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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate. Accordingly, U.S.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

This is not new, but it was on the minds of our volunteer managers, and in a big way. The challenges of remote volunteering are front-of-mind for many volunteer managers. School districts scrambled to get Chromebooks to students. Equipped with this knowledge, we can be mindful and strategic about how we use it.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

The Army Research Laboratory in Orlando, Florida (the Silicon Valley of simulation), is, a source tells us, leaning toward specifying xAPI (see below) as the standard for LMS-simulator communication. We like that idea, and we agree that you need to provide many different pricing models. If implemented, that will make a big difference.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. Get ready to learn from some of the best analytics minds out there. Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250. Leadership / #AMI16 / @NPL_Alliance. Leadership.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

We’ll be in Wyoming, in Colorado, and Florida over the coming months to do strategic planning and development work with nonprofits of all shapes and sizes. Most of our nonprofits have a human or community interest in mind, that purpose, and they exist to create impact, positive impact on the communities that we serve.

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[VIDEO] Get More Grants with Donor Cultivation

Bloomerang

And I’ve just seen we range from Florida to Alaska, California, Indiana, New York, Canada. If there’s any doubt in your mind, I can tell you right now some numbers. Yes, we’re interested in workforce development, but we’re not interested in offering students scholarships,” for example.

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