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Who's Responsible for the Digital Divide? The Answer May Surprise You

Tech Soup

This raises some interesting questions for how nonprofits and libraries talk about the digital divide and how they advocate for public access technology and technology skills development. The survey did include "National foundations and nonprofit organizations" and "Local community groups" as possible answers.

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Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

National Science Foundation. Emphasis is on digital literacy. Some questions: What have you seen in terms of partnerships for people seeking funds for games? This is a time pressure question! The power of games have caused to rethink many things. How to begin to have conversations to understand it. Two years ago.

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

gThe above video is one of the many social networking strategies that The Genocide Intervention Network used to transform itself from a small student group to national non-profit. He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education. Go read it.

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Reflections on the Science Center World Congress

Museum 2.0

It's a question whose answer eluded me from the day I registered eight months ago through the first few days of the conference this week. Casual discussions were steeped in government policies, national literacy rates, and worldwide attitudes towards science. What is the Science Center World Congress ?

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Notes from the Future: Reflections on the IMLS Meeting on Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century

Museum 2.0

The IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) has commissioned a preliminary proposal for an NAS (National Academy of Sciences) report on museums and libraries in the 21st century. This attitude is often self-serving: it’s also a practical problem for those who actually want to create change.

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