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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. Three reasons kids need digital literacy and citizenship education — and three ways to provide it – Guest Post by Emily Esch. Three tips for teaching digital literacy and citizenship: Start with a clear vision.

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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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Listening Literacy Skills: What keywords or phrases have brought you some insights?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Incurable Hippie I've been writing a lot about listening through social media channels in preparation for a live workshop for WeAreMedia next month in San Francisco. The most important listening literacy skills are. Reiteracy is Social Media Listening Literacy. Or the Goolge Adwords Keyword tool.

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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. Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. 250,000 Grant Winners. They specialize in providing both hard and soft job skills.

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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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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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Are You Sending an E-Card to Mom or Dad This Holiday?

Tech Soup

At the scenic San Francisco Senior Center , representatives from Symantec discussed key aspects of safe computing that we sometimes take for granted: Don't click on links in or open suspicious emails, which may contain viruses and malware, even if they may look like they are from people you know.