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3 Nonprofits Doing Cool Things With Tech

TechImpact

Walden Woods Project uses Skype to reach classrooms. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees shared the idea of connecting aid workers with students to share experiences. Teachers are connecting speakers from across the globe to their classrooms, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports.

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22 Online Gift Stores That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The National Retail Federation predicts that holiday sales this year will increase 4.1 National Geographic Store. National Geographic’s mission is to inspire people to care about the planet—and every living creature on it bu promoting and funding natural and cultural conservation projects. National Public Radio(NPR) Shop.

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. Learn more about our flipped classroom model, what you can look forward to learning when you''re there, and register! Data member news Member Round Up nptech' Not in San Francisco?

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Games for Change Keynote: James Shelton, US Department of Education

Amy Sample Ward

The good news is that the myth that you can’t make systemic change quickly is just that, a myth. And we’ve realized we have to find new and better ways of doing things. And we don’t need to do it for some of our children, but for all of them. The trust is that other countries are passing us by.

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and a sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. Learn more about our flipped classroom model, what you can look forward to learning when you''re there, and register! Data member news Member Round Up nptech' Not in San Francisco?

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Computer Refurbishment and Accessibility

Tech Soup

The marriage of refurbishment and accessible technology started in the early 1980s with the founding of the National Cristina Foundation. It supplies computers to disabled people of all ages through its technology lending library and it also supplies for special-needs classrooms. national web site for Assistive Technology.

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Games for Change Keynote: James Shelton, US Department of Education

NTEN

The good news is that the myth that you can't make systemic change quickly is just that, a myth. And we've realized we have to find new and better ways of doing things. And we don't need to do it for some of our children, but for all of them. Our competitiveness as a nation allows us to bring in people to the knowledge economy.

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