Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Multiple senators called the secretary of education asking for explanations of how earmarked funding ended up in the hands of “nobodies from California” who had never lobbied Congress. We were up against immense political pressure to rescind the award. That’s when I called that advocacy firm, a “luxury” that soon became indispensable.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

The event was hosted by Google on its campus in Mountain View, California, which is home to some of the most cutting edge technologists in the world. They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program. and that risk paid off.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

I was awarded one of the 2006 MacArthur Fellowships. These awards are based not so much on past achievements, as an expectation that you will do something exciting in the future. My two closest peers in California have both gotten MacArthurs (Victoria Hale this year and David Green two years ago).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. Sponsor may require proof of written permission as a prerequisite to award of prize, and the inability to produce the proof of written permission within 1 month of the Sponsor’s request may result in disqualification. (c)

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. Sponsor may require proof of written permission as a prerequisite to award of prize, and the inability to produce the proof of written permission within 1 month of the Sponsor’s request may result in disqualification. (c)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007. Now, all students and schools can achieve the level of success experienced by one of our student users, Tyler Norwood, a seventh grade student at the Corte Madera School in Portola Valley, California. I bet you're wondering what we must accomplish.

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