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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. I was able to pull this off because my course took place in the Digital Learning Commons “ D-Space ” – a state of the art flexible classroom space. The flexible classroom is a large open space.

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At AFP Lead in Houston, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance students prepare for leadership liftoff

ASU Lodestar Center

On Friday we also got the opportunity to work with other NLA students from universities all around the country to discuss hot topics around the nonprofit sector, which we presented on our final day. In this hands-on learning environment, we are building a talented and prepared workforce of connected professionals and citizens.

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7 Ideas for Virtual Back to School Events

AccelEvents

When planning to host a virtual school event, be sure to consider the way you are presenting it to your audience. For the most part, you won’t want to host anything too extensive, like a lengthy Powerpoint presentation with nothing but words. . Hosting a Virtual Back to School Event. You want to make it more exciting and engaging.

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7 Ideas for Virtual Back to School Events

AccelEvents

When planning to host a virtual school event, be sure to consider the way you are presenting it to your audience. For the most part, you won’t want to host anything too extensive, like a lengthy Powerpoint presentation with nothing but words. . Hosting a Virtual Back to School Event. You want to make it more exciting and engaging.

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What Makes Social Learning so Interesting?

Gyrus

Social learning, relied solely on what one could obtain in a classroom setting, working with direct peers, or what could be conveyed back in forth on a phone. Social Learning can best be defined as working with others to understand ideas, concepts, and procedures. Those days are now extraordinarily a thing of the past.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

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. To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening. I'm like an airborne clam, hoarding my book, my space, my ears.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Learn more about amazing projects like these & more at the 11th Annual Games For Change Festival ( [link] ).