Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

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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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

In a country that generally prides itself on offering the opportunity for everyone to succeed, one in four children grow up without learning to read. Pamela began by homeschooling her own children, and then transitioning into a leadership role in the charter schools of northern Ohio. " Equal Access Through Online Collaboration.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Students can raise money by selling products from a selected catalog that they can hand out to potential buyers. Reading challenge Issue a community-wide reading challenge this spring to encourage literacy in your community. You can also include activities for the children of the community.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Legacy of Hope Austin is a Texas-based arts charity that's created the 2dance2dream program , providing a way for children with special needs to express themselves through movement and music. The program offers year-round dance lessons and an annual event in which 80 children are joined by volunteers from professional dance schools.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Members of the Online Community and Social Media team also captured impressions of the day, keeping a running stream of photos and videos on Facebook and Twitter in real time. Although the community couldn't visit their usual haunts on techsoup.org, they could still keep up with TechSoup online. TechSoup Sweat Equity.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 29, 2008

The Sharing Foundation's mission is to help meet the physical, emotional, educational and medical needs of orphaned and seriously disadvantaged children in Cambodia. Beth is on the Board of the Foundation, and she and her husband have two children, Harry and Sara, who were adopted as orphans from Cambodia.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

Although the members of our board were impressed with all three nominees, they awarded Carrie Karnos of Palo Alto, CA, the 2006 Veale Award for her work with an accessible online library called Bookshare. She brings the printed word to students, teachers, other professionals and avid readers."

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Over the next three years, Symantec is investing $900,000 in Room to Read , an international nonprofit dedicated to promoting literacy and gender equality in the developing world. Their support will help Room to Read extend its operations into new parts of India and reach over 20,000 children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

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. The paper gives examples of different forms of participatory culture: - Affiliations (memberships - formal and informal - in online communities). Go read it.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Book Sale Promote literacy and generate funds by selling donated books, offering the community affordable reads while contributing to your nonprofit. Any parents with children who are not so young anymore will likely have lots of kids’ books they’ll be happy to offload.

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