Its the Most Wonderful Time Verizon 2024-11-18 | Don’t let an old or broken phone break your holidays.
Verizon Home Internet Just Got Dreamier Verizon 2024-11-12 | Verizon turns the Barbie® DreamHouse™ into the StreamHouse™ with Verizon Home Internet. (Just in time for the holidays)Switch Now
Estas fiestas, ahorra a lo grande con Verizon Verizon 2024-11-08 | Llévate 4 líneas por el precio de 3. Al cambiarte a Verizon.
Verizon Motorola to VMS4100 Set-Top Box Upgrade Verizon 2024-10-31 | Step-by-Step guide for replacing Verizon Fios Motorola set-top boxes and equipment to VMS4100
How to set up the Fios TV+ and optional Fios TV+ DVR Verizon 2024-10-21 | Get a quick overview of how to set up the Fios TV+ and optional DVR. Want more step-by-step guidance? Follow instructions on our support page: verizon.com/support/residential/tv/equipment/fios-tv-plus/#dvr
Verizon Home App Verizon 2024-10-11 | Get the most out of your Verizon Home Wi-Fi network with the Verizon Home App. Learn how to manage connections, device groups, and parental controls, and discover more features to help you take control of your home network.
Verizon Motorola Set-Top Box Upgrade to FiOS TV+ Verizon 2024-10-11 | Step-by-Step guide for replacing Verizon Fios Motorola set-top boxes and equipment to FiOS TV+
Introducing: Verizon Family | Verizon Verizon 2024-10-01 | Verizon Family gives you the tools to monitor your dependents’ call and text activity, monitor their location, get driving insights, and more. Verizon customers get the Verizon Family app for FREE.From a single app, you can:Use content filteringLimit and monitor texts, calls, and data purchases on smartphones or tabletsMonitor web and app activityManage screen timePause internetUse location tracking, pick-me-up and check-in featuresGet location alertsView driving activity, and moreSee verizon.com/verizonfamily for more details.
Verizon Smart Family - How to use Safe Walk Verizon 2024-09-10 | Learn how to Smart Family's newest feature, Safe Walk.
Marketing pro launches ‘Ask the Latina’ mentoring app with free coaching from Verizon Verizon 2024-09-06 | Terry Beltrán, an entrepreneur in the greater Detroit area, has decades of success under her belt. In addition to holding marketing roles at several major Fortune 500 companies, she also launched two businesses as a solopreneur. Vista Latinos helps brands target Hispanic audiences; Beltrán Media provides marketing expertise to Hispanic-owned small businesses. To help the next generation, Beltrán decided to create a mentorship app called Ask the Latina, which connects Latina professionals to Latina students hoping to start careers in STEM and law. As Beltrán points out, Latinas are underrepresented in those fields. “I felt like that needed to change,” she says. And although Beltrán runs two thriving media and marketing companies, she turned to Verizon Small Business Digital Ready to gain valuable skills she needed to create the app. A one-on-one session with a Verizon Small Business Digital Ready finance expert helped Beltrán realize that launching the Ask the Latina app would necessarily be different from her other ventures. Her businesses are service-oriented, and after the finance session, Beltrán realized, “This was a totally different area … I’m going in and developing a product this time, not a service.” A financial structures course helped her create a new business model for the app, and additional self-paced and live courses helped her hone her social media strategy to target mentors and younger mentees. Beltrán found that Verizon Small Business Digital Ready offered new learnings she could apply to all three of her current ventures. “It’s actually great for anybody in any stage of their career, any stage of their business, whether they’re startup or further down the line,” Beltrán says. “[T]here’s something in there for no matter what stage you’re in." Verizon Small Business Digital Ready is part of Verizon’s goal to support 1 million small businesses by 2030 with the resources to thrive in the digital economy. Visit CitizenVerizon.com to learn more about the company’s responsible business efforts. To sign up for Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, visit digitalready.verizonwireless.com. An individual user's experience may vary and results are not guaranteed.
The Compton Unified district expanded tech-infused STEM learning using a Verizon program as a model Verizon 2024-09-03 | Compton middle and high schools have been part of Verizon Innovative Learning programs since 2017, including multiple VILS schools and expanding to 5 VIL Lab schools. In the summer of 2022, prior to the school year starting, over 30 Compton teachers attended a week-long ASU-provided professional training. Now, approximately 30 schools in the district have a lab. The district scaled that effort not incrementally but all at once – an amazing feat.
Oakland jewelry designer navigates bigger deals and opens new pop-up shop with help from Verizon Verizon 2024-08-30 | Dorian Webb had been successfully running her neponymous luxury jewelry line, Dorian Webb, for years. But after landing a collaboration with a major jewelry retailer, she wanted more support. That’s where Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, with its free resources, came in. “One thing that I enjoyed about the program was it really encouraged you to think strategically about your business—and holistically—so that you could actually work on your business and not be enmeshed in the running of it,” Webb says. Webb says the Creating Financial Projections course on the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready platform helped her understand how to prepare for the sizable expenses associated with selling to a large company, and to anticipate how manufacturing, profit margins, and the time spent developing samples would impact her bottom line. “Working through those numbers, I was really able to think through the choices and the decisions I'd have to make in my business on a daily basis, which was incredibly helpful,” she says. For Webb, who worked with Verizon Small Business Digital Ready experts both in group courses as well as 1:1 sessions, the human element is the true strength of the program. “The presenters were experts in their field and had a wealth of knowledge that they generously shared with all of us,” she says. “People are the magic of the program,” she adds. Verizon Small Business Digital Ready is part of Verizon’s goal to support 1 million small businesses by 2030 with the resources to thrive in the digital economy. Visit CitizenVerizon.com to learn more about the company’s responsible business efforts. To sign up for Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, visit digitalready.verizonwireless.com. An individual user's experience may vary and results are not guaranteed.
Verizon Cloud Overview Verizon 2024-06-24 | Verizon Cloud lets you store photos, videos, documents and other data using an app that's available across Android or iOS phones and tablets, and Windows and Mac computers.
Long Island sign maker’s business lights up, thanks to new digital marketing strategies Verizon 2024-06-18 | Ron Fisher’s entrepreneurial journey began nearly a decade ago when he and his former business partner took over an existing sign business to launch Fisher Signs & Shirts in Southampton, NY. They produce storefront signs, vehicle lettering and banners as well as printed flyers, business cards, stationery, custom T-shirts, laser-engraved products and company uniforms. Today, Fisher Signs & Shirts has two locations and has grown to 12 employees, including current co-owner and business partner Jerry Smith.Fisher first learned about Verizon Small Business Digital Ready through a partnership with the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. The course offerings, he says, immediately resonated. “I knew that social media marketing was really important for my business, but I didn't know where to go to learn it,” Fisher explains. “When I found Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, I saw courses that really spoke to me, that were titled [with] exactly the information I was missing.”The Basics of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) taught Fisher that he might need to hire an outside vendor to help strategize for SEO. ""When I was meeting with potential vendors to offer that service to my business, I knew what to ask for, I knew what to look for,” Fisher says. “And I printed out the [Verizon] course guide, and had it right there as a resource.” He also redesigned the company website and learned how to use free analytics tools from search engines and social media platforms. “It allows us to tailor our content to what’s working, what's impactful and what inspires people to reach out to us,” he says.The results have been clear: “Since initiating SEO and the website revamp, we have seen a 25% increase in customers taking action by emailing or calling. Our web traffic is up 57% and we’ve passed one of our competitors in [search engine results] ranking,” Fisher says. Verizon Small Business Digital Ready is part of Verizon’s goal to support 1 million small businesses by 2030 with the resources to thrive in the digital economy. Visit CitizenVerizon.com to learn more about the company’s responsible business efforts. To sign up for Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, visit digitalready.verizonwireless.com. An individual user's experience may vary and results are not guaranteed.
Verizon Innovative Learning: The Human Component | Verizon Verizon 2024-06-04 | For over a decade, Verizon has been transforming the learning experience and helping to bridge the digital divide with Verizon Innovative Learning, our award-winning education initiative.With leading education partners, we empower students with new ways of learning through extensive support for educators, technology-integrated curriculum, emerging technologies including 5G, and free internet access.We have expanded access to our education programs to all educators nationwide through free immersive applications for any device, microcredential-aligned professional development, and tech-focused learning resources.Our programs provide students with the skills and tools they need to succeed in the digital world with the goal of providing digital skills training to 10 million students by 2030.Verizon Innovative Learning is a key part of Citizen Verizon, the company’s responsible business plan to help move the world forward for all. #VerizonInnovativeLearning, #CitizenVerizon, #Education, #STEM, #Technology
Verizon Cisco Set-Top Box Upgrade Verizon 2024-06-03 | Step-by-Step guide for replacing Verizon Fios Cisco set-top boxes and equipment.#Verizon
‘Mi propio jefe’: A Cleveland family of entrepreneurs takes pride in being their own bosses Verizon 2024-04-26 | When Lazaro “Nito” Burgos set up a new location for his Cleveland barbershop, In the Cut, in 2020, he knew he wanted it to be a family-friendly environment. What he didn’t know was that his neighbor in the adjacent store would soon be his wife, Zuleyka Tirado, a baking entrepreneur.Tirado, who previously worked in a factory, said the idea to start a cake business came to her one day while she was cleaning. “I called my sister Karol [Laguna] and said, ‘Karol, do you want to make cakes?’” With help from Burgos, the sisters co-founded Paradise Cakes, initially working out of Laguna’s basement. Today, they sell a variety of desserts including tres leches, carrot cakes, and cheese and coconut flans in more than 40 stores in Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania. “I thought that it was going to be small, but as the months went by, I said wait, this is going to be big,” Tirado says.As demand grew for Paradise Cakes, Burgos decided to ramp up his business acumen to help the bakery reach its potential. He turned to Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, which he’d learned about through the Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development, and started taking the self-paced financial and marketing courses. Soon, Tirado did as well.For two people who were busy creating desserts and cutting hair, the structure of the online courses was crucial. “We don’t have time to sit down for long classes,” says Burgos, who appreciated the concise but knowledge-packed Verizon Small Business Digital Ready offerings. “You can do it at your own pace. You can go back and check videos on things you’ve forgotten,” he says.Tirado, who had managed her business’s invoices and expenses entirely with pen and paper, found the finance courses most helpful. She learned to take advantage of accounting software, to track profits and losses, to use a designated business account for all company finances, and to set aside funds for future expenses and investments. “If an emergency happens and a piece of equipment breaks down, then I have a place where I can get the money,” she explains. Verizon Small Business Digital Ready also taught the pair new digital and social media marketing strategies. Tirado began posting photos and updates several times a day, and Paradise Cakes went from 300 to over 1,000 social media followers. Nito took advantage of search engine optimization and 5-star reviews to draw more customers, increasing business by 30%, he estimates. “I’ve received a lot of help,” Burgos says of the Verizon courses. “The more you know, the more you can understand your business and be attentive to certain details.""Nito and Zuleyka’s entrepreneurial spirit has rubbed off on their son, Michael, who is taking business courses at college while also working at Paradise Cakes. His future plans? Michael now wants to open his own gym and become an entrepreneur, too.Verizon Small Business Digital Ready is part of Verizon’s goal to support 1 million small businesses by 2030 with the resources to thrive in the digital economy. Visit CitizenVerizon.com to learn more about the company’s responsible business efforts. To sign up for Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, visit digitalready.verizonwireless.com. An individual user's experience may vary and results are not guaranteed.#VerizonSmallBusinessDigitalReady, #DigitalReady, #CitizenVerizon #SmallBusiness #SupportSmallBusiness
Convos Episode 2: Tackling mom guilt, being likable at work, and standing up for yourself | Q&A Verizon 2024-04-16 | For Women’s History Month, we invited two self-professed recovering people pleasers—Sarah Bills, VP of partner marketing at Warner Bros. Discovery, and Christina Le, OpenPhone social media manager and a Linkedin influencer—to talk about how they got over people-pleasing so they can be leaders at work and at home. “As women, I find myself feeling like, I'm just very grateful, and I don't want to rock the boat,” says Bills. “And that was something early on that I learned that it's not personal. You can be grateful for things, but you can also stand your ground.”CONVOS 🌶️👀 01:39 On first jobs and quitting jobs08:11 On finding your voice 17:51 On emailing unapologetically23:14 On motherhood32:53 On women they admire37:15 On being CEO of the universe42:32 On finding your purpose
Convos Episode 1: How to thrive as a Black woman in journalism | Q&A Verizon 2024-04-11 | For Women’s History Month, we invited J’nelle Agee, executive director of editorial at Ebony Magazine, and Ashley Pulliam, ABC News Live senior producer, to have a candid conversation about their experiences as Black women in journalism.“I feel like I got no a bajillion times,” Pulliam says. “I applied to so many jobs and got so many Nos before I finally got one Yes.”CONVOS ☕👀 02:13 On telling a good story 07:00 On finding your voice11:37 On being a Black woman in the workplace 17:40 On mentors 24:23 On social media25:55 On getting paid31:21 On self-care35:57 On finding your purpose41:14 On women42:44 On being CEO of the universe
Indy From 500 Miles Away | Will Power | Team Penske | Verizon Verizon 2024-03-28 | Verizon proves even a championship racing team can’t break the network.For one day, Verizon joined 2x INDYCAR champion driver @12WillPower & @Team_Penske to prove the power & reliability of a network built for the future of both work and racing—by having Team Penske’s crew chiefs run test laps at the vaunted Indianapolis Motor Speedway—from separate locations across the U.S.Powered by Verizon 5G from the No. 12 car to the pit to their homes—together we showed that even putting hundreds of miles between an INDYCAR driver and his crew can’t stop a team working at top gear.#TeamPenske #WillPower #IndyCar #Indy500 #racing
Test 303 - Higher Calling | Test Force Colorado | Verizon Verizon 2024-03-27 | 50 mph winds 🌬️ 20 ft of snow 🌨When Rocky Mountain blizzards hit, #VerizonTestForce is ready—not just with the coverage to keep Coloradans connected, but with local engineers like Brian who readily answer the call to keep the network working. No matter the heights. Or the extremes. 🏔️#VerizonTestForce #YourVerizonToTheTest
Test 719 - Meet Us At The Top | Test Force Colorado | Verizon Verizon 2024-03-25 | Some hit the slopes to disconnect. Others come to build connections. Verizon customer, Quincy Shannon, started Ski Noir 5280 to diversify the mountains—giving Coloradans of all backgrounds a chance to belong—and gave local #VerizonTestForce engineer Sean a look at the great work his network is made for. Plus, he got a free ski lesson while he was at it.#VerizonTestForce, #YourVerizonToTheTestyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLooRvxIU8b2Vpy9X3cgtmpBbXXATXFVv8
Always Be Testing Verizon 2024-03-22 | No matter where they are, Verizon engineers are always testing.#VerizonTestForce
How to: Self Setup the Verizon Receiver Verizon 2024-03-21 | Verizon 5G Home Internet self setup overview. Say goodbye to installation windows with no wait, technician, or disruptions. Set up your 5G Home Internet (Verizon Receiver) on your own time using the My Verizon app.verizon.com/5g/home
How to set up the Verizon Internet Gateway (model # CR200A) Verizon 2024-03-21 | Set up your new Verizon Home Internet. Get step-by-step instructions on how to set up the Verizon Internet Gateway. If you run into any issues, the My Verizon app can guide you along the way. We’re always here to help.verizon.com/5g/home
Stream TV Soundbar & Soundbar Pro Setup Instructions | Verizon Verizon 2024-03-21 | This video will help you quickly and easily set up your new Stream TV Soundbar or Stream TV Soundbar Pro. Follow along to start streaming your favorite movies and TV shows in minutes and experience Dolby Atmos virtual surround sound, tuned by the audio experts at Bang & Olufsen.For the complete instruction manual or quick answers to frequently asked questions, visit our support center:verizon.com/support/residential/tv/equipment/stream-tv-landing/soundbar#Verizon, #VerizonSupport, #StreamTV, #StreamTVSoundbar, #StreamTVSoundbarPro
Test 970 - Art Marks The Spot | Test Force Colorado | Verizon Verizon 2024-03-20 | If you create art, but no one’s around to see it, is it still art? Snow-loving #VerizonTestForce engineer, Shawna, joins snow artist Danielle on a black canvas of fresh snow deep in the Rockies to test the network—and give her both a new perspective & a way to share her short-lived work in the moment.#VerizonTestForce, #YourVerizonToTheTest
Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Time Well Spent Verizon 2024-02-29 | Through this video, we tell the story of Verizon Small Business Digital Ready strictly through the eyes of a small business owner. We see the SBO's at work, and hear in her own words the specific elements of the program that she has found helpful. Video will live on the SBDR site: digitalready.verizonwireless.com#CitizenVerizon, #VerizonSmallBusinessDigitalReady
Philly food truck owner levels up with Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Verizon 2024-02-22 | It’s a beautiful Thursday in Philadelphia and V’Esther Goode is busy frying up her signature cheesesteak egg rolls as the chef and owner of Boomer’s Kitchen & Catering. One by one, customers find their way to the food truck, while Goode (whose nickname is Boomer) greets everyone with an infectious smile. Not only is Goode living her passion, she has gained new confidence in running her business, something she attributes to Verizon Small Business Digital Ready. “It has built my confidence 100 percent,” Goode says. Verizon Small Business Digital Ready is a free, online portal designed to help small business owners like Goode succeed in today’s digital world. The portal offers self-paced courses led by successful business owners, in addition to personalized coaching, networking and incentives such as grants to eligible businesses. Before taking courses in the portal, Goode was doing everything by herself. And while her business was successful (she says she’s known for her mouthwatering breakfast platters), she often felt stressed. “I felt like this business was running me, not that I was running this business,” she says. Now, with 10 courses and coaching sessions under her belt, Goode knows how to track her finances, write a business plan, attract corporate catering gigs, target social media influencers, and infuse search engine optimization (SEO) into her website redesign. “[What I’ve learned in the program] made things smoother, less stressful,” she says.” I’m up earlier now. I’m promoting more now. I got a new assistant. I’m getting invoices faster, booking faster. My catering is already booked until 2022.” Goode now feels empowered to take her business to the next level. Her five-year plan includes owning a commercial kitchen, doing corporate catering and hiring more employees. Most importantly, Goode wants to leave a legacy. “In the beginning, [this business] was just to get my son through college,” Goode reflects. “But now I know that this is something that I can leave a legacy behind with. When I go, my children will have something to carry on. My family will have something to be proud of.” Verizon Small Business Digital Ready is a part of Citizen Verizon, the company’s responsible business plan to help move the world forward for all and help ensure that no one is left behind. Watch and see how the portal has helped Boomer. *This small business is a member of the Verizon Small Business Advisory Panel and is compensated by Verizon. #Verizon #5GBuiltRight #Verizon5G
Miami PR Expert Builds Her Online Audience With Tools From Verizon Verizon 2024-02-22 | Verizon Small Business Digital Ready is a free, customized learning program designed to help small businesses thrive. Watch the video above to hear how Janie Flores, a public relations specialist in Miami, used the portal to give her Buena Vida Media firm a boost. While taking two marketing courses, Flores decided to start a YouTube channel for her online radio show “Janie Flores Live.” “[The portal] gave me that extra push that I needed to expand to more platforms,” she says. “I’m always looking for different and new platforms where I can start to build an audience.” Flores dreams of starting America’s first national radio show dedicated to multicultural entrepreneurs. “The mainstream media may say one thing about us [Hispanics],” she says. “But Buena Vida Media is elevating the real part. Our community is making important contributions to this country.”Verizon Small Business Digital Ready is a part of Citizen Verizon, the company’s responsible business plan to move the world forward for all. Sign up for the free courses at verizon.com/smallbusinessdigitalready#VerizonSmallBusinessDigitalReady, #DigitalReady, #CitizenVerizon #SmallBusiness #SupportSmallBusiness #Entrepreneur #WomenInBusiness
Verizon Innovative Learning | Verizon Verizon 2024-02-22 | Millions of students here in the U.S lack the technology, internet connectivity and the skills required for success in today’s digital economy. For over a decade, Verizon Innovative Learning (VerizonInnovativeLearning.com), our award-winning education initiative, has been bridging the digital divide by providing technology, internet access, curriculum, and other resources to students and educators at under-resourced schools across the country. Verizon Innovative Learning programs create impacts that change the trajectory in student’s lives. Students are taught in new and engaging ways aligned with the skills and proficiencies they will need to pursue careers that will set them up for success in the digital world. Verizon’s commitment to education is further expanded through Verizon Innovative Learning HQ (Verizon.com/learning), which both complements the technology capabilities provided to Title 1 schools and goes beyond them to provide these next-gen learning opportunities to everybody.Verizon Innovative Learning HQ is a free online K-12 education portal that provides next-gen learning for all and is available to all educators across the U.S. This free online resource helps to make next-generation learning tools and resources available to all students and educators across the United States. Specifically, Verizon Innovative Learning HQ includes free access to:- A curated library of AR and VR educational experiences, made in partnership with leading ed-tech innovators and educators- Standards-aligned lesson plans with customizable options to help meet unique learning needs and interoperability with other ed-tech tools- Professional development resources aligned to research-backed microcredentials to help teachers learn new skills and feel more comfortable and confident bringing technology into the classroom- Interdisciplinary, next-generation educational content, available on a variety of devices ranging from PCs and desktops to high-end VR equipment. #VerizonInnovativeLearning, #CitizenVerizon, #Education, #STEM, #Technology
Verizon Business to demonstrate the impact of connected healthcare at ViVE 2024 Verizon 2024-02-22 | Verizon Business will showcase its healthcare solutions at ViVE 2024 (Booth #1510) at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles this month. Utilizing a series of demos showing how 5G, dependable connection, collaboration tools, and other features are facilitating the future of connected patient care.#VerizonHealthcare
What are students grateful for? Teachers and tech | Verizon Innovative Learning Verizon 2024-02-16 | To celebrate educators for Teacher Appreciation Week, we asked students to share the many ways their teachers have inspired and supported them, in the classroom and beyond.Gerardo Favela, a 6th grade student at Sylmar Leadership Academy in Los Angeles, was recently reclassified, moving from English language learner to English proficiency. The 6th grader credits all of his teachers with encouraging him to read regularly on his device.Cristine Hernandez and Jannah Lindley, both members of the tech team at Sylmar Leadership Academy, express their gratitude for Maria Muñiz, the computer science teacher who manages the tech team.Andrea “AJ” Lugo, a Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Coach, is impressed by her colleagues, the dedicated and innovative teachers at Sylmar Leadership Academy. “One of the things that makes the teachers special here is their willingness to step outside the box and learn new things,” Lugo says. “These teachers inspire me because they are changing with the times.”.....Are you an educator? Click here for free and engaging STEM lesson plans and apps: verizon.com/learning To learn how Verizon Innovative Learning Schools work, click here: verizon.digitalpromise.org/how-it-works#Education, #STEM, #CitizenVerizon, #Technology, #VerizonInnovativeLearning
Cleveland Students Leave Digital Desert Behind | Verizon Innovative Learning Verizon 2024-02-16 | “Everything changed once we got [tablets],” says Anthony Black, a 7th-grade student at Miles Park School in Cleveland. “We don't worry about arguing over the computer, or who has more work to do.” Miles Park School is a PreK-8 school on the city’s southeast side. Many students’ families cannot afford internet access, says school principal Tamika Taylor-Ivory. When she arrived at Miles Park School eight years ago, there was little technology or digital learning. Teachers relied on textbooks and administered pencil-and-paper tests. “I wanted our school building to be the feeder to the community,” adds Taylor-Ivory. “We educate the kids and provide them with the resources that are necessary to become 21st-century learners. The goal was that if we taught them those skills, they would go home or go into the community and be able to educate others.” Watch the video above to see how Verizon Innovative Learning helps transform the middle school experience for students and their families. Verizon Innovative Learning is a key component of Citizen Verizon, the company’s responsible business plan helping to move the world forward for all.#CitizenVerizon #Education, #STEM, #Technology, #VerizonInnovativeLearning
Students see ocean life up close through augmented reality | Verizon Verizon 2024-02-16 | Aurelia — an educational AR app available for free on the Verizon Innovative Learning HQ portal — helps students learn how sea life adapts to its environment. “The Aurelia app goes over the features of fish, including size and shape, discussing adaptation across three different ecosystems in the ocean,” says Roberto Padron, Verizon Innovative Learning Lab Mentor at Rubén Darío Middle School in Miami. With their tablets in hand, Padron’s students wandered the classroom, enthusiastically exploring the deep-sea world they created through Aurelia. Unlike just reading in a textbook, these lessons jump off the screen, Padron says. “The Aurelia app has such depth to it, yet it’s simple. It just kind of constantly keeps catching their attention,” he says. “So for me, it’s just a win-win.” His students agree. “It’s pretty fun,” says Gabriella Herrera. “So [the lesson] gets stuck in your mind, and you get smarter—but like, you're also having fun.”To access free learning apps, lesson plans and professional development courses aligned to micro-credentials, visit Verizon Innovative Learning HQ at www.verizon.com/learning. #VerizonInnovativeLearning, #CitizenVerizon, #Education, #STEM, #Technology
Middle School student pioneers VR video for future utility workers | Verizon Verizon 2024-02-16 | Grace Lester, 14, attended the Verizon Innovative Learning STEM Achievers program at Big Sandy Community and Technical College in eastern Kentucky two years ago. There she learned to use cutting-edge technology such as 360-degree cameras and virtual reality (VR) apps. She quickly put her new knowledge of digital tech to professional use — creating a promotional VR video for the college.Grace’s mom, Jenny Lester, is an administrative assistant for Big Sandy’s Lineman Training program. While Jenny was brainstorming ways to advertise the program, Grace piped up with a thought: Why not create a VR video, using those same 360-degree cameras she had access to during the Verizon Innovative Learning STEM Achievers program? They could attach a camera to a lineman’s helmet and film him climbing a utility pole. With the footage from the camera-mounted helmet in hand, Grace developed her video. “I stitched it together to create a VR experience of what it’s like to be a lineman,” she explains.Grace’s innovative idea and practical application of next-gen technology is what the STEM-focused summer program is all about. “Grace is a prime example of how we’re trying to empower students with Verizon Innovative Learning STEM Achievers,” says Jarred Gibson, program director at Big Sandy. Verizon Innovative Learning is an award-winning education initiative addressing barriers to digital inclusion. It is a key part of Citizen Verizon, the company’s responsible business plan to help move the world forward for all. #VerizonInnovativeLearning, #CitizenVerizon, #Education, #STEM, #Technology
Verizon and National Hockey League Renew U.S. Partnership Verizon 2024-02-16 | Kyle Malady, CEO, Verizon Business, and David Lehanski, NHL Executive Vice President, Business Development and Innovation, discuss the partnership and how driving innovation will change the game of professional hockey for the league and their fans.
Students Share How Verizon Innovative Learning Helps Set Them Up for Success | Verizon Verizon 2024-02-14 | As another school year comes to a close, we asked students at Mater Academy Bay Middle School and High School, a Verizon Innovative Learning school, to share what it’s really like to attend a school where connected tablets and innovative learning apps have replaced paper and pencil assignments in various subject electives. For Angelica Mesa, a sophomore, the most memorable lesson was creating models of neurons with a 3D printer, which helped her to understand cellular structures. “I was like, ‘wow, you did that with a click of a button and now you have a real-life object right in front of you,’” Angelica says. Watch the video above to hear five students discuss how experience with cutting-edge technology and digital tools will set them up for success in their future careers. “I’m learning with technology, about technology, so it’s just preparing me more for the future that’s to come,” says Dylan Lopez, a junior. Verizon Innovative Learning is an award-winning education initiative addressing barriers to digital inclusion. It is a key part of Citizen Verizon, the company’s responsible business plan to help move the world forward for all. #VerizonInnovativeLearning, #CitizenVerizon, #Education, #STEM, #Technology
You’ve got moxie! Veteran teachers say tech changes the game | Verizon Verizon 2024-02-14 | Even after working in education for 38 years each, Beatriz Llano-Scherker, a Verizon Innovative Learning School Coach at Hammocks Middle School in Miami, and Lois Seaman, Verizon Innovative Learning Lab Mentor, show no signs of slowing down. The two educators meet with the rising sun several times a week and strategize the best ways to benefit the school and community with digital resources provided as part of Verizon Innovative Learning. “This program empowers students,” Llano-Scherker says, explaining why she devotes so much time and energy to her students and Verizon Innovative Learning. For Seaman, giving students a chance to thrive is what school is all about. “I look at a school as a place where students have the opportunity to be successful,” says Seaman. “Any way that I can help them to gain success — however they define it — I'm going to help them on that path.” Hammocks Middle School became a Verizon Innovative Learning school – part of Citizen Verizon, the company’s responsible business plan that aims to help move the world forward for all – in 2019, and the Lab was constructed in 2021. Verizon Innovative Learning provides free technology, internet access, lesson plans and apps to engage students and transform their learning experiences while encouraging them to become lifelong learners.Are you an educator? Visit Verizon Innovative Learning HQ for free and engaging STEM lesson plans and apps: verizon.com/learning #Education, #STEM, #CitizenVerizon, #Technology
Action! Middle school students find their voices through film | Verizon Innovative Learning Verizon 2024-02-14 | When Eric Winzenried started leading the media club at Berendo Middle School in Los Angeles five years ago, he found that some of his middle school students had given up on learning. What does it take to re-engage students with their own education? For Winzenried, a resource specialist with a background in film, the answer was clear: His students loved videos, movies and smartphones. When tech was used in the classroom, says Winzenreid, “they just suddenly came to life.”With devices, data plans, and technology received as part of Verizon Innovative Learning, the media club was transformed. “We got all this amazing equipment from Verizon,” Winzenried says. Using a green screen and a microphone, students create videos in the style of public service announcements but with middle school style and flair. In one video, spearheaded by students Jordan Williams and Pablo Vargas Urbina, a rapping middle schooler encourages his classmates to get vaccinated so they can come to school. “They were able to demystify vaccinations for the community,” says Julia Glees, Verizon Innovative Learning School Coach at Berendo. The videos also allow for English language learners, who represent a sizable portion of students at the school, to practice speaking skills and use their creative talents, says Glees. Students that Glees previously had to usher to class now jump at participating in educational opportunities involving technology. It’s clear that the Verizon-provided tech is making the difference. “I never made a video before, but when I saw that iPad with that mic in my hand, I felt like I was on top of the world—I really did,” says 7th grade student Anela Herrera.Related video #1: You’ve got moxie! Veteran teachers say tech changes the game: verizon.com/about/news/veteran-teachers-say-tech-changes-game Related video #2: With new tech, Cleveland students leave the digital desert behind: verizon.com/about/news/new-tech-cleveland-students-leave-digital-desert-behind Related video #3: Students share how access to digital learning tools set them up for success: verizon.com/about/news/students-share-access-digital-learning-tools-success#Education, #STEM, #CitizenVerizon, #Technology, #VerizonInnovativeLearning
Bowling with robots: Using tech to foster a positive learning environment | Verizon Verizon 2024-02-14 | Ask for a tour through the Verizon Innovative Learning Lab at Hammocks Middle School in Miami, FL, and you’ll glimpse student-created virtual reality (VR) worlds and a lab full of next-gen tech. In the Verizon Lab, students knock down bowling pins using robots, which they learn to operate through coding and apps. Lois Seaman, a Lab Mentor, used a lesson plan on robotics, one of many lessons freely available to educators on Verizon Innovative Learning HQ, to structure the day’s activities. The Verizon Innovative Learning Lab program is a multi-year initiative that integrates emerging technology, such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and 3D printing, with a student-centered curriculum in a custom-designed lab. The Lab curriculum encourages students to adopt a design-thinking approach to problem-solving: to empathize, define, ideate, prototype and test (and often retest!) an innovative, multi-disciplinary and human-centric way to create deeper understanding, uncover insights and develop effective solutions to challenges.Verizon Innovative Learning Labs, along with an associated curriculum developed in partnership with the J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovative Institute at Arizona State University, empower schools all over the country to become hubs of innovation. The Lab helps students reach the heights of their own creativity, says Seaman. Educators can freely access similar lessons, professional development and learning apps, including the augmented reality app Verizon Innovative Learning lab Online, via Verizon’s education portal at verizon.com/learning. It’s all part of Citizen Verizon, the company’s responsible business plan to help move the world forward for all.Are you an educator? Click here for free and engaging STEM lesson plans and apps: verizon.com/learning Related video #1: You’ve got moxie! Veteran teachers say tech changes the game: verizon.com/about/news/veteran-teachers-say-tech-changes-game Related video #2: Students share how access to digital learning tools set them up for success: verizon.com/about/news/students-share-access-digital-learning-tools-success Related video #3: Miami student – and aspiring rapper – uses innovative lab to create magic: verizon.com/about/news/slam-miami-student-innovative-lab-create-magic #Education, #STEM, #CitizenVerizon, #Technology, #VerizonInnovativeLearning
How a Middle-School Summer Program Builds Self-Identity With Tech and Mentorship | Verizon Verizon 2024-02-14 | Verizon Innovative Learning STEM Achievers offers middle-school students, many of whom attend under-resourced schools, access to next-gen technology and an immersive curriculum that covers topics such as artificial intelligence, robotics, coding and design thinking. But the STEM enrichment program is more than just tech lessons: The students learn essential life skills, too. While credentialed teachers lead the tech classes, high school and college mentors guide the kids in exercises on self-identity, personal growth and character development. At the STEM Achievers program at Cal State LA, mentor Ivan Martinez practiced mock interviews with rising eighth grader Angel Gutierrez and his classmates. “The lesson today, it forced me to contemplate the future,” said Gutierrez, who thinks he might like to work as a machine learning engineer—or an artificial intelligence engineer—when he’s older. “We know that during adolescence students are really building their identities,” says Dr. Jessica Morales-Chicas, co-director of Verizon Innovative Learning STEM Achievers at Cal State LA. “So it’s a really important time to be able to have them reflect on who they are: What do they value? What do they see themselves to be in the future?”Watch the video above to see how Verizon Innovative Learning STEM Achievers mixes next-gen technology with emotional-intelligence-enhancing activities.Verizon Innovative Learning is an award-winning education initiative addressing barriers to digital inclusion. It is a key part of Citizen Verizon, the company’s responsible business plan to help move the world forward for all. #VerizonInnovativeLearning, #CitizenVerizon, #Education, #STEM, #Technology
Waving the magic wand of tech innovation at an Atlanta middle school | Verizon Verizon 2024-02-14 | What Long Middle School teachers in Atlanta, GA are doing now, with Verizon Innovative Learning Schools coach Renee Dawson’s help, is adding tech to their teaching in innovative ways, as well as taking advantage of free learning apps and lesson plans available on Verizon Innovative Learning HQ. Dawson’s passion for continuous learning motivated her to complete eight micro-credentials in one year, thanks to online offerings through Digital Promise and Verizon Innovative Learning HQ. Micro-credentials are digital certifications that verify an individual’s competence in a specific skill or set of skills. These free professional development courses can then be applied in some states as continuing education credits (CECs) or units (CEUs), which are required to renew teaching licenses. “I find that the best teachers I’ve worked with, the best leaders I’ve worked with, never stopped learning and growing,” she says. “And that is crucial to me as I go through my career—to never stop.”Dawson then incorporates all that she learns into her work as a coach. From one professional development course on Verizon Innovative Learning HQ, for example, she learned about leading through coaching. “Once I took that microcredential, I was able to infuse that into my professional development for my teachers,” Dawson says.To access free learning apps, lesson plans and professional development courses aligned to micro-credentials, visit Verizon Innovative Learning HQ at www.verizon.com/learning. #VerizonInnovativeLearning, #CitizenVerizon, #Education, #STEM, #Technology
This middle school helps students’ parents get digitally savvy, too | Verizon Verizon 2024-02-14 | When Madrid Neighborhood School in Phoenix started offering tech classes for parents, just a few adults would show up for the lessons, says Dr. Tamara Campbell, the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Coach at Madrid. Today, that group has expanded to a full classroom of parents, who get to try out some of the same tools and programs their middle school children are discovering in the Verizon Innovative Learning Lab. These include a range of emerging technologies like augmented and virtual reality, 3D printing, artificial intelligence and robotics. These Labs are hubs of innovation that provide students – and the larger school community – with the opportunity to leverage technology, design thinking through project-based learning, and social innovation to design solutions to make a positive impact. “That enthusiasm for technology-based learning is contagious with the older generation,” says Campbell. “Here’s something their kids are learning and they do it and they get so excited.” Students also have the chance to play professor at the sessions, and they relish the opportunity. “I like how I got to be the big one, and get to show people how to make stuff with their own ideas,” says Jazmyn Singleton, of teaching the adults Tinkercad, an online app used for 3D digital design.To access free lesson plans on Tinkercad, or other next-gen learning tools for educators including learning apps, lesson plans and professional development courses,visit Verizon Innovative Learning HQ at www.verizon.com/learning. #VerizonInnovativeLearning, #CitizenVerizon, #Education, #STEM, #Technology
A tech transformation at Tucson middle school | Verizon Verizon 2024-02-14 | "leadership roles.”Secrist is one of the most recent schools to become a Verizon Innovative Learning School. What started with just eight schools in four districts in 2014 has grown to 561 schools in 94 districts nationwide, providing a lifetime of change for students and educators. Verizon Innovative Learning Schools are part of Verizon Innovative Learning, the transformative education initiative that began more than a decade ago.“Having the 1:1 [tablets] in our school helped teachers locate those students who need more support, and provide that support during the lesson, on the spot,” says Ameel Attallah, the Verizon Innovative Learning Coach at Secrist. In this new role, Attallah supports his colleagues and students in adopting new learning styles in the classroom.With technology that allows students to stay connected at home, as well, Attallah says the students are fully supported whether in class or doing homework on their own. “They can research, they can be creative,” he says. “There’s no limit.”Through Verizon Innovative Learning HQ (verizon.com/learning), educators can access free learning apps, lesson plans and professional development courses aligned to micro-credentials by visiting www.verizon.com/learning. #VerizonInnovativeLearning, #CitizenVerizon, #Education, #STEM, #Technology
Golf entrepreneurs take a swing at e-commerce with expert advice from Verizon Verizon 2024-02-13 | Denny Rivas, an avid golfer and insurance broker based in Los Angeles, and Gia Mora, a full-time artist and writer, launched The Original Cap Magnet a few years ago. The product is a flexible magnet that attaches to any hat—or even a shoe or golf bag—so golfers can keep their ball marker wherever they prefer.But because of the nature of the product—it’s meant to be unseen, wherever you wear it—the Cap Magnet was tricky to market. “One of the challenges we faced is that our product is invisible,” Mora explains. “How do you convince someone that they need something that they don’t even know is there?”Watch the video to find out how Mora and Rivas used coaching from Verizon Small Business Digital Ready to help transform their passion project into a full-fledged business.Verizon Small Business Digital Ready is a free online curriculum designed to help small businesses succeed in today’s digital world—moving the world forward for all. To sign up, visit verizon.com/smallbusinessdigitalready
How a Verizon Grant Helped This Small Business Find New Clients Verizon 2024-02-13 | What does it take to grow a company from one client to 100? For Joe Alvarez and Erick Casillas, founders of iCareClean in Montebello, CA, the answer was a lot of hard work—and a little help from free Verizon courses.When Alvarez and Casillas launched their commercial cleaning service in 2016, they knocked on doors and relied on word-of-mouth referrals to build up their client base. But when the pandemic hit, their marketing plan floundered. “We had to change our way of thinking,” Alvarez says.By taking free online courses with Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, Alvarez learned new ways to market the business digitally, with targeted, location-based strategies for online ads. “I started doing things outside of my comfort zone,” he says. The entrepreneurs also made use of a $10,000 Verizon Small Business grant to further those marketing goals, as well as to fund new equipment and employee payroll.Verizon Small Business Digital Ready is a part of Citizen Verizon, the company’s responsible business plan to move the world forward for all. Sign up for the free courses at verizon.com/smallbusinessdigitalready
Verizon - Fios - What to expect on your installation day Verizon 2024-02-13 | This video provides the customer with some details about what they should expect during a technician visit. This video provides the customer with answers to many of the questions asked during their installation process. Our installers have encountered many instances where the installation had to be pushed off because of no access to telecom rooms, or rear yard poles in neighbors' yards or basements. Customers are made aware of the possibility of drilling on the home, the equipment provided, possible locations of the equipment, and the technician's process. This video allows the customer to contact necessary locations needed to connect their service and make provisions before the technician arrives making the installation run as smoothly as possible.
A grieving entrepreneur learns to grow with help from Verizon Verizon 2024-02-13 | When Donna Oti’s business partner, Jared Critchefield, passed away, she was bereft. The two had been friends since college and together they launched the consulting business 3C Communications and Culture. As the visionary strategist for the company, Oti was facing a professional challenge: Jared had managed day-to-day operations. “I knew I needed help to really understand the business,” she says. Oti turned to Verizon Small Business Digital Ready.Using the free resources available online, Oti found guidance and inspiration. She took online courses in marketing that gave her strategies for improving her social media strategy and reworking her website, which resulted in a significant increase in visits. She learned to seek outside guidance on the company’s finances, networked with local connections, and put workflow processes into place.Watch the video to find out how Oti used coaching from Verizon Small Business Digital Ready to help get new contracts and honor her friend’s legacy.Verizon Small Business Digital Ready is a free online curriculum designed to help small businesses succeed in today’s digital world—moving the world forward for all. To sign up, visit verizon.com/smallbusinessdigitalready
