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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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Win a copy of Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World

Have Fun - Do Good

Darius is currently a law student at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is Editor-in-Chief of the Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy , and an Editor of the California Law Review. While in Florida, Darius created Books All Around, Inc. , a nonprofit organization that promotes youth literacy.

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Free In-Person Events for Nonprofit Techies

Tech Soup

Naples, Florida: How to Prepare Your Organization and Your Network for #GivingTuesday. Colorado Springs, Colorado: Mobile + Desktop = Universal Apps. Toronto, Canada: Toronto Net Tuesday: Digital Literacy for Nonprofits. Mukono, Uganda: Improved Skills and Competencies for Productive Web Literacy in Mayuge.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. As one volunteer manager in Florida explained, “We were rushing full steam ahead…and accessibility came afterward.” and Canada about their technology use.

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Computer Refurbishment and Accessibility

Tech Soup

The software applications WordQ + SpeakQ provide writing assistance and speech recognition help for people with disabilities, new language learners, and those who are learning literacy. These are now available to eligible nonprofits and libraries through TechSoup's donation program.

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An Interview with Silvia Tolisano of Langwitches Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

s Program in Instructional Technology at the University of North Florida. tools and my outlook on literacy, available information, research, and cross-referencing opinions has changed completely. The past five years I have been teaching Spanish at an Elementary School and serve as the school???s s webmaster.