HP 2015 Sustainability Report

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Environment

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About this report

Transform education NETa: Better learning outcomes through education technology To better understand and evaluate the impact of IT in education, Hewlett-Packard Com- pany launched the National Education Technology Analytics (NETa) pilot study in 2014. The company provided three pilot schools in New Delhi, India, Johannesburg, South Africa, and Silicon Valley, California, United States with networked laptops or tablets, classroom displays, printers, and improved broadband capacity, reaching more than 400 students. By continuing this initiative and studying how students use mobile technology to interact in the classroom, we are also gaining important insights into how educators can use data analytics to help transform teaching and learning. Program highlights during 2015 included: • In New Delhi, students used their laptops as part of a “peer learning” module, in which they switched between roles as teacher and student. Instructors spent less time explaining topics and more time facilitating deeper, interactive discussions. • In Johannesburg, students collaborated across activities in a range of learning sta- tions, thinking critically and as a group. • In Silicon Valley, students used the laptops to conduct research for and collaborate on group projects, speeding up writing and presentation development. These pilot schools represent one facet of a broader approach HP is developing to create a data ecosystem that provides education leaders and policy makers with insights to im- prove education in schools. For example, HP is providing consulting support to ministries of education in countries such as Ecuador, Oman, Peru, Rwanda, and the United States. Through the National Technology Readiness Assessments (NETr), HP education experts are embedded inside schools, along with a qualified nonprofit third-party observer or- ganization, to produce recommendations to help shape the education systems in these countries. In 2015, more than 10,000 surveys were administered. Global CodeWars HP sponsors CodeWars, a global competition that challenges high school teams from around the world to tackle 20 programming problems in just three hours. In 2015, CodeWars expanded to include locations in India, Spain, Taiwan, the United States, and United Kingdom and more than 2,000 students from around the world took part. Looking ahead, we plan to add regions in the United States and Singapore to the global CodeWars community.

Students at Ramjas School in New Delhi, India, exploring and learning with their HP convertible notebooks

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