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First trip to China

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I'm now on my first-ever trip to mainland China, thanks to the Hadley School for the Blind twentieth anniversary of their China school. nonprofit to have a China branch, but truly amazing that it's been there for twenty years. It's impressive what people in Hong Kong have done with their tiny patch of China.

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Celebrating 20 Years of Hadley China!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Celebrating 20 years is a big deal in China. nonprofit to have been in China for this length of time. Xia Rongqiang (Chester), the founder and principal of Hadley China. The main curriculum at Hadley China is around teaching English. It's clear Hadley has had a great impact on the blindness field in China.

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Hadley China

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

turns out to have had a major program in China for almost 20 years, and they have come up with a cool way to use the net. Hadley's international branch is located in Fuzhou, China. Hadley-China students, support staff from Hadley-China, and native English speakers log onto a website at the same time.

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Cell Phone Literacy Ideas in China

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I just had a great meeting with Jenny Zhao where we talked about the cell phone industry in China. Jenny manages the China operations for a global cell phone technology company. One of our dreams for the Route 66 technology is that it could be used to teach reading to people all over the world, in English as well as other languages.

China 100
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Trainer’s Notebook: The Feng Shui of Good Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Feng Shui is an ancient art and science developed many years ago in China. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. The practices are intended to balance the energies of any given space to assure health and good fortune for people inhabiting it.

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4 Global Higher Education Trends for 2022

Saleforce Nonprofit

Universities are learning from other industries and accelerating business model innovation, with a focus on hybrid learning and teaching. colleges said they are prioritising student outreach in India and China, the two primary markets for international students for Australian universities. Business Model Innovation.

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Empowering Young Children through Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of them was Vincent Law who is doing interesting work with teaching young children about giving and philanthropy. These stories come from all over the world such as US, China, Russia, Japan, etc. For example we use the Chinese folk story, The Empty Pot to teach kids about honesty. I believe each of us has a higher calling.