Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

The digital content is presented as text, but the built-in read-aloud capability is disabled because of ambiguity over audio rights. So, the student might be able to read only 60% of the relevant content, and have no idea about what the equations say.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. At the close of 2012, we are five years into our work in education and are serving over 230,000 students.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

Today I’m delighted to share the exciting news about the new award we just received from OSEP to build upon Bookshare’s success and significantly improve access for students with disabilities. Bookshare is allowed to serve only students with a legally qualifying print disability per the Chafee Amendment to the Copyright Act.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 2, 2022

You can use this link to get 30 minutes of audio transcribed for free. Step 4: Edit, Edit, Edit I tell my students in The Storytelling Non-Profit Master Class all the time that the magic of copywriting and of storytelling happens in the editing. Try talking it out and record yourself! I do this about 50% of the time.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 9, 2020

A story bank is central place to capture any text, audio, video and photos associated with a story. I suggest this planning timeline to all of my clients and students because 90 days is a very realistic and tangible amount of time to plan for.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

For educational nonprofits, schools, and libraries, Raspberry Pi is very useful for teaching students about electronics, computing, and many other technical subjects for a price that's far less than a new computer. The Raspberry Pi was designed to help educators and students understand technology better. HDMI (rev 1.3 &

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. The Bookshare promise to American students with disabilities is that if they need a book for education, Bookshare will ensure that they have it. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

This is why the making of accessible books is a classic example of market failure: if publishers could make a lot of money selling braille, large print, audio, and fully accessible textbooks, we wouldn’t need a copyright exception. It’s expensive to adapt textbooks to be accessible.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate. Accordingly, U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account. We want to see that students with disabilities have equal opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2011

One of the first Juicy Blogging E-Course assignments I give to my students is to write a blog post that has more images than words. As you can see from the screenshot of the Tumblr dashboard below, Tumblr's format encourages you to share photos, quotes, links, dialogue, audio, and video, in addition to straight text.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

You can decide whether the story is written, told in video , or audio, spoken person to person or to a group, or better yet, in some combination of the above. The founder will take on the problem, which leads directly to the start of your nonprofit. Most importantly, the story needs to be told with enthusiasm. and those you serve.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 31, 2012

Both of them are students from the University of Texas. Connection Cafe Podcast 10 Download audio file. Ashley Doub and Christopher Hitte are both working with the Luminate CRM team this summer to help improve some of the solutions that we deliver to clients while getting hands on experience in a professional environment.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 15, 2021

A hybrid event is generally hosted by a company, event management team, and supporting staff, like videographer, event organizer, emcee, audio team, and IT support team. . You can consider running a product launch , a student recruitment event , a massive networking event, or revealing a rebrand. . How Does a Hybrid Event Work?

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

When pricing your virtual event, consider including a free ticket tier, pay what you can (PWYC) options, and student pricing. Include audio and visual closed captioning to ensure that all audiences can maximize their event experience. If you understand that PWYC isn’t quite right for your audience, instead offer tickets by donation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 8, 2005

Quindi makes capturing meeting video/audio and action items really easy. Last week Jane Simchuk, Dave Offen and I got a demonstration of Quindi: the Meeting Capture tool. The link to Quindi came from my old buddy Patti Price, who I've known for many years as a leading speech technology researcher.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

With a press of a virtual button, an ebook can be printed, displayed in large print (on a page or on a display), made into braille (on a page or on an electronic braille display), or read aloud as audio. It works well for students in the United States, but we’re still not reaching American adults to the extent we would like.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

Each group was told to use words, text, audio, or video and then we presented to the whole group. Trainer becomes the student and has another participant guide them through the same steps. The trainer models being a uncomfortable student or one that makes a mistake or asks questions when something unexpected happens.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2011

You can now view the archive of this event , as well as the presentation slides, audio, and links now. You could start off by downloading the curriculum on the My PC Program page , or you could take a look at the class handouts on the My PC Student page. The My PC Series offers a jargon-free computer curriculum based around Windows 7.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

If you aren't already familiar with their scintillating podcasts and radio programs, the World Affairs Council brings together policymakers, academics, philanthropists, students, business executives and civic leaders in non-partisan, public-forum-style events geared to enhance global perspective.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

When pricing your virtual event, consider including a free ticket tier, pay what you can (PWYC) options, and student pricing. Include audio and visual closed captioning to ensure that all audiences can maximize their event experience. If you understand that PWYC isn’t quite right for your audience, instead offer tickets by donation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

In the United States, there are all too many students like Kevin, who are denied equal opportunity to engage in the same curriculum as their peers without disabilities. In 2004, the United States passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , requiring schools to provide special education services to eligible students.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2012

access related text, images, audio, and other content from. both offer their students a detailed list of mobile resources, including downloadable apps for specific devices and mobile-friendly. For example: North Carolina State University's Red, White & Black. Mobile tour users can then. the university library archives.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

Whether you’re training team members, constituents, or members of other organizations, nonprofits can use ReadyTalk's audio and web conferencing services to record audio and video for tutorials and educational webinars hosting up to 25 free attendees at a time. Train Constituents Anywhere. Teach Typing Skills.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Participants learn skills in digital storytelling, photography, video production, and audio production, and use these skills to tell powerful stories about the lives of young people. "The film was developed by our youth participant, Tyson Sanford-Griffin, whose love of free running has been hampered by safety concerns in urban Baltimore.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2015

Litmos is compatible with numerous media types, including Microsoft Office, Flash, video, and audio. Reading Eggs offers instructors an in-depth view of each student's progress, with e-book recommendations tailored to students' skill levels. Learners can access the courses via a web browser or any iOS or Android device.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

Pathfinder gave a presentation to a small group in Cambridge , while his audio (some of the time) was streamed into Second Life along with his Powerpoint Slides. I also turned off my audio. Also, we should ask people not to take photos or chat during the presentations as the sound of cameras snapping made the audio hard to hear.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2007

The title slide - "Teaching to Transform" should be a second or two longer and then hit me a visual that shows "transformation" -- maybe a bored student and then an engaged one. There's a part of me that ones hear the kids s - some audio quotes from the kids that relate to the points you're trying to make.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2012

Photography, video, audio, text, origami, mail art. I'd love to find a grad student or two who are interested in creating some interesting research around this project, and of course, I'll be blogging about it. Ze's work has always gone beyond the digital. These projects don't only "work" on a screen.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 22, 2007

They will award two $10,000 Undergraduate Scholarships, one $10,000 Graduate Scholarship, four $2,500 Undergraduate Scholarships, and four $2,500 Graduate Scholarships to students pursuing studies in sustainable and organic agriculture. Check out SARE's video and audio profiles of "New American Farmers" and their book of the same title.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

Kim Pichda I am Kim Pichda, a third year law student in PUC and also an administrative assistance and librarian of PUC Legal Clinic. Under the legal clinic program, my team and I have been teaching street laws to high students in Phom Penh and in the provinces. Tuosaman Audio Recorder Mam Sary Read his blog post about winning ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

Many community members are avid users of and students of social media – for some it is an integral part of their profession, so this is a great place to learn about social media. An incredible listening tool. Here’s how it works: the moderator starts a post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Because he gets students upload their papers and illustrations, and Scribd immediately also converts it into audio so, in addition to seeing their story, they and others can hear it, too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Volunteer training - volunteer would design small projects and implement them in the communtiy - mental health care in the students. The volunteers were high school students. It is important to use video, photos, and audio. They wanted to dispel myths about what mental problems really mean. Create a friendly atmosphere.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 22, 2006

The most touching part of the program was when some students from a local middle school came up and presented him with a check for $1,325 for the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation that they raised by selling sweatshirts with their school name on the front, Piedmont Middle School, and "Be an Upstander.

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