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Bay Area Teens Share the Love of Coding (Part 1)

Tech Soup

It was recently recognized by the City of San Jose for raising awareness of computer science among teens. Further up north in San Francisco, headquarters to numerous tech companies big and small, the Board of Education recently approved a measure to expand computer science courses from preschool to 12th grade.

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8 Social Media Ideas to Inspire Donors on GivingTuesday

Neon CRM

Run an Education Campaign While sharing facts and statistics alone isn’t always an effective way to raise money, you can use them to illustrate how someone’s donation can help on GivingTuesday. Here’s a great example: “Did you know that 1 in 4 teens in the U.S. has missed class because they don’t have access to menstrual products?

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Breaking the Cycle & Starting the Mental Health Conversation

Saleforce Nonprofit

Thanks to global entertainers like Lady Gaga and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and world-class athletes like Kevin Love and Simone Biles, there’s already a shift toward candid public conversations, making mental health far less stigmatized than ever.

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

Tech Soup

Here’s Dianne’s winning submission in its entirety: “The Pottsboro Library has made bridging the digital divide for teens a priority. A local TV station employee was hired to work with the teens in a 6-week course where they created a promotional video for the library. The teens also have access to GoPro and Nikon.

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

As more tablets and smartphones are making their way into the classroom, it makes sense that there are a number of apps aimed at helping young people with their education and job preparedness. Khan Academy (Windows Phone, iPad) is a nonprofit on a mission to change education. iStudiez Pro.

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Why Are So Many Participatory Experiences Focused on Teens?

Museum 2.0

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Teens are a known (and somewhat controllable) entity. The first of these reasons is practical.

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

Tech Soup

In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. As the MathAndCoding founders refined their processes and logistics, Bricker grew more confident in letting them move on to offer more advanced classes.

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