Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

We were up against immense political pressure to rescind the award. Bookshare today is part of a broader effort by Benetech’s Global Literacy Program to improve the lives and learning of students with the biggest challenges. That’s when I called that advocacy firm, a “luxury” that soon became indispensable.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. But what about everybody else? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Department of State, about empowering the world’s billion people with disabilities ; or to talking with my peer Skoll Award winners about writing software for development, social justice and human rights needs—CGI 2013 was a nonstop flow of sessions and exchanges with partners on ways to leverage resources towards each organization’s mission.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! We also received our largest-ever award for human rights, a two-year, $2.2

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program. This summer, we will have three students working on Bookshare software for our users underwritten by Google’s Summer of Code program. and that risk paid off.

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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. Route 66 Literacy Our newest project is Route 66 Literacy, and it includes a demonstration site that anyone can try out.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Use silent auction software to seamlessly collect bids from your event attendees. Charge admission and screen popular movies, or theme it around the Academy Awards by screening some of the 2024 nominees. Reading challenge Issue a community-wide reading challenge this spring to encourage literacy in your community.

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