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Welcome to the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellows

NTEN

Last year, as jobs, schools, government services, social gatherings, and everyday tasks moved online, there blossomed a growing recognition that digital access and skills are critical in our society and should be a universal human right.

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Research Friday: Financial literacy: understanding money for today’s activities and tomorrow’s security

ASU Lodestar Center

1 This study, Financial Literacy and Knowledge in the Nonprofit Sector (PDF) , "engaged a random sample of primarily human service nonprofits, as well as health, civic, environmental, arts, and education nonprofits." 10 Clearly, the role of the audit committee is enhanced with the increased focus on good governance and fiscal responsibility.

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Putting the AI in Education: Stepping Toward Generative Artificial Intelligences 

sgEngage

My hope is that we all—individuals, teachers, students, parents, schools, and government officials—honestly wrestle with this revolutionary change and recognize it as so much more than a “cheat tool.” We’ll discuss the importance of understanding when to use AI and how to get comfortable testing AI in various scenarios.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. A few months ago, I attended Microsoft Citizenship's YouthSpark Connection event and heard first-hand from recent high school graduates about how dire the need for digital literacy is.

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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.

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Doing the Right Stuff Right for Human Rights

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This blog originally appeared on the Huffington Post In December 1981 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army’s Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote, where they murdered hundreds of men, women and children. But, we still have to protect our users from attacks from many repressive governments around the world.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts

Kindful

The Highland Street Foundation is committed to addressing the most pressing needs and concerns for children and families in Massachusetts and California. Grant funds are made available across a variety of categories, based on donor intent and the guidance of our Governing Committee. Areas served: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota.