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Boosting Digital Literacies for a Purpose

Digital Promise

Community providers, such as the University AME Zion Church (UAMEZ) in Palo Alto, California, understand that digital literacy development, like any learning, starts with building trust in the community and meeting learners where they are. Tech Team members learn to navigate livestreams on social media such as FaithLife , for example.

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My Story, Our Impact: How BakerRipley Connects Families to Opportunities

Digital Promise

We provide these services in Spanish because we truly believe that by meeting people where they are in their current stage of development, we can meet their needs quickly and have the most impact. We rolled out a series of these workshops in 2018, in both English and Spanish, and are on track to reach 200 students by summer 2019.

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Information Sharing at the 2019 Nonprofit Technology Conference

Digital Promise

Like many folks in today’s workforce, I spend a significant amount of time in front of a computer screen with my smartphone close by, responding to a flurry of emails, calls, texts, and calendar invitations. I relish the opportunity for an in-person meeting or training to connect with colleagues and partners.

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PASCO Motion Sensor–A Must for Science Classes

Ask a Tech Teacher

can of soda, and smart enough to automatically sync with your desktop, smartphone, or iPad. Training and Workshops. This includes videos, free live online training, customized webinars, and onsite workshops. They meet NGSS standards and work within Google Classroom and most LMSs. Some are free while others are for a fee.

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Questions Parents Ask

Ask a Tech Teacher

Who your children meet on the Internet is not the same as the kids in the neighborhood or at school or on a youth sports team. Raise your hand if you use your smartphone for more than phone calls. So much of life has moved to smartphones–email, social media, home protection, banking–the list is almost endless.

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Moving Schools Forward With BYOD

A Principal's Reflections

Greg also conducts workshops at K-12 schools and universities and mentors doctoral students and administrators in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Students brought out a variety of devices including Blackberries, iPhones, and Smartphones to answer multiple choice questions. Check out his blog Embrace, Adapt, Enhance.

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What does your desk say about you?

Educational Technology Guy

This is the workshop where you do your thinking every day, basically, and it can be revealing, often unintentionally, about what’s going through your head. OFM contracts with manufacturers in Mexico, Taiwan and China to design furniture and products that meet the highest industry standards. and operations in Phoenix, Ariz., and Taiwan.