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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

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Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. I was able to pull this off because my course took place in the Digital Learning Commons “ D-Space ” – a state of the art flexible classroom space. The flexible classroom is a large open space. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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And the Winner is. Jaffe's Join the Conversation Book Giveaway and How To Do A Giveaway Contest on Your Blog

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Robin Yap left a comment that he was leaving for Manila to teach social media to educational technology students, so I decided to part with my cherished copy of Dave Warlock 's Classroom Blogging. My ultimate dream would be to send Dave Warlock 's Classroom Blogging over to the Sharing Foundation's fledging computer school.

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How To Make Meetings Work for Your Nonprofit (whether you are sitting,standing, or walking!)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Like the flipped classroom model in education, you ask participants to read the reports ahead of time so you can spend more time on discussion versus presentation. Jeremiah raved about this inexpensive laptop stand that transforms any surface into a standing desk because it allowed you customized the height.

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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To make this model work, there was another IRC backchannel that streamed audio from the conference and someone did the equivalent of live tweeting. While this advice is more appropriate for the classroom, Vicky Davis shares how she manages the back channel. One of the reflections.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

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I was able to find some research and pieces about laptops in the classroom. Can you add audio with slideshare? ( What I wasn't able to find was any research that spoke to the pros and cons, in a scientific way, of integrating social media into instruction. Know of any? Can we get the full site for the twitter statistics? (Yes

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" This was a rich conversation and was not able to capture all the details as my audio faded in and out and was multi-tasking in a major way, so here is what I as able to capture. The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. They focus on the media creation of what they learned.

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7 Reasons Nonprofits Need iPads

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Skeptics doubted the iPod in 2001 , but it went on to help revolutionize how people consume music and audio content. The device's hardware includes components not currently found in a traditional desktop computer or laptop. It's promised battery life is ten hours -- longer than any laptop to date.

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