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Mike Remixes My CC Entry

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mike is writing some great stuff on remix culture and creative commons license. Mike writes this post Avoid YouTube if You Wanna Remix and Mashup. Remember the aim is to have your content turn up in searches for media that is suitable for remix. He goes to muse about the differences in CC licensings and impact on remix culture.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

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Additionally, 30 million library users reported going to the library for employment-related activities. The good news is that digital literacy is becoming part of lesson plans for K-12 students in public schools. Additionally, some students don't have digital access at home. The Role of Schools.

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Charities Cry Foul on Chase Facebook Charitable Giving Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At least three nonprofit groups — Students for Sensible Drug Policy , the Marijuana Policy Project and an anti-abortion group, Justice for All — say they believe that Chase disqualified them over concerns about associating its name with their missions. Any organization determined to be ineligible at any time will be disqualified.

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My Facebook Birthday Cause: Thank You (and Some Unsolicited Feedback To Causes)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Flickr Photo Remix Party Well, a few weeks ago, I read a blog post by Amy Sample Ward about Birthday Causes, This new feature lets individuals on Facebook create a birthday fundraising campaign as part of a Cause. Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest. And, yes they did !

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Cambodia Bloggers Summit: Social Media Role Play, Social Media Game, and Angkun - Seeds of the Future

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The game has been remixed into different languages and used in different training contexts, but this is the first time it has been to Southeast Asia. tools, this would have worked as a culminating activity. Activity geared to just becoming familiar with the tools and concepts. If there was all-day instruction on the Web 2.0

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

gThe above video is one of the many social networking strategies that The Genocide Intervention Network used to transform itself from a small student group to national non-profit. the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content. Go read it. the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation.