Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. Revelations about government interception of these confidential stories has caused us to redouble our efforts to lower the barrier to the use of strong, secure crypto software like Martus.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

Here's a roundup of recent work to address this issue. They will create and promote digital literacy programs. federal government action toward broadband adoption , like the proposed Lifeline broadband expansion. Every Public Library in the United States. 98 percent of libraries offer some form of technology training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

It supplies computers to disabled people of all ages through its technology lending library and it also supplies for special-needs classrooms. 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.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. Now seems like a good time for nonprofits to educate their constituents about the privacy issues surrounding these and other smart objects. This is about as certain a prediction as you'll find in this post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

What do libraries look like in the future? Emphasis is on digital literacy. Issues: What is our assurance of quality of the game? Government funders have a congressional mandate for evaluation of anything that is funded and to use quantitative methods and research analysis. New set of research methods for this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

"As a blogger, one issue is 'who is reading?' Young people have access to computers in schools and libraries, but there is a difference in the quality of experience. There is a gap in social skills, experience, and knowledge when you only have 10-15 minutes of access in library versus 24/7 access at home.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Our financial story begins with Benetech’s forward thinking funders: our users, individuals, foundations, corporations, partners, and government agencies. There are two GAAP issues that create the appearance of declining reserves. When you control for these two GAAP issues, it becomes clear that our actual reserves increased in 2011.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2015

It's not just technologists or data experts, but also community members, activists, and government officials. Allowing people to access, visualize, and sync to public information promotes a new kind of civic engagement and allows Citizens to provide valuable feedback on local issues." be involved in civic hacking.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

What’s in the crystal ball for museums and libraries? The IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) has commissioned a preliminary proposal for an NAS (National Academy of Sciences) report on museums and libraries in the 21st century. What are the essential differences and similarities between libraries and museums?

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