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Putting the AI in Education: Stepping Toward Generative Artificial Intelligences 

sgEngage

My hope is that we all—individuals, teachers, students, parents, schools, and government officials—honestly wrestle with this revolutionary change and recognize it as so much more than a “cheat tool.” Generative AIs have the power to transform education. We didn’t ask. imagine indeed… Join me and my colleague, Hiram Cuevas of St.

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Making the Book Truly Accessible for All Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This includes accessible educational materials, such as e-books that can be used with computers, or mobile devices that display enlarged text or read the book aloud while also highlighting text. We have the technological innovations to help these children and their families and educators, who are looking for strategies to aid their success.

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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Reading a Bookshare-downloaded book on the BrailleNote portable device Launched in 2007 to replicate the proven Bookshare model internationally, our Bookshare International library has already grown to serve members in more than 40 countries , many of whom are in the developing world.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This pilot paved the way for our work in the education field. It gave us the opportunity to conduct for the first time a sizeable outreach campaign in education, provided us with informative user feedback and case studies, and supported the development of Bookshare’s initial K-12 collection. government and states like Texas.

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If it’s good enough for the Navy …

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The process of governments in Europe starting to shift to open source software, and software that used open standards, rapidly increased the use of FOSS in Europe. Basically, it seems the motivation is that open systems allow them to upgrade their capabilities rapidly, and they need to be able to share data freely. It could happen here. {

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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Bookshare.org - Bookshare.org

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

On Friday, the Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. federal Department of Education made a major five-year award of $32 million to Bookshare.org. As of October 1, 2007, we have ceased charging these schools and students anything to join Bookshare.org.

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