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Digital Literacy @NeighborNest – Year Three!

Thanks to the support of Twitter, residents of the Tenderloin, mid-Market and SOMA neighborhoods can continue to gain crucial digital literacy skills and receive personalized training at the NeighborNest, a... read more →
  • December 13, 2017
  • General

Digital Literacy Training for NeighborNest Parents

In 2016, Twitter approved a grant in the amount of $30,000 to Community Technology Network to fund a pilot digital literacy program at Twitter's NeighborNest. The purpose was to address... read more →
  • November 2, 2017
  • Digital Parents, Digital Skills Training

Taking Families a Step Closer to Digital Literacy

While riding public transportation or walking around town, have you ever stopped to notice who around you isn't staring at their smartphones? I have begun to pay more attention to... read more →
  • October 28, 2016
  • Digital Parents, Digital Skills Training

You Have a Match! Mobile Device Teach-Ins with Tech Employees

CTN has facilitated a number of teach-in events with tech companies with the goal of bringing more of our clients across the digital divide.  Our Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)... read more →
  • September 21, 2016
  • Digital Skills Training

Digital Literacy en Español at Twitter’s NeighborNest

Our digital inclusion efforts continued this June at Twitter's NeighborNest, where I taught the digital literacy course in Spanish. The four-part workshop series focused on building the learners' basic computer and... read more →
  • August 2, 2016
  • Digital Skills Training

Trainer Spotlight: Taylor Glas-Hochstettler

Taylor Glas-Hochstettler joined our Digital Literacy Corps in May 2016 and tutors at the Castro Senior Center. Here he shares a bit about his experience as a volunteer and the difference he is making through... read more →
  • July 29, 2016
  • Developing Digital Leaders

Volunteers from Startups Help Seniors in San Francisco

Community Technology Network facilitated a Tech Teach-In at the North Beach Library on June 24, 2016. We paired seven seniors from Next Village SF with seven volunteers from Startups Give Back... read more →
  • July 1, 2016
  • Tech Teach-ins

Digital Literacy Training at Twitter’s NeighborNest

CTN is excited to partner with Twitter on their NeighborNest, a computer lab in the Tenderloin that provides services to low-income and homeless families and youth. I was lucky to... read more →
  • May 4, 2016
  • Digital Skills Training

Next Village Facebook 101 Training

Community Technology Network and Next Village teamed up to provide one-on-one training for a group of seniors at the North Beach Library on March 23, 2016. Wonderful volunteers Arthur, William,... read more →
  • May 4, 2016
  • Tech Teach-ins

Tech Company Quantcast Connects with Nonprofits

CTN program managers Laurie and Heather were pleased to be part of Quantcast's 1st Annual Data For Good Volunteer Match Day on November 19, 2015. CTN was among 12 nonprofit... read more →
  • December 1, 2015
  • Tech Teach-ins
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