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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. A few months ago, I attended Microsoft Citizenship's YouthSpark Connection event and heard first-hand from recent high school graduates about how dire the need for digital literacy is.

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education. the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content. Some argue that young people acquire these key skills by interacting with popular culture. and discovery. Simulation ??? Appropriation ???