The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2020

The Dell XPS 13 is one of the best laptops for high school and college students. And as technology evolves, so do students’ needs. So I spoke to some experts on the subject: students themselves. So I spoke to some experts on the subject: students themselves. Best laptops for elementary school students.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

“Libraries store the energy that fuels the Imagination. During COVID-19, libraries across the country have had to re-imagine themselves so they can continue fueling imaginations and serving communities. Libraries have helped fill the void by providing hot spot access and in some cases laptops computers to students.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

This week, Benetech’s DIAGRAM Center has announced the release of an open source web application for creating and editing crowdsourced image descriptions in books used by students with print disabilities. Books with image descriptions will go back into the Bookshare library for students with print disabilities to use in their coursework.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As a nonprofit management student, preparing to enter this field can be challenging because it’s still developing. As the sector evolves, students aren’t always sure which available resources are the most sound to support our studies. For instance, if you live in New York City, several libraries offer free access to Candid’s tools.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Benetech’s Bookshare library continues to expand its international service providing accessible books and publications to members in more than 30 countries. These partners include the Norwegian Library of Talking Books and Braille (NLB), the Hoerbuecherei des OSBV Talking Book Library in Austria, and the Dorina Nowill Foundation in Brazil.?

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Singularity Hub

MARCH 18, 2025

For example, museums could provide different audio guides to visitors without headphones, and libraries could allow students to study with audio lessons without disturbing others. Advancing Sound Control The ability to create audio enclaves has many potential applications.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Only a few complete sets exist in libraries. Archigram influenced generations of architects, from students to some of the biggest names in the field like Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, and Bjarke Ingels. These days though, the magazines are rarely seen. That is until now. Photo: courtesy D.A.P./Designers Photo: courtesy D.A.P./Designers

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

These features include a Prompt Builder feature, which allows users to create their own directives for the AI assistant, and a Prompt Library, which includes suggested prompts from Glean, as well ones that a company has shared in its own prompt library. This makes exchanges between student and AI tutor feel much more fluid and natural.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books. We provide accessible ebooks that can be spoken aloud, turned into Braille or large print.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Benetech’s Bookshare library is living proof that real, transformative change happens through partnerships and by helping people unleash their talents and energies. The Bookshare breakthrough was to put our users in charge of the collection; we created a crowd-sourced library built by and for the people it serves. copyright law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 16, 2011

The goal of the DIAGRAM R&D Center is to greatly improve access to graphical information for students with print disabilities (for example, helping blind students get access to important graphics inside textbooks). The goal is to be able to gain access to the same learning a sighted student would get from that diagram.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

Summer is coming to an end, which means students will (hopefully) be in air-conditioned classrooms and away from this unrelenting heat wave. From math problem solvers and note-taking tools to book trackers and summary apps, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite educational and organizational apps for students to try this year.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2014

It might sound like I’m describing a typical college student's house, but I’m actually talking about one of the many workspaces in Zappos’ enormous headquarters in Las Vegas. The tour was organized by a group of library consultants from Kixal, Anneal, and Clarion Collaborative. Key Takeaways.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

In my Fall 2011 President's Update , I mentioned some of our incredible recent achievements in this core program, including the amazing milestones of our Bookshare library. Free professional development for school districts across the country in order to increase utilization of Bookshare and serve as many students as possible.

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TechSpot

JUNE 2, 2020

The Internet Archive back in March created the National Emergency Library, a controversial program that made more than 1.4 The idea was to assist students through the remainder of the academic year and make it easier for ordinary citizens to access. million eBooks available to borrowers without any wait times.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2012

highlights how apps can help libraries connect with patrons and provide services in new ways. Many libraries accomplish this by. creating standalone apps or a mobile-friendly website and library. inspire libraries (and nonprofits!) Engaging with Library (and Other) Collections. the university library archives.

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The Verge

MARCH 5, 2021

With things like open houses, campus tours, and in-person interviews off the table, applicants have fewer chances to experience their prospective schools — and admissions offices have fewer chances to meet their prospective students. The sixth grade game, called “The Annual Picnic,” was designed to evaluate how a student thinks on their feet.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

Bookshare, Benetech’s pioneering digital library for people with print disabilities, celebrated its 10th birthday last night with a terrific party that was attended by many of our long-time friends and supporters. As a result, we quickly became the largest online library for people with print disabilities. said Stevie. Thanks Stevie!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in a new chapter for virtual learning, giving a boost of attention to existing tools and spurring the creation of new services and use cases as students of all ages were ordered to stay home and stay out of classrooms. The obvious place for Atom was to start was online learning aimed at students.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Ocelot cites research that notes that among first-generation students, for example, no less than 33% drop out within three years, versus 14% among those coming from non-first-generation families. So, better facilities to communicate options to those first-generation students could help close that gap.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

You see, several months later, the federal Department of Education challenged us to compete against a well-respected national nonprofit 60 times our size in a bid to provide accessible educational materials for US students who are blind, dyslexic, or otherwise print disabled. million contract to do just that. Fast-forward six years.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

The startup, founded by Jackson Boyar and James Lu Morrissey , began by pairing up students with mentors virtually, and over time has added more structure and management to its marketplace. Mentor Collective finally began offering more predictable outcomes for students, he claims. The more important milestone?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. At the close of 2012, we are five years into our work in education and are serving over 230,000 students.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

The HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) is a partnership of academic and research institutions that had created (with help from Google ) a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. Consequently, it is reasonable for the Libraries to retain both the text and image copies. in addition to the text?only

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

For example, one proposed change to the Treaty draft would make it the responsibility of an exporting library to need to know details about the publishing status of a book in another country before we could fill a request from a bona fide person with a print disability from that country. For what am I advocating?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 10, 2011

Graduate student Maria Georgakarakou, who is blind, gave us a rave review for the Read2Go app which allows those with print disabilities to listen to books in the DAISY audio format. Maria also noted that students like herself are finding more scholarly books on Bookshare which expands her ability to research.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

All told, they raised over $275,000 for classroom projects reaching 67,000 students in low-income neighborhoods around the country. DonorsChoose.org grew out of a high school in the Bronx where teachers saw their students going without the materials needed to learn. About DonorsChoose.org.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Think of the student wanting to record part of a virtual lecture, or a colleague wanting to flag the most important bits of information conveyed in an online meeting. Even then — perhaps especially then — the company’s proposition made sense in a wide number of scenarios.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2013

Of course libraries are all about education in its various forms. PowerMyLearning is a new, free online resource that has educational games, videos, and other activities for elementary, middle-school, and high school-aged students. There are now a dizzying array of online resources in this area. I think I may have a lead for you.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2014

It might sound like I’m describing a typical college student's house, but I’m actually describing one of the many workspaces in Zappos’ enormous headquarters in Las Vegas. The tour was organized by a group of library consultants from Kixal, Anneal, and Clarion Collaborative. Key Takeaways.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

The great majority of social enterprises are nonprofit organizations dedicated to the social good through employing disadvantaged people, educating students, improving the environment, advancing health care, respect for human rights and so many other beneficial activities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We’re thrilled that students and other readers who have disabilities that keep them from reading standard print can now read the same books as their peers, using the same devices. It is the world’s largest online accessible library, adding books at nearly four times the rate of the next most prolific U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For them, Bookshare —Benetech’s Global Literacy initiative and the world’s largest accessible digital library for people with print disabilities—opens up a lifeline to reading. For veterans with visual impairments, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities, reading standard print is difficult, if not impossible.

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The Verge

AUGUST 2, 2021

Enrolled students can pay $9.99 per month for access to the company’s full library (a selection of over 1,500 e-books). College textbooks are a big expense , and can saddle some students with hundreds of dollars of costs per semester. There are two subscription tiers. per month to access one textbook at a time or $14.99

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

Valerie Hill is an adjunct instructor at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science and is also a librarian herself. She came to the Nonprofit Commons to share her areas of expertise in media literacy, human-computer interaction, and the impact of the digital revolution on education and libraries.

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