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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also want to them to discover and follow their own sense of social activism and philanthropy and become Philanthroteens , teens with a passion for social change who grew up not knowing what it was like to not to have a cell phone or not to be connected to Facebook. I recently keynoted the Social Good Brazil Conference in November.

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Bay Area Teens Share the Love of Coding (Part 1)

Tech Soup

It was recently recognized by the City of San Jose for raising awareness of computer science among teens. The Power of Kids Teaching Kids. It provides girls interested in STEM with "skills, exposure, and mentorship" to programming and technology in general. Many CEOs need to know programming as well."

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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. It’s all about teaching digital literacy and citizenship: the knowledge and skills necessary to think critically, behave safely, and interact responsibly in a digital world. Teaching them to use creative tools responsibly?

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Ally Shares Her Experience in Program

ASU Lodestar Center

I create dances, curriculums and spaces for people of color to understand their identity, passion and purpose — these are lessons others tried to teach me but failed because they were more concerned with the box I did not fit into than the freedom I can have outside the boundaries of that box. I am Black and Mexican and I am a creator.

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

Tech Soup

Here’s Dianne’s winning submission in its entirety: “The Pottsboro Library has made bridging the digital divide for teens a priority. A local TV station employee was hired to work with the teens in a 6-week course where they created a promotional video for the library. The teens also have access to GoPro and Nikon.

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MAINE COMPASS: School-based program teaches kids basics of philanthropy | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME

AFP Blog

They also participate in Jumpstart Our Youth (JOY) -- the state's most comprehensive youth philanthropy program -- with Jobs for Maine's Graduates students statewide.

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Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Youth Through App Development

Tech Soup

awareness and skills development in children, teens, and young adults. Two such organizations are Apps for Good and Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab , which are teaching youth to learn, create, and improve their communities through the development of apps. skills are taught through a practical hands-on course that guides.

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