to extend the activities is included.

Heres a sample activity:

Name: How Close to 100

Description: This game is played in partners. Two children share a blank 100 grid. The first partner rolls two number dice. The numbers that come up are the numbers the child uses to make an array on the 100 grid. They can put the array anywhere on the grid, but the goal is to fill up the grid to get it as full as possible. After the player draws the array on the grid, she writes in the number sentence that describes the grid. The second player then rolls the dice, draws the number grid and records their number sentence. The game ends when both players have rolled the dice and cannot put any more arrays on the grid. How close to 100 can you get? Each child can have their own number grid. Play moves forward to see who can get closest to 100.

Materials: Two players, two dice or 1-6 cards (included), recording sheet (included), 2 colors of crayons or markers

Questions for parents to ask while playing: How did you figure out the product? Did you just know it? What did you learn about multiplying? How can arrays be used to help you with multiplication?

THIRD-GRADE ELA

The third-grade ELA packet includes 10 days worth of instructional materials with students tasked with reading and writing content ranging from folktales to informational articles.

During the first two days, students are tasked with reading two folktales, with links provided within the packet. While reading the materials, students are asked to consider the following:

During days three and four, students are tasked with writing their own folktale that expresses the wishes, hopes, fears, or values of a group of people and includes a lesson to be learned (the central message).

SEVENTH-GRADE MATH

The seventh-grade mathematics packet includes 10 activities focused on ratios and proportional relationships. The activities should take approximately 40-60 minutes, but information on how to extend the activities is included.

Heres a sample activity:

Activity: Track Practice

Description: In this task, students are asked to solve a problem using ratio reasoning.

Scenario: Angel and Jayden were at track practice. The track is 25 kilometers around. Angel ran 1 lap in 2 minutes. Jayden ran 3 laps in 5 minutes.

Questions: How many minutes does it take Angel to run one kilometer? Show how you know. What about Jayden? Show how you know. How far does Angel run in one minute? Show how you know. What about Jayden? Show how you know. Who is running faster? Explain your reasoning.

SEVENTH-GRADE ELA

The seventh-grade ELA packet includes 10 days worth of instructional materials with students tasked with reading and writing content ranging from poetry to pro/con articles.

During the first two days, students are tasked with reading at least two poems each day, with links provided within the packet. While reading the materials, students are asked to consider the following:

During days three and four, students are asked to write their own poems that tell an important story from their lives.

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Duke Health has formulated a technology that decontaminates medical masks for re-purposing. FOX Business' Ashley Webster with more.

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Researchers from Duke Health are spreading the word about a new way to decontaminate N-95 masks, key personal protective equipment that's been in short supply as the number of coronavirus cases confirmed in the U.S. grows.

They say that N-95 masks can be safely reused after being decontaminated with hydrogen peroxide vapor, a process that pharmaceutical companies and researchers have used onother kinds of equipment.

"We do not want our health care employees getting sick," Dr. Wayne Thomann of Duke University School of Medicine told FOX Business. "This is intendedto conserve a critical resource, which is our people who support the enitre health care process."

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The Duke researchers hope pharmaceutical companies can help hospitals put the decontamination technology into practice. The process takes about four to five hours and involves hanging the masks in a room to be sprayed with the aerosol.

N95 respiration masks at a laboratory of 3M in Maplewood, Minn,m that has been contracted by the U.S. government to produce extra marks in response to the coronavirus outbreak. (REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi)

The Duke team has been answering many hospitals' questions about the process, Thomann said.

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"Were working on this as a technology that allows us to fill the gap until the number of cases go down or productioncapability goes up," said Thomann, who specializes in both family medicine and occupation and environmental medicine.

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Doctors and nurses throughout the U.S.are sharing about stretching their supplies by reusing masksas they take precautions against catching or spreading the virus. Other methods of decontaminatingequipment that are being tested includeultraviolet light and dry heat.

"Just finished up a busy emergency department critical care shift, and hoping I stay healthy enough to go back for another,"Dr. Kelly Wongof Brown Emergency Medicine in Rhode Island wrote onTwitterlast week."This mask and these safety glasses went into a paper bag with my name on it so that I can reuse them tomorrow on shift... and maybe the next shift... and maybe the next shift #GetMePPE."

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Opinion: we are witnessing some smart thinking during the current crisis when it comes to technology, but will such flexibility continue afterwards?

The coronaviruscrisis reflects a dichotomy of the human condition, one which we have long been aware of. Charles Dickens summed it up nicely in his 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities:"it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom." We have so much technology, yet still we wage battle with the forces of nature and human behaviour.

Stories of hard-working nurses, doctors and the people still at work to keep society moving standinstark contrast to the pictures of supermarkets looking like the zombie apocalypse and people crowding in parks and on beachesrather than staying at home. To continue with Dickens, "it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity."

Our societies are globally divided: rich and poor, urban and rural, the technologically advanced and deprived, socially-minded and libertarian. In this particular moment of history, amidst the fourth industrial revolution, we are faced with an existential crisis that may finally force us to change and reengineer society rather than simply automate it.

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The grand ideas of the "gig economy" and work/life balance are about to be tested like never before. Will people be able to work as flexibly as surveys suggest? A 2019 Amrach Research survey for Three Ireland revealed that 59%of workers in Ireland claimed they would be more productive if they were able to work remotely or from home. Will they say the same when this crisis is over?

There is an opportunity to use technology to change our individual habits and how society operates, and we should take it. The present reality is that we have too much of a garbage in, garbage out economy. At both individual and societal level, our use of technology is less intelligent than it should be, while at the same time our expectations of what we think technology can do outstrips its capabilities.

If we look at the infrastructure of our society, there are 1.5 million people worldwide moving to cities everyweek in search of a better life. As a result, 54% of the global population lives in urban areas, with the United Nations estimating 60% by 2030, which is driving a move toward creating "smart cities".McKinsey Global Institute estimated that US$3.3 trillion must be spent annually through 2030 to support such expected global rates of demographic change and growth.

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Cities cannot absorb this growth, but the idea of telecommuters, working where you want and environmentally sustainable ways of economising still fails to take hold. This crisis offers an opportunity to reimagine these questions, and perhaps find better answers. If we do not, technology will drive the divisions further. In Ireland and across the world, we may seea technological divide between smart cities asislands of connectivity and struggling rural communities who are set adrift.

Surely what we need to create is a smart society? To have a smart societymeans smart thinking.Consumer use of technology has been high on entertainment and distraction, but low on mature use of technology. In this crisis, we are witnessing some smart thinking such as manufacturers retooling production lines to make respirators, distillers turning out hand sanitising geland people finding creative ways to live and work in a self-distancing and isolating environment. Will such flexibility continue after this crisis?

Rather than complaisant technology use, we should seize this moment to reengineer. If you automate dysfunction and poor processes, you end up with a faster automated mess, albeit a more efficient mess than before. We need a greater sense of urgency if we are to learn from this unprecedented global crisis. Albert Camus wrote in The Plague that being alive has always been an emergency, a truly inescapable "underlying condition." In the Bible, Luke 12:20 records a similar point of crisis, as does Nietzsche in his writing on the "eternal recurrence".In other words, we know this.

There is an opportunity to use technology to change our individual habits and how society operates, and we should take it

However, the problem is not technology per se, but human behaviour and how we manage innovation and change in society. The confrontational dialectic of past revolutions and economic cycles offer a poor blueprint for where we need to go. Leaders in society need to do two things. Learn to be collaborative across divides and disciplines, and to stop looking in the rearview mirror as they try to navigate our future.

If we are to learn anything from this crisis, it is that we are in need of a new social contract for the political management of a society produced by the fourth industrial revolution. If we fail in this then we will look back on this crisis, to conclude with the Dickens quote, as "it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us."

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Were beginning to see theeconomic consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic, including across the technology industry. More than three million unemployment claims were filed in the United States last week, the highest ever (the previous record, 700,000 claims, occurred in October 1982). As cash-starved startups shut down and businesses everywhere recalibrate to the new reality, its natural for technologists everywhere to be concerned about the employment landscape.

Even as many industries contract, theres still a pressing need for technologists who can do everything from keep cloud infrastructure running todesigning e-commerce portals. Millions of employees working from home will mean that systems engineers, business analysts, and product managers must recalibrate companies operations to deal with new, widely dispersed teams and networks. Technology is more vital than ever as the world (and the global economy) wrestles with this crisis.

As a result, companies are still hiring for many technology roles, including the following. These are the top positions on Dice at the moment; click through to see whats available and where:

Its okay during this uncertain time for technologists to be worried about virus-related layoffs. Indeed,new survey data from Blindfound that57.1 percent of surveyed technologists feared layoffs due to COVID-19.Some 24.9 percent of surveyed technologists are looking for new ways to supplement their income, and 40.2 percent believe it could take anywhere from six to 12 months for life to return to normal.

If youre unsure of how to adjust to this new reality, perhaps its time for a brief refresher on best practices forremote workandvideo conferencing, since those are key to the way most of us will work for the foreseeable future. And if youre on the hunt for a new job, take the time to give your rsumand other materialsa quick polish. Times are stressful, but well make it through!

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Jakarta. Indonesia's Research and Technology Ministry has formed a consortium of local research institutions and universities to work on a Covid-19mitigation programthat will include identifying compounds that can inhibit the spread of coronavirus,developing a vaccine for the virus and implementingartificial intelligence for faster diagnosis of the disease that has already killed more than 24,000 people around the world.

The consortium will provide assistance forthe government's Covid-19 Task Force, especially in testing for the SARS-Cov-2 virus, Research and Technology MinisterBambang Brodjonegoro said.

"The consortium will focus onresearch, development, assessmentand implementation of various aspects inCovid-19 mitigation,"Bambang said on Thursday duringa virtual press conference.

The consortium is partly made up ofnon-ministerial government agencies includingIndonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), Technology Assessment and Application Agency (BPPT), Nuclear Energy Agency (Batan), Institute of Aeronautics and Space (Lapan)and Eijkman Molecular Biology Institute (LBM Eijkman).

It also includes universitiessuch asBandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB), University of Indonesia (UI), Airlangga University and Gajah Mada University (UGM).

Bambang said the ministry has reallocated money from its own budget to fundthe consortium.

"Forthisfirst stage, we've reallocated Rp 20 billion ($1.2 million)from thebusiness trip budget,"he said.

Earlier, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said the government would divert Rp 40 trillion from itstravel budget for Covid-19 mitigation.

The pandemic has infected 893 people in Indonesia and killed78, with only 35 recoveries so far.

Short-Term Plans

The Research and Technology Minister said the consortium officially called the Covid-19 Consortium has been researching the possibility that consumption ofred guava might boost the body'simmune systemand preventCovid-19 transmission.

It has also beendeveloping a disinfectionchamber prototype.

"We've also been designingpersonal protective equipmentand makinghand sanitizers,"Bambang said.

The head of IPB's Tropical Biopharmaca Study Center, Irmanida Batubara, said researchers from IPBand the University of Indonesia have found that red guava and honey contain a flavonoid compound that could potentially be developed into anantivirus for Covid-19.

"The flavonoid compound might be able tostopthe virus from replicating orobstructthe virusfrom attaching itself tothe human body's protein receptor,"she said.

Irmanida said the researchers will testthe effects of consumingred guava juice, honey andguava leaf extracts.

Meanwhile, LIPI head Laksana Tri Handoko said his institution is collaborating withITB to create an ozone-based disinfectionchamber.

"We've developed an ozone-based disinfectionchamber that's safer for the human skin and eco-friendly. Other producers will be able to use the technology, too,"he said.

Mid-Term Plans

One of the consortium's mid-term plans, Bambang said, is to study imported Covid-19 testing kits with a view to produce them domestically. The study is led by the BPPT.

BPPT headHammam Rizasaid the consortium will also develop a non-polymerase chain reaction(PCR) test for Covid-19, usinga dipstick and a microchip, and a PCR diagnostic test that can detect thevirus' latest mutations.

He said the consortium will also research the use ofartificial intelligence inCovid-19 mitigation efforts.

"Artificial intelligence can be used to produceCT scans and X-rays from suspect Covid-19 patientsthat will help doctors see if someone has beeninfected by the virus or not. The process will involvemachine learning and deep learning,"he said.

Long-Term Plan

In the long term,the consortium wantsto develop aCovid-19 vaccine, which it said wouldtake at least 12 months.

LBM Eijkman chairmanAmin Soebandriosaid the vaccine would be designed toprotect people from further coronavirus infectionssince Indonesia has already experienced three pandemics involvingdifferent strains of the coronavirus:MERS-Cov, SARS-Covand now the SARS-Cov-2.

"The vaccine will stimulateantibodiesthat will protect us fromthe virus. Even if someone still getsinfected by the virus, the effects would not be severe. We hope thevaccine will workfor other coronaviruses too,"he said.

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Mark Giordano is doing his best to remain in contact with his teammates during the NHL pause, but the Calgary Flames captain knows some things are out of his control.

The Flames defenseman was one of seven captains among the eight players who each represented his Pacific Division team during one of two video calls organized by the NHL on Friday, the 15th day since the League announced March 12 it would pause the season because of concerns about the coronavirus.

"I'd say Zac Rinaldo and big [Milan] Lucic are the two who get the chat going every day and once one guy starts it never stops," Giordano said. "The phone just buzzes the whole day. I've been having trouble keeping my phone alive because there are so many texts coming in and buzzing my phone, but it's great we have this.

"We have this technology now where you can FaceTime and do all this stuff and at least somewhat stay connected. We have what the team updates through emails ... to keep us posted. But not much has been changed, so it's been weird, but at least we can do things like this and stay connected a little bit."

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid, whose 97 points (34 goals, 63 assists) are second in the NHL behind teammate Leon Draisaitl's 110, said players remain in contact with each other, but he prefers other activities.

"There are a couple of guys left in Edmonton and I've gotten together with (defenseman) Darnell Nurse and gone outside for runs ... we keep our 6-feet distance and don't get any closer than that," McDavid said. "We can still go outside for a run. It's not exactly Arizona (weather) here yet, but at least we can go outside and get a workout in."

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San Jose Sharks captain Logan Couture said he's been texting 40-year-old forward Joe Thornton regularly to check up on him.

"I don't know how he's surviving," Couture said. "He's got ADD (attention deficit disorder), for sure, and when he can't go to the rink, he's lost."

Vancouver Canucks captain Bo Horvat, who is third on the Canucks in goals (22) and tied for third in points (53), said he's involved in several group chats with players.

"We have 100 chats that keep getting started and restarted, so I have a lot of messages on my phone coming from everywhere," Horvat said. "There are a lot of chirps and joking around like we would in the locker room. Everybody is missing the game, wanting to get back and play hockey as soon as possible. Everybody is trying to do what's best for their families, keeping them safe and ride this thing out until everything is safe and ready to go."

Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf, and father of four, is busy enough even without arranging chat sessions with teammates. Getzlaf was busy making sure his kids were safe while on the video call after they took the family golf cart into the backyard of their California home to check out the chicken coop that dad is building from scratch.

"[The chat sessions with teammates] only stays serious for about two questions and then someone starts being a you-know-what," Getzlaf said.

Arizona Coyotes captain Oliver Ekman-Larsson is not a fan of group texts.

"We haven't had any FaceTime sessions or anything, it's more group chat and texts, and there's a lot of chirping going on in that group chat," he said. "I'm actually thinking about deleting it because there's a lot of weird pictures and stuff like that.

"It's a lot of fun though. It keeps you busy and you can stay connected."

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