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Virtual Worlds for Insurrection and Revolution in Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is from a live blog post by Peter Brantly of O'Reilly Radar from a conference hosted by the Hewlett Foundation on Friday. Functionality : graphics quality; APIs for simulation; interface tools; authoring tools; links to 2D web; chat/voice capabilities; support for multiple instances; ADA issues.

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The Bots are Here: Leading With Our Humanity in the Age of Automation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The bot, available via Twitter and Facebook Messenger, polls its followers (called ‘U-Reporters’) on a range of topics and uses the data to help influence public policy. Another area of ethical greyness is maintaining people-centered practices and policies. Unicef’s bot has had some early successes. And who determines the line?

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