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Net Smart: How To Thrive Online

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lately, I have been working in far flung places which means long, very long airplane rides without Internet access! The book covers five digital literacies – each starting with an illustration by Anthony Weeks that graphically communicates the key points. Don’t make attention training so rigid that it destroys flow.

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The AI Writing Prompt Formula and Prompt Ideas

Whole Whale

These models are presently built on snapshots of internet data and aren’t designed to be research assistants. Press Releases : AI writers can help nonprofits create attention-grabbing press releases that generate media coverage and raise awareness of their cause. Build large training guides on a given topic.

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Microsoft's YouthSpark Initiative Seeks to Close the Opportunity Divide

Tech Soup

TechSoup for Libraries surveyed and interviewed organizations that received Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) funding. The project unearthed some amazing stories, including this one about a library in Colorado that provides individualized librarian attention to job seekers. More Resources. Microsoft YouthSpark Hub.

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Six Books About Skills You Need To Succeed in A Networked World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The book is a great read, a refreshing take on how to manage attention deficit and information overload caused by our connected 24/7 always on lifestyles. She points out that distraction is not the enemy. I had the honor to interview him for this blog post back in 2009 -he’s a fantastic storyteller.

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An Interview with Silvia Tolisano of Langwitches Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

tools and my outlook on literacy, available information, research, and cross-referencing opinions has changed completely. Each student created and edited their own blog, while learning about Internet Safety and getting comfortable with reading and writing a blog. What advice would you offer other bloggers who are just getting started?

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New Pew Research Report: The Future of Digital Life and Well-Being

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” Pew interviewed technology experts and scholars (including me) about the benefits and drawbacks of our digital lives. This is the ninth Future of the Internet study the two organizations have conducted together. Attention economy and surveillance society. 11, 2017, and Jan. 11, 2017, and Jan. Toxic social media.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! After her interview with Barbara Walters, Jazz Jennings' rise has been nothing short of meteoric. Do you love ladies in literature?

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