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Going Virtual – An Alternative Volunteer Event Guide

Connection Cafe

Often virtual events don’t elicit the same emotional connection as when a team come s together for in-person service. H osting a virtual or local day of service? virtual program connecting volunteers to organizations worldwide. . offers virtual volunteers opportunities to help with two main projects , ?

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

site in which people could interact and collaborate with each other to create a virtual community. One Laptop Per Child (just launched that year). Wikipedia is a community, Craigslist is a community, Moveon.org is a community, eBay for crying out loud is a community. Most of the content was (and is) user generated. Google Maps.

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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. 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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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. The report identifies six areas of emerging technology over the next one-to-five years, including virtual worlds.

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NpTechTag Summary: NpTech Blog Buzz, NGOS at Demo 07, and Moulin

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The offline wikipedia, Moulin. Unthinkingly points us to the last mile wikipedia , a 400,000+ article no-images version of the wikipedia that fits snugly into a CD and launched by Geekcorps. See Ethan Zuckerman's post offers some thoughts about the content that will be loaded into the One Laptop per Child laptop.)

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