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An Internet Lesson in a Rural Cambodian Village: And Then You Wait.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I launched a bloggers campaign and Twitter Wall of Fame as part of the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. (To Mam Sary gets on the Internet via his cell phone connection which costs the Foundation roughly $28 per month. " Since we only have one Internet connection, all 15 students were huddled around the computer.

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Bookshare in Chennai

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I now feel even I can help people living in America!!” For the employees English is not their first language and for some it was not the medium of instruction. She says, “This job has greatly increased my self-esteem. We started of with a few validators and proof readers, a scanner, a computer and a handful of eager learners.

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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls

Saleforce Nonprofit

It doesn’t require internet access. Nayla’s organization, Lebanese Alternative Learning (LAL), will also develop teacher training courses on the platform aimed at strengthening remote instruction. Before joining Malala Fund, she served as the director for philanthropy at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA).

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How Would You Use Cell Phones to Bring Web2.0 to Cambodia (or other places without fast Internet)?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Answer Beth's Questions: (If you write a blog post, use the tag bethkanter_cambodiacampaign ) What advice would you offer to Mam Sari about incorporating computer instruction on a REALLY slow connection and with one computer connected to the Internet? in rural cambodia with cell phone connection?

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The Triple Bottom Line in India: Software, Quality Education, and Early Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The teacher introduced me as a visitor from America and asked if there the children wanted to ask me any questions. How many beaches does America have? The curriculum integrates the use of technology, for all aspects of instruction and managing the school. At the Sujaya School, I visited a second grade art class.

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Microsoft's YouthSpark Initiative Seeks to Close the Opportunity Divide

Tech Soup

Year Up is just one of the five nonprofit organizations Microsoft has partnered with along with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, City Year, Junior Achievement USA (JA), and Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. TechSoup for Libraries: Edge Benchmarks: Gadget Instruction. More Resources. Microsoft YouthSpark Hub.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

Organizations like the YMCA or The Boys and Girls Clubs of America offer free after-school programs in technology. If these sectors want the public to use these services, they should ensure that people have access to the Internet. TechSoup for Libraries: Edge Benchmarks: Gadget Instruction. A United Front.

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