Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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Lecture Classroom Experiment Learning 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand how the feng shui of a classroom impacts learning. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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Learning Classroom Classes Student 84

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2011

They were planning a wall mural for our classroom. It was Friday, a few hours before the drawing activity, and my colleagues were worried that it would be too challenging for people to draw the icons and landmarks selected. They wanted to drop the activity. I encouraged them to go ahead with the community activity as planned.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

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. Do you talk to people sitting next to you on planes?

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Classroom Children Museum Model 22

Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2019

Today, I wanted to think about participatory elements, something so essential to this blog. But, while adjacent, museums differ from formal classrooms in numerous ways. Those feelings developed over hours of classroom time with a human. This activity went with an artist’s work where she told of immigration stories.

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Museum Participatory Interaction Classroom 35

Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It is multi-disciplinary, incorporates diverse voices from our community, and provides interactive and participatory opportunities for visitor involvement. This post focuses on one aspect of the exhibition: its participatory and interactive elements. With one exception, no single activity cost more than $30 to produce/maintain.

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Participatory Museum Blackboard Game 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

I figured out that I could offer teaching, training, consulting activities online. I interviewed ten online educators in five countries about how they planned and organized collaborative learning activities. Sites/Blogs about blogging as an instructional tool: Weblogs in the Classroom provides links to articles, tools and examples.

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