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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I’ll be in the air enroute to Rwanda for a training project. As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. Three tips for teaching digital literacy and citizenship: Start with a clear vision. Shameless plug alert!]

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Corporate Citizenship and Digital Inclusion: Empowering Communities, Nonprofits, and Public Libraries

Tech Soup

When I read that Google was donating $600,000 to provide free Wi-Fi in San Francisco parks, my first thought was, "Wow, it's going to be hard to get a signal at Dolores Park on a sunny day." " Local humor aside, the project is exciting: 31 public parks in San Francisco will get free Wi-Fi for at least two years.

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Everywun Wants Your Clicks

Robert Weiner

The San Francisco Chronicle published an article about everywun.com , a new click-to-give site. The article makes this sound like a new idea, but The Hunger Site (and their later projects for breast cancer, children’s health, literacy, rain forest protection, and animal rescue) has been doing this since 1999.

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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

Tech Soup

Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. ” The Google.org sponsored project invited Bay Area nonprofits to share information about their great work to make a better world. 250,000 Grant Winners.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

A few months ago, I attended Microsoft Citizenship's YouthSpark Connection event and heard first-hand from recent high school graduates about how dire the need for digital literacy is. Defining Digital Literacy. But first, what exactly is digital literacy? " The Role of Libraries. The Role of Schools.

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Young Nonprofit Leader Award Winners Announced

Tech Soup

She's also the executive director of Community Technology Network , a nonprofit that brings information access and digital literacy to underserved Bay Area populations. It's an exciting time for public computing access in San Francisco. TechSoup is currently driving a study of BTOP-funded projects.

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Microsoft's YouthSpark Initiative Seeks to Close the Opportunity Divide

Tech Soup

Local representatives from nonprofits, schools, and community groups convened in downtown San Francisco for Microsoft's YouthSpark Connection event. She also stated that while San Francisco is a highly educated region overall, two thirds of the city's highly educated residents are from outside of California.