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Guest Post by Nina Simon -- Self-Expression is Overrated: Better Constraints Make Better Participatory Experiences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The point, in the context of this conversation, is that a minority of social media users are creators—people who write blog posts, upload photos onto Flickr, or share homemade videos on YouTube. It takes people who want to be educators, not just executors. But the teens heard, “Do whatever you want—we don’t really care what it is.”

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Self-Expression is Overrated: Better Constraints Make Better Participatory Experiences

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The point, in the context of this conversation, is that a minority of social media users are creators—people who write blog posts, upload photos onto Flickr, or share homemade videos on YouTube. It takes people who want to be educators, not just executors. But the teens heard, “Do whatever you want—we don’t really care what it is.”

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m. Educators need to intervene and make creative alliances.

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14 Top Nonprofit Websites to Inspire Your Organization

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Save the Children. Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to empowering students of all ages through high-quality arts and cultural programs. Educational materials. North Shore Animal League. Mustard Seed Communities. Gooley Hemophilia Center. Project Open Hand. Ontario SPCA.