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What are learning platforms?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

These include Blackboard , ANGEL , and WebCT (now owned by Blackboard), among others. LAMS – not as much an LMS as a curriculum development tool. Most proprietary LMS are geared specifically toward the college/university or corporate training markets, and are thus quite expensive.

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When Worlds Collide

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

The latest ideas on collaborative software tools, AJAX web applications, and that mainstay of bread-and-butter business apps, the spreadsheet, are coming together in wikiCalc , a new application being developed by my old dormmate and VisiCalc originator, Dan Bricklin. It's being provided under the GPL License.

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How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius: What's Your Brilliant Thought?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You have early adopters, a big scary chasm, and then more mainstreamed adoption of the tools. This pattern is the same no matter the tools. There are many different tools to support this - from leaving comments on blogs or using twitter. The simple fact is that “ Technology Changes, Humans Don’t."

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Using Cartoons To Make Sense of Your Data

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But, cartoons can be terrific infographics or used as technique for sense-making. Cartoons are good communication tool. Online charting and data visualization tools like Easel.ly are can let you pull together charts and info graphics quickly and easily. Take a picture of your creation, and you’re set.

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