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Bookshare Creates Opportunities For Gifted Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I talk a lot about how technology can help create tremendous educational opportunities for students with print disabilities. Steffon, who attends Gadsden Community College in Gadsden, Alabama is a straight-A student who has made his college deans list each semester. Because the Bookshare collection is free to qualified U.S.

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Technology to Help You Vote

NTEN

National hotlines If voters can't get to a computer, national hotlines can be a great catch-all. For sample ballots, voters should contact local election offices for paper versions, and most states have them on their website or built into their own lookup tools ( an example from Alabama ).

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

As one volunteer manager in a human services organization in Alabama put it, remote technology like social media gives you an “audience that doesn’t have limits.” School districts scrambled to get Chromebooks to students. CVAs lament how technology gaps can exclude some people in systematic ways. The Big Theme and Conclusion.

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10th Annual Salesforce Education Summit: What You Need to Know

Cloud 4 Good

In it, we’ll hear from this year’s co-host, Arizona State University, on how they are innovating in their student success, Malala Yousafzai, who is fighting for girls’ education, the latest in Education Cloud innovation, the Summit Award winners, and so much more. The Summit Awards. Wednesday, April 20 | 12:20 pm – 12:40 pm PT.

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Coming to a Public School Near You: Hopefully, You as a Volunteer

Have Fun - Do Good

Because it was my first time meeting the students, part of the half hour was spent getting to know each other. I highly recommend volunteering with young people, whether they are as little as a kindergartner, or as old as a college student. I had a blast, and hopefully it was a fun learning experience for him too.

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