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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. And today, braille is not being taught to most blind children.

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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls

Saleforce Nonprofit

Remote learning for refugee children in Lebanon: Malala Fund Education Champion Nayla Fahed created Tabshoura, an award-winning e-learning platform that helps Syrian refugees and girls in vulnerable communities in Lebanon learn for free. The broadcasts air weekly and deliver multilingual lessons on literacy, numeracy, and STEM.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. 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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Comcast Internet Essentials - A Green Program to Bridge the Digital Divide

Tech Soup

This new program is rolling out this month in 39 states offering $10 per month broadband Internet program to low-income families with children who are eligible to receive free school meals. Subscribers will also be given access to free digital literacy training. According to the Federal Communications Commission.

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Help My Pal Beth Win $50,000 for Cambodian Orphans

Have Fun - Do Good

My friend Beth Kanter, of Beth's Blog , is working hard to win $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation by January 31, 2008 as part of the Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. The Sharing Foundation's mission is to help meet the physical, emotional, educational and medical needs of orphaned and seriously disadvantaged children in Cambodia.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

On the morning of July 7th, a page was created for the events taking place in central London and as both television news and personal witnesses revealed more information the page content grew – by the minute. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Examples from Haiti.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Kindful

This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Areas served: US. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i, Vermont Women’s Fund.