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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As part of the class , we look at different examples of networked strategies and digital platforms and tools and how they can be used to advance civil society goals. Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding.

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Debunking Misconceptions about Mobile Learning

Gyrus

as mobile learning tools. While a mobile device is used to provide online learning, it doesn’t imply that you will be doing the same kind of e-Learning that you would do using your laptop or desktop. If your current content is not mobile friendly, you cannot replicate it for mobile learning purpose.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

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But last year, over Thanksgiving, I sat next to a man who was working on his laptop (not an activity that invites conversation), creating a presentation on elementary education and technology. A former superintendent of such a district, he explained the basic premise to me: each student, from kindergarten on, has a personal laptop.

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Surprisingly Cool Things You Can Do with an LMS

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Scheduling that same instructor, the classroom, the projector he/she is using, a laser pointer and a shared laptop… priceless. According to Beal (2016), an “Application program interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. Assessment Creation Tool.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

I would say that we made the best use that we could of the tools that we had,” she said, “but I’d say about 10% of our volunteers are not tech savvy and so they got left behind.”. Sure, there are tools out there, Google Translate and the like, but they are not yet robust enough to replace human interpreters and translators.

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7 Reasons Nonprofits Need iPads

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Despite the shortcomings in Apple's v1 product, I believe that the iPad — and successors from other vendors — will change how people interact with online content. Skeptics doubted the iPod in 2001 , but it went on to help revolutionize how people consume music and audio content.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I blogged about the content last week. How: 6 Tools and Tips. It integrates online community discussion forums, structured learning like webinars, content, with participants' social profiles. I was able to find some research and pieces about laptops in the classroom. I think you can design around it.

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