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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

In this post, I’ll share funding and grant resources for nonprofits involved in the education sector. Similar to the funders in my previous post on education , the organizations listed below focus their efforts on activities inside and outside of the classroom. Funding Priority: Education. The Awesome Foundation.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. We are also doing far more to spread the word about technology for rights activists, often in close collaboration with major partners in the human rights field such as Human Rights Watch and WITNESS.

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

Tech Soup

"The library is a place for lifelong education, and needs to resonate with the community. The concept of] family literacy is also very important in our community. Initially they were perhaps less sure of its outcomes, but the program's mission certainly fits the mandate of the library.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Fort Meyers, FL/ $445. USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / TBD. Our institute will also provide opportunities for attendees to create meaningful connections and potential collaborations. Nonprofit Management / #AMI2019 / @NPL_Alliance.

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MCON13: Working with Millennials

NTEN

In addition, Fifth Third Foundation decided to focus on financial literacy teaching kids in classrooms about money management. Panelists emphasized the importance of embracing collaboration across a diverse, multi-generational workforce. This brings a deeper meaning to their work and fosters long-term volunteering efforts.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m. Educators need to intervene and make creative alliances.

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Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. How to find the right funding mechanism to facilitate collaborative teams? Emphasis is on digital literacy. We need metrics!

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