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Mobile for Good: Earth Month Edition

Tech Soup

To celebrate, I've rounded up some of the latest news in green mobile technology news. 11,000 were laptops. eCycle Best concluded that American consumers seem to be getting wiser about throwing away phones, tablets, and laptops. The report examined how mobile devices are making an impact on literacy in developing countries.

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Wisdom 2.0: Balance in A Hyper Connected World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Twitter Photo by Jennifer Barr @rjenbarr. Conference is a one-of-a-kind event in Silicon Valley that brings together an unusual mix of technology leaders, Zen teachers, neuroscientists, and academics, to explore how we can live with deeper meaning and wisdom in our technology-rich age. The Wisdom 2.0

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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Marcopolos I'm a few weeks away from SXSW where I'll be leading a session called " Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam " which will incorporate a lot of audience interaction. What's different is that the backchannel is being used in non-technology conferences.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. Henry Jenkins notes that it isn't about the tools and that it was more about the culture growing up around the technology. He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places. Media isn't just happening to kids.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

The intruder was able to get names, addresses, genders, birth dates, and even photos of children — more than six million children. Finally, here's the sci-fi technology that is becoming reality. I have some recommendations my What Is Nonprofit Technology article, featured in this month’s NTEN Connect."

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We're sure we can do this because our technology allows us to cost-effectively and rapidly scale Bookshare.org. In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007.

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Seven Ways Your Organization can Put Privacy Into Practice – and Why

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Sean MacEntee. We’re streaming video, posting photos, sharing personal information and listening to music, not to mention “checking in” wherever we go. We guide parents through raising kids in this digital age, and provide digital literacy curriculum to educators at no cost. And now it’s your turn.

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