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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as literacy remains an elusive dream for the majority of the world’s people with print disabilities.

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4 reasons why digital skills matter for career readiness—and how to bridge the skills gap

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Although digital competencies like computer literacy and data skills have grown in importance in recent years, the need for digital skills has never been greater. Educators must develop programs to address the digital skills gap and teach digital literacy. Forrester conducted two online surveys to explore this topic.

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4 reasons why digital skills matter for career readiness—and how to bridge the skills gap

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Although digital competencies like computer literacy and data skills have grown in importance in recent years, the need for digital skills has never been greater. Educators must develop programs to address the digital skills gap and teach digital literacy. Forrester conducted two online surveys to explore this topic.

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Second Life and Communities of Practice Group Action Learning Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was amazing because the participants spanned the globe - literally - we had representatives from UK, Spain, Denmark, Asia, Austraila, and US. The first level is the second life literacy skills - how you move around and communicate. I met with the group last week. I was paired with John Smith and Rob Ashton.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change.

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