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3 Blackbaud School Websites Win 2023 WebAwards

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To determine WebAward winners, independent expert judges from around the world review websites in 97 industry categories, scoring them on seven criteria—design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copywriting, and ease of use. 2023 Education Standard of Excellence St.

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Leveraging Impact through Technology (LIT)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare is dramatically exceeding its five-year collection and member targets at the close of the fourth year of our Bookshare for Education (B4E) project funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). This innovative approach is now opening up completely new horizons. In the U.S.,

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4 Ways Nonprofits Can Start Using AI in 2024

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Kyle Behrend — a seasoned not-for-profit professional dedicated to educating and empowering nonprofits with AI through NFPs.AI. This article aims to demystify the process of adopting AI for nonprofits and show some of the advantages this technology can bring. A world of untapped potential is sitting at your fingertips.

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Technological Protection Measures and the Blind

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Why Circumvention for the Purposes of Access is Crucial A Bookshare Briefing Paper Prepared for the Diplomatic Conference for Visually Impaired Persons The distributors of digital content often use technological protection measures (TPMs) to discourage the making of unauthorized copies.

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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

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The other recipient this year was Kay Ferrell, Professor of Special Education at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, who won the Medal for her tremendous work with and on behalf of children and youth who are blind and visually impaired. I especially want to acknowledge two people who helped make this award possible. Washington?

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans.

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A Call for Millions: Ending the Global Book Famine for the Blind

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They lack the books they need for education, employment, and social inclusion. We have the technology. We have the ebooks. The Global Treaty for the Blind makes it legal to create ebooks for people with disabilities without having to pay a royalty or getting permission. We can scale quickly. We have a new business model.

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