Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

You answered our call for donations so students could move off our waiting list and into classrooms. In Haiti, a typical adult has just five years of schooling, and the literacy rate is just 53 percent. Because of your gift and gifts from other generous donors like you, seven new students got to enroll in school!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

" The course had no existing curriculum and it provided a real life laboratory for him to have the curriculum come out of the community interactions that were happening in the classroom. Another point about goals: Community Literacies esp. How to engage people more deeply and deepen some of the community learning literacies?

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BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

Ideas include financial literacy training, fundraising discussions, or a presentation about a political or economic issue that affects your organization. These are among the most substantive elements of any good board agenda: Board development. Of course, a client or member’s first-person account of change is also a terrific educational tool.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

In addition, Fifth Third Foundation decided to focus on financial literacy teaching kids in classrooms about money management. Fifth Third Foundation provides quarterly opportunities at work for staff to volunteer, often organized philanthropy efforts.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This was part of the national conversation when schools pivoted to online classrooms, which catered to families with reliable internet, ample supply of modern devices, and space to use them. CVAs lament how technology gaps can exclude some people in systematic ways. During the pandemic-induced quarantines, these gaps widened.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Join us at ILA to learn how to break through the challenges of shifting practices, advocate for all students, and make a difference in and out of the classroom. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. International Literary Association / New Orleans, LA / TBD. 10/10/2019.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

While this advice is more appropriate for the classroom, Vicky Davis shares how she manages the back channel. Spend some time at the beginning of your presentation explaining to your audience how you will respond to the twitter stream and audience members are more likely to use it responsibly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

I am fascinated by the possibilities of blogging in the foreign language classroom. tools and my outlook on literacy, available information, research, and cross-referencing opinions has changed completely. The first post in February of 2006 sums up the reasons why I started Langwitches Blog It states: ???This The tools of Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

The Kosch-Westerman Foundation connects terminally ill children to their classrooms through technology. New Heights Educational Group is an educational support and literacy center for families with children who are struggling in school. " The Kosch-Westerman Foundation. " New Heights Educational Group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places. Media literacy and creation skills can't be add-ons in schools, but have to be integrated across the curriculum in all subjects. It starts in the home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2007

enhanced cultural and technical literacy, not just an ability to reuse materials, but a willingness to do so. I also recently discovered this post/podcast called " Remixing the Classroom." A student came up with an amazing metaphor for how intellectual property should work in the classroom and in greater society.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

It supplies computers to disabled people of all ages through its technology lending library and it also supplies for special-needs classrooms. The software applications WordQ + SpeakQ provide writing assistance and speech recognition help for people with disabilities, new language learners, and those who are learning literacy.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Nairobi, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Women and Web Literacy Program 2016 – 17. Nairobi, Kenya: Mobile Solar Computer Classroom Project in Kenya. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Nairobi, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Joins Mozilla Maker Party 2016. Reform Copyright. Thursday, November 10, 2016. Friday, November 11, 2016.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 2, 2006

Here is a partial transcript from my interview with Viet-Ly: Viet-Ly: Streetside Stories is a nonprofit literacy arts program based in San Francisco and we work with the middle schools -- the public middle schools -- of the San Francisco Unified School District. So, I decided that I want to be a classroom teacher, and I've applied to school.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 4, 2007

Finally, if you want to encourage young writers to write for change, the National Writing Project has published Writing for Change: Boosting Literacy and Learning Through Social Action in 2006. They will be using the National Writing Project Book as their text.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2005

Starting way back in 1995-96 when the web was just starting to explode with content, I focused a lot on searching skills, information literacy skills, how to organize and retrieve your finds, etc. If the site is to be used by kids in the classroom, it has to have some interactive component to keep their interest and be engaged.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2003

Early Connections - Preschool is a great set links from the Northwest Technology Consortium on integrating technology into the pre-school classroom. According to this site, In the preschool classroom, children and teachers are working on readiness skills and early literacy experiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. Emphasis is on digital literacy. Each funder gave an overview gave an overview of their program. MacArthur Foundation.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

According to Theirworld, if the annual funding gap is not met—and there are no plans or proposals to address the gap currently—more than half the world’s children are at risk of failing to attain basic literacy skills by 2030. According to Theirworld, the coronavirus pandemic at its peak forced more than 1.6

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2006

The kids were everywhere, they're running around, they're cursing, they're throwing things, they're angry, they're upset, just everything coming out, and we would go out into the garden, and you would just see them relax, like just being outdoors, instead of in the classroom. Britt Bravo: What does a typical class day look like?

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Local literacy program supporting students in Haiti raises record-breaking funds, moves 24 students off waiting list. 5K will raise money for school’s outdoor classroom and track . Bicycle program readies for holidays, will repair and give away 150 bikes. Food pantry partners with local pet rescue to open pet food pantry.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Betsy, a former teacher with a Master's in Education and Learning Disabilities, has a keen understanding of what educators need to adopt Bookshare.org and other technology in the classroom. Route 66 Literacy was put on the back burner last year because it ran out of funding.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In this image, a group of adults sit in a classroom watching a teacher’s presentation. Classes Nonprofit organizations often offer classes that cover a wide array of topics, from literacy and language skills to financial literacy and job training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2012

This applies both in building friendships and in building business, and the learning starts right at home and in the classroom. We guide parents through raising kids in this digital age, and provide digital literacy curriculum to educators at no cost. Our core policy priority is kids’ mobile and online privacy.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

We had a similar experience recently here at Microsoft when we heard a story about a student who participates in our Technology Education And Literacy in Schools (TEALS) program. A TEALS teaching assistant for a classroom in rural Kentucky noticed the transformation of a young man involved in the program.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Do they like those one-time projects, those capital projects where you can build that outdoor classroom or,” you know, “purchase that mobile mammogram unit for your hospital and be able to create impact for years to come?” Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? ” What are the things donors want to see?

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