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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

From people in Latin America who face severe water scarcity to at-risk human rights defenders and students with disabilities, our users and their families are the ones who best convey the impact of our work. Consider third grade student Brennan Draves. Brennan Draves and his mother, Lindsay Draves, at school. Martus Desktop 4.5

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Forward Unto the Breach: Don’t Rest on Nonprofit Laurels

Bloomerang

In the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” the lead character of Alexander sings about who he and America are meant to be. the numbers of students you can enroll, patients for whom you have beds, ticket buyers for whom you have seats, etc.), You can take art to the schools or bring students to your art. Who Are You Meant to Be?

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The Triple Bottom Line in India: Software, Quality Education, and Early Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At the time, Rufina was the CEO of Nasscom Foundation and transforming the nonprofit technology sector with her incredible networking, scaling, and capacity building skills. At the Sujaya School, I visited a second grade art class. How many beaches does America have? I also visited the sixth grade class.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

But what if kids learned basic tech skills along with reading storybooks and taking spelling tests? Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Defining Digital Literacy.

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American India Foundation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I had just read a paper about the LINCOS project in Central America, so this was fresh in my mind. To my delight, the Akshay Pratishthan school had a focus on teaching students with disabilities: roughly half the students had disabilities and were mainstreamed with students without disabilities.

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And the Winner is. Jaffe's Join the Conversation Book Giveaway and How To Do A Giveaway Contest on Your Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Robin Yap left a comment that he was leaving for Manila to teach social media to educational technology students, so I decided to part with my cherished copy of Dave Warlock 's Classroom Blogging. He attended the Cambodian Blogging Summit and received the digital audio recorder to create language lessons for his students (offline podcasts!)

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Online Collaboration: Taking Education to New Heights

Tech Soup

And one in five, or 23 percent of the adult American population , is functionally illiterate or lacks basic skills past a fourth-grade reading level. " In this spirit, New Heights provides everything from tutoring services to curriculums, a library with more than 3,000 books, field trips, and online classes.