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Going to Davos to Redesign the Planet

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

What about literacy and education? Universities and government labs encouraging their technology transfer offices to make social licenses of new technology. Series of TV or print articles on these social applications, or an award for the tech transfer office that made the best socially responsible licensing deal.

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Remix This Power Point!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It also incorporates cc licensed materials from others, including videos and flickr photos. The CC licensed work on Flickr and CCmixter are wonderful resources. transparent open licensing, such as Creative Commons. enhanced cultural and technical literacy, not just an ability to reuse materials, but a willingness to do so.

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The Next Step: Performance Management Systems

NTEN

Will you track results of adult literacy tests or teens transitioned into work programs? Some elements of pricing to consider: Is the system a "one time" software package price or initial license fee or will there be yearly licensing fees? User Friendliness: The best systems make everybody's job easier.

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Twitteracy (Twitter Literacy)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Howard Rheingold has an interesting post titled "Twitter Literacy ( I refuse to Make Up a Twittery Name for It ). Rheingold suggests that is an example of social media literacy: Twitter is one of a growing breed of part-technological, part-social communication media that require some skills to use productively. Tags: twitter.

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Notes from the Future: Reflections on the IMLS Meeting on Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century

Museum 2.0

Joshua Greenberg from the New York Public Library talked about transitioning from teaching information literacy to information fluency—helping visitors navigate and harness the vast world of digital information to their own ends. Tags: professional development. Let’s change that.

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