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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

In this post, I’ll share funding and grant resources for nonprofits involved in the education sector. Similar to the funders in my previous post on education , the organizations listed below focus their efforts on activities inside and outside of the classroom. Funding Priority: Education. New Earth Foundation.

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PowerMyLearning: Free Online Education Games and Videos for Nonprofits and Libraries

Tech Soup

It often surprises people when I mention that education accounts for fully one-fifth of nonprofit activity , second only to human services. Of course libraries are all about education in its various forms. An educator can assign “Playlists” of activities to students based on school curriculum or specific student needs.

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New on SSIR: A New Tool for Digital Storytelling

Amy Sample Ward

I recently attended the US launch event for Historypin is a new (and free) application for Android, iPhone, or the web that arranges photos, videos, and text in the context of time and location (leveraging the Google Maps API). It’s a way of interacting with other people, other places, and other times from anywhere you are.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

10X: ten times the impact. How can our existing successful programs reach ten times more people? How can we use technology in a new way to improve people’s lives that is an order of magnitude better? Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice.

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Dancing for Peace: Big Vision Podcast with Sara Potler

Have Fun - Do Good

These kids over the course of the next 18 months did not really fully comprehend that they were learning basic social, emotional, and civic competencies because they were moving and dancing the entire time." -- Sara Potler Sara Potler is the Founder and CEO of Dance 4 Peace. New York City, Colombia, the Philippines, and Nepal.

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Second Life Education Programs in NY Times, Goes Open Source, and other tidbits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over the weekend, the New York Times ran an article about education programs in Second Life. I attended a lecture on the use of technology in the legal classroom last month in Second Life, facilitated by Rebecca Nesson. If you think that Seocond Life is just about buying virtual houses, be sure read this.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In Education. GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. In 2013 alone, the organization ran over 100 hours of programming in New York City. Social Impact Through Digital Games.