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La Conner Regional Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

We then did check-ins on how the MultiPoint Server system held up under use. Joy was previously the librarian in a large, five-county district library system and when she took the La Conner position, she found that she had no IT support on site and a limited budget. Rebooting the system did not work.

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La Conner Regional Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

We then did check-ins on how the MultiPoint Server system held up under use. Joy was previously the librarian in a large, five-county district library system and when she took the La Conner position, she found that she had no IT support on site and a limited budget. Rebooting the system did not work.

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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

Tech Soup

The school system had one of the worst high school dropout rates in the nation and a high level of crime per capita. She saw a tremendous need for literacy and outreach services, particularly to the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood, where the aftereffects of Katrina were the most devastating. Libraries as Evacuee Resource Centers.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

I think, not only in terms of digital literacy…but some people don’t have laptops with cameras, or they only kind of know how to use their smartphone, or maybe they don’t have access to the physical hardware at all to do some of this stuff.

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Wisdom 2.0: Balance in A Hyper Connected World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I decided to have a different experience than live tweeting and even taking notes on my laptop. I couldn’t help but think about how important content curation skills, information literacy, and encouraging a movement around this as Clay Johnson suggests in his book, the Information Diet. I use pen and a note book to take notes!

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How to Write Effective Web Copy (Part 1): Make It Readable

Connection Cafe

American Literacy is Iffy. Here’s an example: Please note that although Chrome is supported for both Mac and Windows operating systems, it’s recommended that all users of this site switch to the most up-to-date version of the Firefox web browser for the best possible results. The average American adult reads at an 8th-grade level.

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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 is important to recongize that these are complex learning environments and information systems.

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