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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

As more tablets and smartphones are making their way into the classroom, it makes sense that there are a number of apps aimed at helping young people with their education and job preparedness. You can also create a special reading list, locate books in your local library, and share what you're reading with friends over social media.

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Temple Contemporary and the Puzzle of Sharing Powerful Processes

Museum 2.0

Temple Contemporary’s mission is to creatively re-imagine the social function of art through questions of local relevance and international significance. Every other year, they convene TUPAC, a group of 35 outside advisors, including teens, college students, Temple University professors, artists, philanthropists, and community leaders.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

local time). " At that comment, all the avatars started clapping, cheering, and agreeing with quips like "Wow, MacArthur Foundation really gets it. The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. They are walking the walk, talking the talk."

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17 Ways We Made our Exhibition Participatory

Museum 2.0

We collaborated with two local organizations--the Rebele Homeless Family Shelter and Dominican Oaks retirement community--to conduct oral histories and produce a small audio and photo-based exhibit on maintaining love in tough situations. This installation is the only one that cost more than $30--about $2,000 for the parts.

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What's a Virtual Visitor Worth?

Museum 2.0

How much do we value brand awareness outside of local markets? Outreach Let’s say you run your museum's education department, and you have two vans that go out to schools to do in-classroom programs exposing students to museum content. Many museums run outreach programs at a variety of levels of local to global reach.

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