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Making the Book Truly Accessible for All Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In September 2007, the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) selected our successful Bookshare library as the provider of accessible materials to every student in the U.S. Qualifying students, however, represent but a small fraction of those who can benefit from accessible books.

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The Why, What And How Of Learning

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Because of his lifelong commitment to education, Keyes founded the Education is Freedom Foundation , which provides college scholarships for hard-working young students. In over 20 years since its inception, the foundation has helped nearly hundreds of thousands of students find their path to higher education. from 2007 to 2011.

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2007 Global Social Venture Competition

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Global Social Venture Competition is a great event: bringing the talents of business school students from around the world to bear on society's pressing problems. I just found out about a matching making blog for the 2007 GSVC, where social groups can link up with students who want to work on a business plan.

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BiGTech India Connects Nonprofits with IT Students

Tech Soup

To celebrate, TechSoup's partner in India, BiGTech , held the Find an IT Partner event in Mumbai to connect local nonprofits with IT students. The event was hosted by the Don Bosco Institute of Technology (DBIT), giving the IT students at the school a chance to hone their professional skills in a real work environment.

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My Five Minutes of Fame in a Student Carbon Offset Documentary

Have Fun - Do Good

A looooong time ago, in March 2007, I wrote a blog post, What Do You Think of Carbon Offsets? which led to a local magazine including me in a piece, Carbon Credit Report , in its August 2007 issue. A high school student called to ask if I would be in her school project: a video about carbon offsets. Green-e Climate Manager).

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Power of Storytelling | Harmony for Change: The Global Impact of Playing For Change

Pamela Grow

Mayer, reflecting on his song in 2007, expressed the need to start a debate about our tendency to passively await change. Playing For Change leverages this by directly impacting over 50,000 students through on-site teachers. Playing For Change aims to provide arts education to marginalized youth in 17 countries.

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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 went from entertaining but ultimately not very useful to possessing, and the change happened overnight.