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Bay Area Teens Share the Love of Coding (Part 1)

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It was recently recognized by the City of San Jose for raising awareness of computer science among teens. Students bring their own laptops to a public library, and receive instruction from high school-aged instructors. It has trained more than 470 students seventh grade and up in 13 libraries throughout Silicon Valley.

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YMCA of Greater Seattle: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

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In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they'd need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. We did periodic check-ins on how the MultiPoint Server system held up under use so here is a case study from one YMCA site. It is one of 200 program sites in this very large and active YMCA.

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Teaching Online Safety: Building Curriculum

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Last week, TechSoup for Libraries held a webinar called Public Tech Instruction: Teaching the Public on Internet Safety. has a special page dedicated to online safety for kids and teens. Read about how the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System developed its Internet Safety Education Program. The PBS show Frontline.

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Ali Forney Center Saves Time and Effort with Norton Security

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Transgender teen Ali Forney fled his home at age 13. A Safe and Secure IT System. " He said he didn't require any installation assistance as the "instructions that TechSoup provides along with the licenses are very clear and simple." Forney was murdered in 1997.