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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts. federal law supports braille instruction. Accordingly, U.S.

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Thank You, Gerardo!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Gerardo’s contributions related to the Benetech Global Literacy Program include: Overseeing the building of the tech infrastructure that has taken Bookshare from serving tens of thousands of members to over 300,000 members, with a rapidly growing collection of 280,000+ accessible ebooks.

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3rd Annual EveryAction Nonprofit Halloween Costume Parade

EveryAction

Black Cat Rescue works to improve the public image of both black cats and animal adoption by making black cat adoption a positive experience for all involved, especially around Halloween when the focus on black cats is high. Children's Literacy Initiative. Star Wars: Force for Change.

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7 Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame Event Page Tips

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Junior Achievement USA is an organization with over 100 local Areas that empowers the next generation by providing lessons in financial literacy, work and career readiness, and entrepreneurship. Providing your attendees with instructions for where to park and how to get to the venue takes some stress away when the big day arrives.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. 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.

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Healthy Fear, Healthy Habit: Teaching Privacy to New Internet Users

Tech Soup

But with proper education, Internet users can fight back against these digital creeps. Privacy has always been an important topic in digital literacy. And with the Snowden revelations of NSA spying, education around privacy is in higher demand. Image : Sebastian Wiertz / CC BY. Nonprofits: Up for the Privacy Challenge.

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Teaching Online Safety: Building Curriculum

Tech Soup

Last week, TechSoup for Libraries held a webinar called Public Tech Instruction: Teaching the Public on Internet Safety. The Northstar Digital Literacy Project has 33 questions, but only a few touch on safety and security. Common Sense Media offers online safety assessments for educators. Image: Shutterstock.

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