Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Access to technology is important, but teaching computer and information technology skills is just as vital. Defining Digital Literacy.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Their educational focus areas include new designs to advance learning, pathways to postsecondary success, leadership and teaching to advance learning, public understanding, and integration, learning, and innovation. The National Education Association Foundation is a national nonprofit and philanthropic organization based in Washington, DC.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

A national nonprofit, Year UP aims to close the opportunity gap and empower urban talent to reach their potential. 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.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

GivingTuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving , kicking off the giving season. And w e would like to spotlight a few in the TechSoup community who have joined us in championing this second annual national day of giving : InvestED has launched a volunteer and donation program specially designed around Giving Tuesday.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Reading challenge Issue a community-wide reading challenge this spring to encourage literacy in your community. Local gardening experts can have the chance to demonstrate their green thumb and teach others in workshops that cover topics such as organic gardening, composting, or urban gardening.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

Under our new CTO, Patrick Ball (see my last President's letter), we are building a tech team to work on our incredibly varied list of projects in literacy, human rights and the environment. 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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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2011

These tools can help organizations that work with individuals who have general writing concerns, English language learners, people with learning disabilities or physical handicaps in typing, people with dyslexia or recovering from strokes, and even those learning literacy and spelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2016

For example, Palau, a small island nation in the Pacific, depends on tourism for most of its economy. If your nonprofit works to teach adults to read, for example, you are definitely working on a natural capital issue. The value of natural capital. million over the course of its lifetime —but only if it was not hunted.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2010

While visiting the country, I met with members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) who are using a growing collection of technology tools to confront reported human rights incidents. For five days, we focused on teaching the NHRC staff to use the Martus software. My most recent visit to Nigeria confirmed this trend.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

It's been almost three years since Edward Snowden's revelations about the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance of American's online and phone communications and records. " If you do any sort of digital literacy work or job training, privacy and online security is likely already a big part of your curriculum.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

The ASU Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) is one of only 56 continuing education professional development programs in the nation. [2] The ASU Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) is one of only 56 continuing education professional development programs in the nation. [2] We too dersire more instruction on financial literacy.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

It's been almost three years since Edward Snowden's revelations about the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance of American's online and phone communications and records. " If you do any sort of digital literacy work or job training, privacy and online security is likely already a big part of your curriculum.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Whether you're educating yourself or your staff, or teaching others technical skills, we can help you stay up-to-date on the latest technology, fundraising tools, or development strategies. The National Commission on writing stated that 80 percent of grade school students are not proficient at writing.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

And…they know technology, so they’re also an asset to help teach other volunteers. 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.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 4, 2007

She also won the 2005 National Magazine Award for Reporting for her article, " Dying in Darfur ," in The New Yorker. Anya Achtenberg will be teaching an online workshop, Writing for Social Change: Re-Dream a Just World, later this year. They will be using the National Writing Project Book as their text.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America." New Heights Educational Group is an educational support and literacy center for families with children who are struggling in school. The organization's project on Last Polar Bear reached 26.5

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2006

The REAL hot 100 is a list featuring young women from around the country who are breaking barriers, fighting stereotypes, and making a difference in their communities or the nation. Rachel can teach you how to make biodiesel, how to convert your car to run on straight vegetable oil, and how to fix your car too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning. National Science Foundation. Emphasis is on digital literacy. 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.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. Interested? Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next? b) Void States.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. That sounds great. How do you plan on doing that? b) Void States.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

And in terms of how I got involved with SOUL, I was actually teaching for a very brief period in the Oakland middle schools. I was at that time working at a wonderful organization called Streetside Stories , which is a literacy arts organization with programming in various Title 1 middle schools in San Francisco. So I’m only 26.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

Their funding priorities focus on the following areas of interest: financial literacy, workforce development, micro finance, entrepreneurship, leadership skills, and formal education. They support activities and movements that are global or national in scope. Areas served: Texas-based organizations. Vermont Women’s Fund. Mary’s Pence.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Their funding priorities focus on the following areas of interest: financial literacy, workforce development, micro finance, entrepreneurship, leadership skills, and formal education. They support activities and movements that are global or national in scope. Areas served: Texas-based organizations. Vermont Women’s Fund. Mary’s Pence.

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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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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Calvin Osborne, an attorney with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), underscored the urgency in improving broadband -- essentially fast Internet access -- to keep the US from lagging behind other nations. He spoke about FCC's expansive efforts to increase "digital literacy" for both individuals and small businesses.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

The IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) has commissioned a preliminary proposal for an NAS (National Academy of Sciences) report on museums and libraries in the 21st century. What’s in the crystal ball for museums and libraries? Of course, to do this, staff have to be not just fluent but masters of new information platforms.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate. I think my comment in The Nation was really more about that.

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