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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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Listening Literacy Skills: What keywords or phrases have brought you some insights?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Incurable Hippie I've been writing a lot about listening through social media channels in preparation for a live workshop for WeAreMedia next month in San Francisco. The most important listening literacy skills are. Reiteracy is Social Media Listening Literacy. Use Some Creative Thinking Skills.

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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

Tech Soup

Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. They specialize in providing both hard and soft job skills. 250,000 Grant Winners.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

But what if kids learned basic tech skills along with reading storybooks and taking spelling tests? 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. Defining Digital Literacy.

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Developers and Nonprofits Come Together to Make Apps for Change

Tech Soup

First up was Joseph Tanigawa from Code for San Francisco (our local chapter of Code for America), who presented a nifty tool for bridging the digital divide. LocalFreeWeb is an SMS service that helps people find free Internet access in San Francisco. San Francisco libraries have varying hours and might not always be open.

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Microsoft's YouthSpark Initiative Seeks to Close the Opportunity Divide

Tech Soup

Local representatives from nonprofits, schools, and community groups convened in downtown San Francisco for Microsoft's YouthSpark Connection event. She also stated that while San Francisco is a highly educated region overall, two thirds of the city's highly educated residents are from outside of California.

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Young Nonprofit Leader Award Winners Announced

Tech Soup

She's also the executive director of Community Technology Network , a nonprofit that brings information access and digital literacy to underserved Bay Area populations. It's an exciting time for public computing access in San Francisco. YNPN honored Kami as the Young Nonprofit Executive Director of the Year.

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