Monthly Archives: December 2010
Net Literacy Presents at the North Dakota Association of Telecommunication Cooperatives’ 2010 Annual Meeting
Net Literacy was invited to address 150 members of the North Dakota Association of Telecommunication Cooperatives’ annual meeting in December, 2010. The NDATC serves 158,000 customers and supports digital inclusion and digital literacy as a matter of good public policy, keeping rural America vital, and enriching the lives of thousands of North Dakota residents. Net Literacy makes its content available to all state associations that are members of the USIIA. For additional information, contact [email protected]
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Financial Connects Program Continues Through June 30, 2011!
Good news – the Financial Connects Scholarship Contest will continue through June 30, 2010! Learn more by clicking on the Financial Connects Award tab on this website. Questions – contact Daniel Kent at [email protected]
Indiana Department of Education, Office of Technology, and Department of Administration Partner with Net Literacy
The Indiana Department of Education, Indiana Office of Technology, and Indiana Department of Administration Partner with Net Literacy . The Indiana Department of Education, the Indiana Office of Technology, and Indiana Department of Administration have partnered with Net Literacy in a new initiative to provide 15 additional schools computers during CY 2011. During the last three years (CY2008 through CY2010), Net Literacy’s student volunteers have provided over 12,000 computers to schools and nonprofits.
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Safe Connects Internet Safety Training Teaches 12,000 High School Students
Watch the 30 minute Internet safety training video created by Net Literacy student volunteers that’s being used by Indianapolis Public Schools to teach each of the 12,000 high school students receiving netbooks Internet safety. Later during the 2010-2011 school year, Safe Connects training will be taught by IPS high school students to an additional 5,000 3rd graders and 6th graders in a series of school presentations by high school Net Literacy student volunteers to their feeder elementary schools. Other school …
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