Navajo Nation, AZ
Digital Backpack: Enabling Offline Web-based Content Access to Promote Student Academic Resiliency in Acute and Chronic Disaster Situations
Organization: Northern Arizona University
Primary Investigator: Morgan Vigil-Hayes
Research Track: Climate & Environmental Resilience
A computer scientist from Northern Arizona University and teachers from STAR School are teaming up to develop the Digital Backpack, a tool to help students on Navajo Nation access digital learning content even when Internet connectivity is not available. The team hopes to enable academic resilience for students who experience the digital homework gap during school closures caused by COVID-19 and severe weather events. Link to abstract on nsf.gov