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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. To bring the power of books to everybody on this planet, we must make books truly accessible. Love of the print book. It made me who I am.

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Putting the AI in Education: Stepping Toward Generative Artificial Intelligences 

sgEngage

My hope is that we all—individuals, teachers, students, parents, schools, and government officials—honestly wrestle with this revolutionary change and recognize it as so much more than a “cheat tool.” Generative AIs went from entertaining but ultimately not very useful to possessing, and the change happened overnight. 

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. CityOptions is an environmental initiative to help local governments—particularly small and mid-sized ones—plan and execute effective sustainability initiatives.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

And what if a person, regardless of age, could learn anything from typing to HTML to using an iPad without any cost or accessibility barriers? Access to technology is important, but teaching computer and information technology skills is just as vital. Defining Digital Literacy. But first, what exactly is digital literacy?

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Healthy Fear, Healthy Habit: Teaching Privacy to New Internet Users

Tech Soup

It scary to think that your activity online can be tracked by corporations, the government, hackers, and other nefarious (and seemingly un -nefarious) entities. Privacy has always been an important topic in digital literacy. Scott recommended a few websites for building curriculum: Mozilla's Webmaker Privacy Literacy Toolkit.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

For easy access you can download all these incredible conferences to your Gmail, ICal or outlook click. 15th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 15th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. It doesn't just stop here! So don't wait! Did your event make the list? Finance / @southwestfdns. 41st Annual FAE Nonprofit Conference.

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Back to School at TechSoup

Tech Soup

Online courses from easyLearning by Serebra provide busy nonprofiters with access to more than 1,500 technical and professional courses. Access donated live instructional QuickBooks seminars with QuickBooks Made Easy, now available in TechSoup Limited. Board Governance. Instruction is also available in Spanish.

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