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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. Three reasons kids need digital literacy and citizenship education — and three ways to provide it – Guest Post by Emily Esch. Three tips for teaching digital literacy and citizenship: Start with a clear vision.

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Teaching Online Safety: Building Curriculum

Tech Soup

Last week, TechSoup for Libraries held a webinar called Public Tech Instruction: Teaching the Public on Internet Safety. The presenters, Austin Stroud of the Monroe County Public Library and Crystal Schimpf of TechSoup for Libraries, shared resources for teaching online safety and security. Assessments/Quizzes. GCF Learn Free.

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

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section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. We called it the TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge. Here’s Dianne’s winning submission in its entirety: “The Pottsboro Library has made bridging the digital divide for teens a priority.

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Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Youth Through App Development

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awareness and skills development in children, teens, and young adults. Two such organizations are Apps for Good and Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab , which are teaching youth to learn, create, and improve their communities through the development of apps. of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning global.

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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. You don’t hear about it much anymore, but in 2007 there were many stories of how MySpace was helping bridge the digital divide because low-income youth were logging in and teaching themselves HTML code. Same with labor organizations.

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Freshen Up the Sunday Morning Giving Routine With These Church Fundraising Events

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Similarly, with an online donation form you can take transform your bake sale from a cash-only event to a digital bakery. This next idea is great if your church has a great youth group with teens old enough to fundraise. You can teach a new craft and supply materials for a registration fee. T-shirt fundraiser. Craft parties.

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TechSoup Global: Springing into Action

Tech Soup

TechSoup Digital Storytelling. The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Contest is here! All April long, we’ll provide your organization with training and resources to tell its story digitally. Join in on the conversation and participate in our tweet chats and webinars around digital storytelling.

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