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Pickleball and Paddleboards: Get Creative with Activity-Tracking Events

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While the thought of activity tracking may immediately conjure images of running, walking, or cycling, there is a world of potential in less traditional activity-tracking events. Participants track the number of pages they’ve read or books they’ve completed on a leaderboard to support literacy and education. The result?

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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

we at Benetech were concerned that the Authors Guild’s arguments in their appeal would remove the legal authorization for the services that we provide, relegating people with disabilities to second-class status. The Court of Appeals explicitly included image accessibility in its ruling. in addition to the text?only only files?is

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

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. Defining Digital Literacy. But first, what exactly is digital literacy? The Role of Schools. According to the ALA report, 21 st.

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Resources to Sharpen Your Technology Training Skills

Tech Soup

Replicate the Denver Public Library's excellent technology classes at your own library! Every class listed has handouts and a lesson plan associated with it. Digital Literacy Resources. GCFLearnFree.org is a great resource for training others in computer literacy as well as personal skills development. spanhidden.

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Corporate Citizenship and Digital Inclusion: Empowering Communities, Nonprofits, and Public Libraries

Tech Soup

For example, summer camps or after-school programs located in these parks can take advantage of the free Wi-Fi to teach computer classes or stream educational movies. project is focused on teaching digital literacy to young people so they can be prepared for 21 st. Image: Free Wi-Fi Zone, Erin Pettigrew. century jobs.

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

Tech Soup

In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. As the MathAndCoding founders refined their processes and logistics, Bricker grew more confident in letting them move on to offer more advanced classes. Check it out

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