Dialog to Learn is looking for a tech volunteer in the Bay Area!
Do you know someone interested in volunteering with an educational non-profit to take on a small Java web backend project?
Do they live within driving distance of Palo Alto? We have a grea…lnkd.in/gYCEVRZ
Happy #GivingTuesday! Include Dialog to Learn on your Giving Tuesday list and support a classroom at dialogtolearn.org
Tomorrow is #givingtuesday! Learn more about our mission and how your donation helps local Bay Area students improve their literacy at dialogtolearn.org
Use our #givingtuesday Facebook frame - Go to your profile on the Facebook app and tap "Edit" on your profile picture. Then tap "Add Frame" and search for "Dialog to Learn" 😊
Literacy is a fundamental skill, without it future success can feel bleak. This disproportionatly effects students from low-income homes and students of color #earlyintervention #supportourschools
Low-income children who cannot read at grade level by third grade are six times more likely to become high school dropouts @hechingerreport bit.ly/2MXAE2w #edchat #earlyed #elemchat #reading #elachat
Challenging students is an important part of the learning process!
"Kids are smart, and it's not surprising that they begin to disengage when they are given work implicitly suggesting that adults have low expectations of them" @hechingerreport bit.ly/2AqIdLY #edchat #hschat #expectations #cpchat #gradrates
If you didn't make it to our event last week, that's okay, we have another one in the Spring! buff.ly/2NLgTv4
We are looking for volunteers to be Digital Buddies - You can help a student from a low-income elementary school in the Bay Area improve their literacy with just one email a week! dialogtolearn.org/join
#volunteering #literacy #earlyintervention lnkd.in/g5y-5cE
Help a student improve their literacy with one email a week - Become a Digital Buddy, join me! allforgood.org/projects/98nr…
Dialog to Learn retweeted
The most underrated type of punctuation, according to @JillAbramson, is the parenthesis: "A parenthetical thought can be more interesting than the sentence that contains it." #PunctuationDay #NationalPunctuationDay
(Check out this 2016 article for more: hrvd.me/punctuation13)
Does this sound like you?
I want to give back to my community
I have a strong command of the English language
I can commit to writing 1 email a week
I work in the San Francisco Bay Area (We hope to be in other cities and states someday soon)
Sign up at dialogtolearn.org
We have 4 new classrooms starting the Dialog to Learn program in October! Be a Digital Buddy and make a difference to a student in our community. Sign up at dialogtolearn.org