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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

Tech Soup

After working out some space (a dedicated meeting room rather than an alcove in the children's area) and equipment (laptops and netbooks rather than tablets) issues, MathAndCoding has become a core children's program for the library, with parents often asking about class availability for next sessions.

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Create an Online Donation Receipt that Leads to More Donations

Get Fully Funded

If part of the donation included goods or services, such as dinner at an event, an auction item, of a raffle ticket, seek advice from your tax advisor on properly wording the IRS language in your donation receipt. If the donor’s gift was used to buy laptops, a photo of students on the new laptops will hit the right note.

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Ten Ways Small NGOs Can Collaborate

NTEN

Training on a hoard of ICT topics is available on-line and in the classroom. The GE Crotonville Center is the legendary example An easy "ask" for your local corporations is: can I get a donated seat in your classroom? The members support each other with advice and experience. Share your technology experiences and frustrations.

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Networking Your Nonprofit: Let's Talk About Hardware

Tech Soup

You can wirelessly connect desktops, laptops, and printers to your network with hardware from the Brocade Donation Program or develop your nonprofit's wired and wireless network with hardware from the Cisco Donation Program. Ask it in our community forums where you can get advice from fellow nonprofits. Have a question?

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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been thinking about how to best incorporate the back channel or in this case Twitter. Two recent blogs, " How To Present While People Are Twittering " and " Trends in Leadership Conferences " are the most recent blog posts packed with advice. What's different is that the backchannel is being used in non-technology conferences.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was able to find some research and pieces about laptops in the classroom. One piece of advice that I learned from Cliff Atkinson's book was to think about your presentation key points as tweets so people can retweet them. Any advice about using Google Wave? Know of any? Key Instructional Concepts As Tweets. look here ).

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. The only advice out there is to limit screen time. Dr. Mizuko Ito made the point that digital learning is happening primarily outside fo the classroom and in more of a social and play context. They document their learning."

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