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9 Amazing Organizations Share Their Tech Success

Tech Soup

Since 2003, the nonprofit has saved more than 6,000 animals, and the project is growing fast. It's undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. The organization's project on Last Polar Bear reached 26.5 HART for Animals. He came to TechSoup and requested donations of Norton Security.

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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. And…they know technology, so they’re also an asset to help teach other volunteers. and Canada about their technology use.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places. Media literacy and creation skills can't be add-ons in schools, but have to be integrated across the curriculum in all subjects. It can't just teach them to think about media, but making it on your own terms." It starts in the home.

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Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning. Emphasis is on digital literacy. Microsoft Corporation.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When it comes to selecting service providers and partners for projects and collaborations, make sure they are just as committed to privacy as you are. At Common Sense Media , we believe that treating others’ information carefully, and teaching others to do the same, is a key factor in building and maintaining trust. A YouTube channel?

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Developers and Nonprofits Come Together to Make Apps for Change

Tech Soup

The reality is that not everybody has a device, such as a phone or laptop, which connects to Wi-Fi. This project is a great resource for libraries to share with patrons. The developers ensured that the locations weren't just providing free Wi-Fi access, but actual computers as well.