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MCON13: Working with Millennials

NTEN

Throughout the day, well be living blogging sessions from MCON13 , a conference to help leaders engage the Millennial generation. In addition, Fifth Third Foundation decided to focus on financial literacy teaching kids in classrooms about money management. We''re attending virtually through the livestream.

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Working Wikily: Establishing A Giving or Gifting Culture in Wiki Community

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" The course had no existing curriculum and it provided a real life laboratory for him to have the curriculum come out of the community interactions that were happening in the classroom. Take for example this summary of the first module. Another point about goals: Community Literacies esp. Community commitment.

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Computer Refurbishment and Accessibility

Tech Soup

A good example of such a program is Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley Assistive Technology Services. It supplies computers to disabled people of all ages through its technology lending library and it also supplies for special-needs classrooms. Find our more on this at Patrick Duggan's blog post about WordQ and SpeakQ.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. That's Danah Boyd in RL who was also live blogging the event. He was also in NYC and live blogging the event as was Danah Boyd - the official MacArthur Foundation live blogger. The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school.

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Building the Tech Capacity of Nonprofits Everywhere with TechSoup's NetSquared Events

Tech Soup

Naples, Florida: Boost Your Nonprofit's Blogging Strategy. Nairobi, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Women and Web Literacy Program 2016 – 17. Nairobi, Kenya: Mobile Solar Computer Classroom Project in Kenya. . ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America.

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Weaving the Web Into Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Starting way back in 1995-96 when the web was just starting to explode with content, I focused a lot on searching skills, information literacy skills, how to organize and retrieve your finds, etc. Note to self: Time to rethink the old 1998-99 version of " Zen and the Art of Internet Searching " to incorporate tags/blogs).

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How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

Get Fully Funded

For example, if your organization provides rent and utilities assistance and you have had a steep rise in requests for help, you could pitch a story about the crisis of middle class people falling into poverty. Give some examples from your organization’s work, protecting the privacy of everyone involved. Instead, focus on the cause.

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