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"This Is My Friend": How the Kosch-Westerman Foundation Connects Terminally Ill Children to the Outside World

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Children love their freedom. When a serious or terminal illness hits, a child's world suddenly becomes limited to what they can access from their bed, and friends can disappear. Technology can be a window to the outside world that gives these children back some of their freedom, and becomes a companion in the process.

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"This Is My Friend": How the Kosch-Westerman Foundation Connects Terminally Ill Children to the Outside World

Tech Soup

Children love their freedom. When a serious or terminal illness hits, a child's world suddenly becomes limited to what they can access from their bed, and friends can disappear. Technology can be a window to the outside world that gives these children back some of their freedom, and becomes a companion in the process.

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"This Is My Friend": How the Kosch-Westerman Foundation Connects Terminally Ill Children to the Outside World

Tech Soup

Children love their freedom. When a serious or terminal illness hits, a child's world suddenly becomes limited to what they can access from their bed, and friends can disappear. Technology can be a window to the outside world that gives these children back some of their freedom, and becomes a companion in the process.

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

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By far, the biggest set of stories are the ones from organizations that serve youth and children. Support for Autistic Children in the U.S. Because computers in classrooms are so important for disabled children, they make optimum use of the accessibility features in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

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But last year, over Thanksgiving, I sat next to a man who was working on his laptop (not an activity that invites conversation), creating a presentation on elementary education and technology. A former superintendent of such a district, he explained the basic premise to me: each student, from kindergarten on, has a personal laptop.

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

Tech Soup

By far, the biggest set of stories are the ones from organizations that serve youth and children. Support for Autistic Children in the U.S. Because computers in classrooms are so important for disabled children, they make optimum use of the accessibility features in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

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9 Amazing Organizations Share Their Tech Success

Tech Soup

The library ordered 60 Dell refurbished desktop computers from TechSoup's Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) to provide its patrons with Internet access. The program offers year-round dance lessons and an annual event in which 80 children are joined by volunteers from professional dance schools. " Veterans Organic Garden.

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