Tableau

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Although most people are familiar with the current trend of growing amounts of data, there is a skills gap in data literacy - defined as the ability to explore, understand, and communicate with data. We are thrilled to expand our work with data skills education with Data Literacy eLearning. Join the data skills movement now!

Literacy 52

Literacy Skills Data Training 52

Tableau

AUGUST 2, 2022

Despite data skills being the most in-demand skill in today’s (and tomorrow’s) job market, there’s still a data literacy gap. . Start building your data skills—for free—with the Build Your Data Literacy Trail on Trailhead. To fill this void, we created the Build Your Data Literacy Trail on Trailhead. . Data Literacy Basics.

Literacy 52

Literacy Skills Data Build 52

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Amira Learning is helping young students improve their reading literacy with an AI-powered tutor, while CodeSignal has built a platform for tech workers to pick up new technical skills and practice soft skills through AI-powered simulations.

Education 92

Education Companies Student Skills 92

Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Access to technology is important, but teaching computer and information technology skills is just as vital. Defining Digital Literacy.

Digital 66

Digital Community Literacy Build 66

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2005

Emily at Emily's World offers her thoughts about "Integrating Web Sites into Teaching." Starting way back in 1995-96 when the web was just starting to explode with content, I focused a lot on searching skills, information literacy skills, how to organize and retrieve your finds, etc.

Teach 50

Teach Web Learning Lesson 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2012

At Common Sense Media , we believe that treating others’ information carefully, and teaching others to do the same, is a key factor in building and maintaining trust. We guide parents through raising kids in this digital age, and provide digital literacy curriculum to educators at no cost.

Practice 113

Practice Organization San Francisco Social Media 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

Pivot tables will change your life. Pivot tables are the fastest, most accurate way to analyze your data – and they’re easier than you think. You can use pivot tables to summarize anything from demographic information to satisfaction survey responses.

Data 139

Data Nonprofit Statistics Chart 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

This area, content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching. One 21 century work place literacy is sense-making of information together and alone. Content curation can help increase the shelf-life of your content – it gives it an extra half life.

Content 102

Content Learning Skype Nonprofit 102

Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

In fact, you’ve most likely heard every industry leader teach this until they’re blue in the face! Showing the impact of your organization by providing real life examples of your services and telling your story throughout the donor experience. Leap for Literacy. What connects donors to your cause?

Donation 116

Donation Impact Online Kansas City 116

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The startup’s first product will focus on increasing data literacy within startups. Eventually, the platform will teach skills like natural language processing, Python and data storytelling. Per Shimkus, he and Yang were able to raise $6.8 We own all the content that we’re creating.”

Build 84

Build Classes Education Literacy 84

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

She was teaching an engineering course, and her students were using simulation software to model turbines for jet engines. Plavchan now also spends a lot of time teaching his students about directory structure in his courses, along with other basics, like file extensions and terminal navigation. He uses every analogy he can think of.

Files 145

Files Student Structure Lecture 145

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

It is a story about a tree that gives everything to a young boy at every stage of his life. For the past two weeks, he has been teaching ??? " The course had no existing curriculum and it provided a real life laboratory for him to have the curriculum come out of the community interactions that were happening in the classroom.

Wiki 56

Wiki Culture Community Giving 56

Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project reports that the main reason they don’t go online is because they don’t think the Internet is relevant to them. Digital Divide libraries digital inclusion digital literacy tspubliclibraries' Image: City of Kansas City.

Kansas City 71

Kansas City Kansas Digital Library 71

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Successful leaders : Teach, coach, mentor, and inspire. I felt it was important for readers to see directly that leaders are not exempt from life's challenges and that learning from one's missteps is how we discover and build that next best version of ourselves. Set and execute strategy (level appropriate). Fight entropy.

Mentoring 52

Mentoring Leadership Teach Lesson 52

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That could take the shape of courses, mentorships or work experience, or dedicated schools such as SoftBank’s Operator School , where a selection of SoftBank’s portfolio companies and network teach tech skills. More people could start or join advocacy groups online, giving underrepresented demographics a platform to be heard.

Puerto Rico 78

Puerto Rico America Government Uruguay 78

TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

Bridge the Gap Initiative (North Royalton, Ohio) A student-run organization designed to help senior citizens navigate the digital world by teaching them valuable skills like texting and video calling using their smart phones. Books N Bros (St. Some of these are pretty legit. Feel free to look me up when that pre-seed round hits, all.

Student 67

Student Puerto Rico Mobile Louisville 67

Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2011

These tools can help organizations that work with individuals who have general writing concerns, English language learners, people with learning disabilities or physical handicaps in typing, people with dyslexia or recovering from strokes, and even those learning literacy and spelling. What Does Assistive Technology Mean For You?

Tools 57

Tools Literacy Library Plugin 57

Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Their educational focus areas include new designs to advance learning, pathways to postsecondary success, leadership and teaching to advance learning, public understanding, and integration, learning, and innovation. The education program’s developmental target is the first eight years of life. Areas served: Worldwide.

Education 111

Education Grant Resource Fund 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

The past five years I have been teaching Spanish at an Elementary School and serve as the school???s I wanted to combine my two passions in teaching: Foreign Languages and Technology. t feel I can ever balance my online life with being a parent and working full time the way I would like to. s webmaster.

Interview 50

Interview Classroom Teach Language 50

The Verge

MARCH 12, 2021

That’s like life when you have a disability. By teaching Parrot.Py Both VoiceAttack and GAVPI require more tech literacy than just running a game by itself, and Parrot.Py Chaosparrot’s use of voice is just one of the many customizable, bespoke solutions players have turned to. “We We have to make it ourselves”.

Voice 84

Voice Game Social Media Accessibility 84

NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Northstar Digital Literacy has some online assessments free to individuals. Maybe it imparts knowledge, but people can’t transfer that to a real-life environment. If you teach people to operate software, have them follow along on their computer instead of just watching the trainer perform the task.

Skills 88

Skills Technology Develop Nonprofit 88

Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

Put the time and the resources in to bring the story to life. We had a similar experience recently here at Microsoft when we heard a story about a student who participates in our Technology Education And Literacy in Schools (TEALS) program.

Story 47

Story Impact Storytelling Classroom 47

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2021

Successful leaders : Teach, coach, mentor, and inspire. I felt it was important for readers to see directly that leaders are not exempt from life's challenges and that learning from one's missteps is how we discover and build that next best version of ourselves. Set and execute strategy (level appropriate). Fight entropy.

Mentoring 52

Mentoring Leadership Teach Advice 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

Successful leaders : Teach, coach, mentor, and inspire. I felt it was important for readers to see directly that leaders are not exempt from life's challenges and that learning from one's missteps is how we discover and build that next best version of ourselves. Set and execute strategy (level appropriate). Fight entropy.

Mentoring 52

Mentoring Leadership Teach Advice 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Listening Literacy View more presentations from kanter. I will also be teaching this workshop for nonprofits in a number of other locations in the coming months. Listening should be linked to real life decisions or your social media strategy objectives. The most important listening literacy skills are. Keywords Are King.

RSS 51

RSS Literacy Technorati Bookmarking 51

Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

Year Up is just one of the five nonprofit organizations Microsoft has partnered with along with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, City Year, Junior Achievement USA (JA), and Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. Pew Research Internet and American Life Project: Digital Divide. More Resources. Microsoft YouthSpark Hub.

San Francisco 36

San Francisco Library Colorado Literacy 36

NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

To them, there isn''t a distinction between work and life and this is a lesson that Nicole has taken in her own approach to work. In addition, Fifth Third Foundation decided to focus on financial literacy teaching kids in classrooms about money management. She echoed the imperative of taking your "whole self" to work every day.

Work 50

Work Leadership Foundation Communication 50

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

What I like most about this app is that it teaches financial literacy skills by letting users drill down into their expenses and easily keep track of what they're spending. This organization runs programs and conducts research to help nurture leadership and life skills for young people affected by violence.

San Francisco 61

San Francisco Develop Nonprofit Library 61

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Last month, the radio show This American Life ran a fascinating episode called " Kid Politics ," which starts with a long segment about the Air Force One Discovery Center immersive experience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Instead, they get a lecture on what really happened in 1983.

Grenada 48

Grenada Student History Museum 48

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2006

Urban Sprouts teaches youth to grow, harvest, prepare, and eat vegetables from the school garden in order to help them to become more engaged in school, eat better, exercise more, and connect with the environment and each other. And some of them had gardened before. So there's a pretty good amount in the Bay Area.

Interview 40

Interview Classroom Classes San Francisco 40

BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

Take any regular group meetings that have gone smoothly in your life. Ideas include financial literacy training, fundraising discussions, or a presentation about a political or economic issue that affects your organization. Make Your Nonprofit Board Meetings Magical. What Makes a Great Meeting? Let’s begin with the ideal.

Nonprofit 40

Nonprofit DC Government Fun 40

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 2, 2006

Here is a partial transcript from my interview with Viet-Ly: Viet-Ly: Streetside Stories is a nonprofit literacy arts program based in San Francisco and we work with the middle schools -- the public middle schools -- of the San Francisco Unified School District. Update: Viet-Ly was accepted into a teach credential program for this fall].

San Francisco 40

San Francisco Classroom Student Language 40

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Reading challenge Issue a community-wide reading challenge this spring to encourage literacy in your community. Local gardening experts can have the chance to demonstrate their green thumb and teach others in workshops that cover topics such as organic gardening, composting, or urban gardening.

Ideas 87

Ideas Fundraising Nonprofit Celebrate 87

Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. Interested? Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next?

Digital 70

Digital Sponsor Story Map 70

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students.

Impact 109

Impact Measure Report Process 109

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

And in terms of how I got involved with SOUL, I was actually teaching for a very brief period in the Oakland middle schools. I was at that time working at a wonderful organization called Streetside Stories , which is a literacy arts organization with programming in various Title 1 middle schools in San Francisco. So I’m only 26.

San Francisco 40

San Francisco Oakland Education Train 40

Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. That sounds great. How do you plan on doing that?

Digital 65

Digital Sponsor Story Map 65