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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Defining Digital Literacy. But first, what exactly is digital literacy? " The Role of Libraries. The Role of Schools.

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EduPunk: An Introduction and ReMix: NpTechPunk

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Barbara Ganley's philosophy of teaching and digital expression is an elegant manifestation of edupunk. philosophies to museum exhibit design, offers both low- and high-tech edupunk visions. Nina Simon , with her imaginative ways of applying web 2.0 Stephen Downes has a roundup of the references by other edtech bloggers here.

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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

Museum 2.0

I'm working on a section of my book about sharing social objects and am writing about the most common way that visitors share their object experiences in museums: through photographs. Revenue Streams: Museums want to maintain control of sales of "officially sanctioned" images of objects via catalogues and postcards.

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The Participatory Museum Process Part 4: Adventures in Self-Publishing

Museum 2.0

This is the final segment in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This posts explains why and how I self-published The Participatory Museum. COST: Museum books tend to be expensive - because they are printed in small runs, the price for a 400-page paperback can be as high as $40. Why Self-Publish?

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. Museum APIs: What Are They Good For? In Museums, context can be hard to come by. A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars take on SXSW09!

Connection Cafe

Political Leadership in the Digital Era Room Hilton D Monday, March 16th 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Remixing the Museum Exhibition Room B Monday, March 16th 10:00 am - 11:00 am. Using the New Digital Social Media to Accelerate Sustainability Room 8 Monday, March 16th 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm. Featuring @rachelannyes.

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The Johnny Cash Project: A Participatory Music Video That Sings

Museum 2.0

But what happened next is: Milk created a simple tool to invite visitors to augment the frames of the video with digital brushstrokes. While the drawing tools could be more intuitive, remixing a reference image is likely less scary for non-artists than other more involved ways to produce a frame. That's hardly revolutionary.