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Request a Device from The New York City Department of Education

Compete the form to request a device to borrow:

Remote Learning Device Request

Free Internet or WiFi

Internet & Phone Service Offers for Distance Learning

AlticeUSA is providing free internet service for all students for 60 days. Please call 866-200-9522 to enroll.

Comcast - Comcast is offering an internet essentials package for free. To sign up for a free internet essentials package for 60 days, applicants can visit www.internetessentials.com. The accessible website also includes the option to video chat with customer service agents in American Sign Language. There are also two dedicated phone numbers 1-855-846-8376 for English and 1-855-765-6995 for Spanish.

Spectrum - Spectrum is offering free internet access for students. Beginning March 16, Spectrum is offering free internet for 60 days to households with K-12 or college students who don’t already have a Spectrum subscription. To enroll, call 1-844-488-8395.

Charter - Charter is offering free internet for 2 months. 1 (877) 906-9121

AT&T - AT&T COVID-19 response. AT&T will offer unlimited data to existing customers

Verizon - Verizon does not have special offers, but is following the FCC agreement, waiving late fees from March 16 -May 16 

Sprint - Sprint is following the FCC agreement, providing unlimited data to existing customers, and, starting Tuesday, 3/17/2020, will allow all handsets to enable hot spots for 60 days at no extra charge.

T-Mobile - T-Mobile is following the FCC agreement, plus unlimited data to existing customers, and, coming soon, will allow all handsets to enable hot-spots for 60 days at no extra charge.

Turn your phone into a HotSpot article from PC Magazine

Access Google Classroom on Xbox and Playstation

Classroom can be opened on Xbox and Playstation. There isn’t an app that the students can add to their consoles. Instead, they are going to have to use the built-in browsers that come on the two devices. On Xbox, it is Microsoft Edge. On Playstation, it is the “www” browser. Your students will probably know how to find the browsers on their consoles, but if not, each one has a search function they can access on the home screen.

Once the browser has been opened:

  1. Type in classroom.google.com in the URL bar.

  2. A prompt for a Google account will appear.

  3. Type in the wjps.org email and password

  4. The Classroom home screen will open up.

If students have a keyboard they can plug in, they will have a much easier time of navigation. Otherwise, they will have to use their controllers to click on the classroom tiles, open up assignments and type.