Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

One teacher expressed how the tablet PCs facilitate learning in the classroom: "We work with a lot of photocopies; luckily the child can scan the page and then work at the same pace as their friends. " Improving the Education Experience. " Connecting Through Technology: The Work of ADB Solidatech and TechSoup Global.

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Experiment Learning France Giving 36

Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2007

In January, I interviewed Sibley about the potential use of virtual worlds and Second Life by museums, but in the four months since then, the virtual world platform--and the hype around it--has exploded. It seems that Second Life is both the closest and farthest thing from many museum professionals' minds.

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Second Life Museum Life Virtual 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. 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.

Digital 50

Digital Learning Media Avatar 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

The purpose is to promote wider scale discussion and pursuit of collaborative projects among the K12 classrooms. The overall intent of the Horizon Project is to demonstrate the exciting benefits of a global connected learning experience. Massively Multiplayer Educational Gaming. Social Networking. Mobile Phones. Virtual Worlds.

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Project Wikispaces Second Life Taxonomy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

I rounded up some other resources here and the Shaping Youth Blog did a roundup post with huge pile of green geek, recyclying, and youth education links. Vicky Davis, CoolCatTeacher Blog, writes about how it might be used in a classroom. Global NpTech. The Second Life Community Convention is taking place this weekend in Chicago.

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Summary Nptech Green Tag 50

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Some interactions, like educational programs, may be quite expensive per visitor but are considered very high value; others, like retail, are only worthwhile if the interactions are cheap and return financial value to the institution. How much do we value bringing global cultures and opinions into our institution?

Virtual 20

Virtual Museum North Carolina Evaluation 20