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What's Your Big Idea for Change in America?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ideas for Change in America is a project of Change.org and was launched in partnership with more than three dozen partners, including MySpace , techPresident , the Sunlight Foundation , Netroots Nation , Declare Yourself , Student PIRGS , Democracy In Action , Voto Latino , HeadCount , Change Congress and ShareOurStrength.

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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I don't think she is saying SL is a fad that will go away as other people without her depth of knowledge have articulated. If Danah is so deeply rooted in social spaces, like MySpace and others, it???s She is also saying that virtual worlds are not for everyone which is definitely true. s no wonder she does not see SL as a next step.

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Thing a Day: Good or Glib?

Museum 2.0

But I’ve taught hundreds of poetry students—kids and adults—who refuse to edit their poems. In other museums, I don’t get enough and I feel lost, like there’s something beautiful nearby but I can’t quite see or articulate it. If the museum is just another slapdash work in progress, well, save that for your MySpace page.

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What's a Virtual Visitor Worth?

Museum 2.0

Outreach Let’s say you run your museum's education department, and you have two vans that go out to schools to do in-classroom programs exposing students to museum content. How important is it that some of the students at participating schools gain heightened awareness of the museum and physically show up one day?

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