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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 presenters, Austin Stroud of the Monroe County Public Library and Crystal Schimpf of TechSoup for Libraries, shared resources for teaching online safety and security. Assessments/Quizzes. GCF Learn Free.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . They focus funding on organizations that work on financial literacy for elementary and high school students (established programs only). Areas served: Worldwide. Areas served: US.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. Route 66 Route 66, our online platform for teaching reading, has officially launched thanks to support from the Peery Foundation. and James L. This is a huge legal victory!

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E-Readers for Everyone: Teaching Tips Webinar

Tech Soup

More than three-quarters of the nation's public libraries offer e-books, but most Americans don't know that this service is provided by their local library. She has worked in training and education for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, WebJunction, the Public Library Association, the Northeast Kansas Library System, and more.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

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 National Education Association Foundation is a national nonprofit and philanthropic organization based in Washington, DC.

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Human Rights Trainings in Nigeria

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

While visiting the country, I met with members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) who are using a growing collection of technology tools to confront reported human rights incidents. But the NHRC is developing an information management system that uses our Martus software to keep their data more secure.

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Writing and Speech Assistance Tools Are Now Available at TechSoup

Tech Soup

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.

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