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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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The most innovative companies in education in 2025

Fast Company Tech

This year, the most innovative companies in the education sector are tackling a dizzying array of challenges facing students and schools alikenot to mention parents. As a teletherapy platform, Parallel Learning enables schools and special education providers to counsel students and track their progress.

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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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Read2Go Tops iTunes Literacy Charts!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The first one shows the Special Education category on iTunes, with the Read2Go logo being used to represent the Literacy and Learning section. And, the second one shows why: our Read2Go application is at the top of the Literacy and Learning section!

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Announcing new Tableau Data Literacy curriculum for higher education

Tableau

Bridge the data literacy gap for students in academia. That’s why I was thrilled to join the Tableau Academic team, which understands the importance of bringing these data literacy skills to students. We define data literacy as “the ability to explore, understand, and communicate with data.” Sue Kraemer. Kristin Adderson.

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Bridging the data literacy gap between academia and the workforce

Tableau

Enterprises are increasingly becoming data-driven—and requiring data literacy skills for employees in every part of the organization. We commissioned research by Forrester Consulting to help better understand the data literacy gap. The study shows that the data literacy gap is growing. Bridging the data literacy gap.

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Why your workforce needs data literacy

Tableau

Organizations can also instill a data culture by promoting data literacy—because in order for employees to participate in a data culture, they first need to speak the language of data. Here’s how organizations can improve their data literacy with a four-step action plan: 1. Data literacy involves more than having a set of skills.