NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

What can small nonprofits do to benefit from collaboration? Second, it helps build a community of trust and collaboration: the "I know I will get three or more good ideas" as well as, "I had that experience!" Training on a hoard of ICT topics is available on-line and in the classroom. if you are willing to collaborate and share.

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Collaboration New Hampshire Classroom NGO 75

Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2015

After working out some space (a dedicated meeting room rather than an alcove in the children's area) and equipment (laptops and netbooks rather than tablets) issues, MathAndCoding has become a core children's program for the library, with parents often asking about class availability for next sessions.

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Library Classroom Teen San Francisco 36

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

But last year, over Thanksgiving, I sat next to a man who was working on his laptop (not an activity that invites conversation), creating a presentation on elementary education and technology. A former superintendent of such a district, he explained the basic premise to me: each student, from kindergarten on, has a personal laptop.

Classroom 22

Classroom Children Museum Model 22

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

If you look at the photo closely, you'll notice that Alex replicated her Mac sticker cover for her laptop. I attended a lecture on the use of technology in the legal classroom last month in Second Life, facilitated by Rebecca Nesson. Over fifty avatars attended. I learned a lot.

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Second Life Open Source Life Education 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. These are complex learning environments where young people are making decisions, learning and collaborating with peers, etc. "We know very little about the learning that is happening outside of classrooms."

Digital 50

Digital Learning Media Avatar 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

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? MacArthur Foundation. We need metrics!

Game 50

Game Change Metrics Learning Environment 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Content delivery is less important then the skill to making sense of it and that needs to be what “classroom time” is about. Students get a minute to think about the question on their own and then answer it using a mobile device that sends their answers to Mazur’s laptop. Illustration by Beth Kanter.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116