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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Many of the comments critical of the proposed treaty come from parties that object in principle to copyright exceptions, rather than having a direct stake in the issue at hand.

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The FCC and Accessibility

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals. I'm also going to copy portions into the comments section of their specific posts. Comments on the FCC's Accessibility Plans (June 2010) My main recommendation to the FCC is to be more ambitious about accessibility. Are they intended to inspire students?

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The Art of Relevance is Now Available For Free on the Web (and Here's Why)

Museum 2.0

You can also post comments on any chapter, adding your reactions and questions to the published content. Why make the book available for free under a Creative Commons license? I love hearing about staff, board, and student discussions prompted by the book, and I want to make it easy for you to have them.

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Great reads from around the web on May 20th

Amy Sample Ward

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of May 20th).

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YouthBuild Boston: A TechSoup Youth Organization Profile

Tech Soup

Dan reports that their students get first-hand experience learning carpentry and other construction skills from contractors willing to take the time to teach basic skills. YouthBuild Boston also arranges field trips to construction projects, so their students can see other types of construction like larger-scale commercial projects.

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Mike Remixes My CC Entry

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mike is writing some great stuff on remix culture and creative commons license. Mike isn't doing this particular mashup for fun, he's trying to move forward some debate about methods and issues with specific licensing uses for mashups. Read his comments here. Student creating a presentation in college? So here goes: 1.

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Learn Nonprofit Tech Skills at a NetSquared Meetup

Tech Soup

Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Busia, Kenya: Teaching Mobile Apps Development to High School Students. Image Name: Author / License. Or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. The link need to be like so: Africa. Wednesday, February 11, 2015. HTML EXAMPLE.