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13 Students Graduate ITWorks Fall 2013 Program

TechImpact

ITWorks students graduate December 2013. It’s the December 19 graduation of the Fall 2013 cohort of the Information Technology Workforce Program (“ITWorks”) program. Through the course of the program, ITWorks students get internship experience while they earn a professional certification in IT. Keynote speak R.J.

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Why Upgrade to Office 2013? 4 Compelling Features You'll Want to Know

Tech Soup

People-OnTheGo will be presenting a complimentary webinar, Getting Started with Office 2013 and 365 , on Thursday, April 4 at noon Pacific time. release of Office 2013, the latest version of the familiar Microsoft. Office 2013? With Office 2013, Microsoft has made it possible to store and sync. In Office 2013, you'll.

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Tech Impact Receives $200,000 Grant

TechImpact

Each student enrolled in the highly competitive, free program works a 5 week internship, generally in the nonprofit sector. Here, the students get to flaunt their new skills in a professional environment. While working this mandatory internship, approximately 25% of the students are retained by their internship host.

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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The NMC’s annual reports that highlight emerging technologies and their impact on the education sector over the next five years include NMC Horizon Report: 2013 K-12 Edition and the NMC Horizon Report: 2013 Higher Education Edition and were published this spring. Learning and Knowledge Analytics.

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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Address on receiving Caltech’s Distinguished Alumni Award May 18, 2013 Caltech was founded to give back to society through science and engineering, to discover knowledge and apply that knowledge. That’s the Caltech advantage! Richard Feynman once tried to reduce an advanced physics concept to a freshman lecture.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Accordingly, U.S.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. At the close of 2012, we are five years into our work in education and are serving over 230,000 students.

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