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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

In this post, I’ll share funding and grant resources for nonprofits involved in the education sector. Similar to the funders in my previous post on education , the organizations listed below focus their efforts on activities inside and outside of the classroom. The Lisa Libraries. The Lisa Libraries. Guitar Center.

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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 first librarian to host it, Karin Bricker, library manager for youth and outreach services at Mountain View Public Library, had to overcome some initial skepticism.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. As always, I’m delighted to share the latest Benetech highlights as we work on these ambitious 10X dreams! Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact. But what about everybody else?

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9 Amazing Organizations Share Their Tech Success

Tech Soup

Over the past year, we've been doing TechSoup Impact stories about nonprofits, churches, and libraries doing great work with TechSoup product donations. " Waukesha Public Library. An increasing number of public libraries are discovering TechSoup donations, but few are maxing them out like Waukesha Public Library in Wisconsin.

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One Organization’s Quest for Good

NonProfit Hub

Katherine Stephans is the partnerships and communications manager at Library For All. She said she had one of those sparks working with Library For All, inspired by the passion of Library For All’s co-founders. “We Library For All co-founder and CEO Rebecca McDonald was living in Australia when tragedy struck Haiti in 2010. “It

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

Others shared their perspectives on reaching people further away—sometimes much further away. This was part of the national conversation when schools pivoted to online classrooms, which catered to families with reliable internet, ample supply of modern devices, and space to use them.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. "We are in a moment of time where 57% of teens produce and share media. Young people have access to computers in schools and libraries, but there is a difference in the quality of experience. Media isn't just happening to kids.

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