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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For those of us who also focused on training, instruction, and professional learning for nonprofits, the New Media Consortium , has been charting the landscape of emerging technologies in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry on a global scale for the past ten years.

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The Hour Of Code

TechImpact

December 9-15, 2013. because it teaches you how to think.” - Steve Jobs. Only 10% of students (starting in elementary school) learn the basics of code. By removing the misconceptions surrounding coding and computer science, students can learn to create and innovate with technology at a young age. Hour of Code.

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QuickBooks Made Easy for Nonprofits: Live Seminars Coming to San Francisco, Honolulu, and Las Vegas

Tech Soup

Plus, you'll get a tour of some of the new features in the 2014 and 2013 versions of QuickBooks. 79) will cover advanced material that will teach you how to: Budget and auto-allocate expenses to programs and grants. Since 2000, Gregg has been teaching. Annually, Gregg teaches for. Sending out year-end acknowledgments.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Wins 2013 Terry McAdam Nonprofit Book Award. Learn: Learning is not just for kids or students. Teach: This is my passion, my calling, and my professional work. I also wrote guest posts for the Harvard Business Review and the LinkedIn Corporate Blog.

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The Gift of Reading, a Circle of Life

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

First we identified the titles we wanted to add—all requested by Bookshare non-student members, including some of the best science books of 2013 as reported by NPR’s Science Friday show. We decided to create the James Franklin In Memoriam collection, with a focus on science and technology books written for the lay audience.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

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. Access to technology is important, but teaching computer and information technology skills is just as vital. Defining Digital Literacy.

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd and How To Find Them!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

.” They provide free web analytics consulting to non-profits and NGOs around the world by matching analytics professionals, students, and charities. They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students.

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