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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. Route 66 Literacy was put on the back burner last year because it ran out of funding. Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007.

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Mark Pesce at CUA09 - Think Like a Cloud, Make a Storm, Kill the Tower!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I think this is connected to what Rheingold's Attention Literacy piece, but I have go back and read it again. Ethan Zuckerman recently did an analysis of tweets from Moldova and found this to be true. He discusses the high price of hyperconnectivity for individuals AND for organizations.

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