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February Cause Awareness: Black History Month

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Woodson believed that it was important to establish a theme to help focus the attention of the public. Their programs are aimed at increasing digital literacy and helping people gain valuable tech skills to funnel into successful careers. The organization champions digital equity, diversity in tech, and living-wage careers.

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Leveraging Impact through Technology (LIT)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This year, for the first time, IDPD is commemorated with supporting sub-themes (see the full list here ), to draw attention to key issues that come into play in the intersection of disability and development processes. Of course, accessibility is right up Benetech’s alley and the focus of our Literacy program.

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How To Turn Your Smartphone Into A Movie Production Studio In 6 Easy Steps

Global Giving

What is going to grab their attention? Use the first column for imagery and the second column for audio. Always pay attention to background noise. Whether it’s a voiceover or background music, adding audio to your video can enhance your message and deeply effect the emotions of your audience. Find your story.

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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How can the backchannel enhance our attentiveness and learning ? To make this model work, there was another IRC backchannel that streamed audio from the conference and someone did the equivalent of live tweeting. Kristiansen captured the drama on this video clip of Mena Trott's Keynote calling for more civility in blog commenting.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" This was a rich conversation and was not able to capture all the details as my audio faded in and out and was multi-tasking in a major way, so here is what I as able to capture. He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places. " Media literacy is a paradigm shift - not an add-in subject.

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ASTC Recap: Questions, Colors, and Reflective Research

Museum 2.0

asked by a cop or mother, garners the full attention of asker and askee alike, museum questions like "what is nanotechnology?," Exhibit labels in science centers ask more questions than any other kinds of museums, and yet the questions are often awful--teacherly, overly rhetorical, and totally meaningless.

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10 Types of Fundraising Event Software for Virtual Events

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This is an example of a peer-to-peer event page by BEACON for Adult Literacy.]. BEACON for Adult Literacy’s peer-to-peer page draws users in with a branded banner image showcasing what this event is and the core mission—adult literacy. The fundraiser leaderboard and thermometer are testaments to the success of the event.

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