Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2017

We benefit from the resources, brainpower, and strength of organizations and individuals to help us support NGOs and public libraries worldwide. We were introduced to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through our common interest in libraries. TechSoup and the IMLS Are Library Champions.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2010

Our own Tim Suttle was there only a couple of weeks ago volunteering for a local organization: Just last week I was in [Haiti] to setup a computer lab at a library (Bibliotheque du Soleil). The library also hosts after school programs and summer camps for children in the neighborhood of Carrefour-feuilles.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Here's an idea for using smartphones with good cameras and video capability like the Dell Venue Pro touch screen phones for digital story telling: Send someone out to video compelling work that your nonprofit or library is doing out in the field for your holiday message. for lots of great resources for nonprofit and library apps.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

The mission statement of One Laptop per Child is artfully constructed: "To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. Children love it. The intruder was able to get names, addresses, genders, birth dates, and even photos of children — more than six million children. Privacy and Security.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

MacArthur wants to know: How is digital media changing the way that children learn and develop and what are the implications? Young people have access to computers in schools and libraries, but there is a difference in the quality of experience. It has to be governed by Web2.0 - kids will be making media.

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