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Public Ally Humbled by Her Experience in Program

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Samantha Witter Class 12 Public Ally. Through Public Allies Arizona , I was placed at AZCEND as the Family Resource Center Coordinator. Within the Family Resource Center parenting workshops, early literacy programs, Giggles, Squiggles and Squirms (G.S.S,) child watch, and community health are offered.

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Membership Retention Rate: How Associations Can Retain More Members

Neon CRM

For example, consider an organization for educators focused on improving literacy rates. One proven method of addressing literacy—especially in children with learning challenges—is approaching reading as a science. While many schools are adopting this approach, few educators have the funding for an entire curriculum shift.

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Putting the AI in Education: Stepping Toward Generative Artificial Intelligences 

sgEngage

We hope to help paint a fuller picture, invite hard questions, and showcase the power of what these AIs are capable of with skillful prompting. But a series of breakthroughs—including several over just the last decade—have catapulted AI to the forefront of our public consciousness.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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Infographic: The Internet is Important to Everyone

Tech Soup

Picturing the Problem. The barriers to increasing broadband Internet adoption. That statistic is disturbing enough, but an even starker picture emerges when you dig deeper, as the infographic does: As you can see, Internet access and usage continue to vary hugely by age, income, education, and disability status. The infographic.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law. often leads the way towards that better tomorrow.

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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. It creates an opportunity to have public benefit being balanced with business interests. I believe in the power of books to change the world.