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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We often hear the term “digital native” used to describe young people who don’t remember a time when phones were attached to the wall, but just because kids have only ever known a technology-rich world doesn’t mean they know how to engage with and through technology responsibly. An 8-megapixel camera on your phone?

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Facebook’s research on kids even considered turning playdates into growth drivers

The Verge

With the ubiquity of tablets and phones, kids are getting on the internet as young as six years old. As Instagram head Adam Mosseri notes in a statement included in The Journal ’s reporting: It’s not new and it’s not a secret that social-media companies try to understand how teens and preteens use technology.

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

Tech Soup

This means many children and teens who regularly had access to nutritious meals during the school year may be hungry or undernourished over the summer, even when there are free meals available in their communities. Learn More. Help youth in your community find a summer meal!

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Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley Increases Efficiency with VolunteerHub

Volunteer Hub

Donna: To be the premier out-of-school-time provider and leading voice for youth development in Arizona, ensuring youth and teens have the skills and resilience to successfully navigate childhood and prepare for adulthood. Donna: In fiscal year 2021/2022, we served almost 22,000 youth and teens. What has been your impact?

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Learn to Love Your Local Data

Museum 2.0

Want to know how many kids ate fruits and vegetables, or how many teens graduated high school, or how many people are homeless? Not only do they aggregate existing data, they do a bi-annual phone survey to tackle questions like "have you been discriminated against in the last year?" Want to know the demographic spread of your county?

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Happy Face review: True crime fans, your next TV obsession has arrived

Mashable Tech

This makes every episode a meal for Ashford, whose heroine must leap from everyday dramas like reprimanding her reckless teen daughter Hazel (Khiyla Aynne) to plunging into childhood artifacts for clues and staring down her father, while her co-workers look on.

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Explore Multichannel Fundraising Advice from the Experts

Allegiance Group

For example, the subject line Read our new blog post about childhood literacy likely wont get as many clicks as Fuel Kids Love for ReadingDive Into Our Latest Blog! Call and Text Similar to emails, both phone calls and text messages allow you to connect directly with supporters on their phones. Optimize for mobile.

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