Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2013

It often surprises people when I mention that education accounts for fully one-fifth of nonprofit activity , second only to human services. Of course libraries are all about education in its various forms. An educator can assign “Playlists” of activities to students based on school curriculum or specific student needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Several nonprofits have successfully interacted with, and more importantly, seen impact from, these engaged new audiences. In Education. GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning.

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Difference Game New York City San Francisco 110

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. Curiosity got the better of me, and that’s how I met Bob Whicker, a K-12 Education Development Executive for Apple.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 16, 2014

There’s probably a specific classroom you remember from those earlier days, and a teacher who left a huge impact on your life. They’re no stranger to a fun and engaging learning environment. And PENCIL, Inc. is full of those life-changing, one-of-a-kind people. The Takeaway: Right away, you’ll notice her wording.

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Culture Classroom Fun Nonprofit 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

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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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. New learning environment puts games at the center. It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning.

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