Creating a Sense of Community in Virtual Classrooms
Gyrus
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Building a strong sense of community is key to creating a successful virtual classroom environment. Learn practical tips and techniques for that in this guide.
Back to School: New Tech for the Classroom of the Future
Byte Technology
JANUARY 15, 2016
Featuring a wide field of view and highly intuitive head tracking, both connect to their respective devices and operating systems and, because they’re comfortable and light, are perfect in a classroom setting of antsy kids.
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Elearning vs Classroom Training – Let’s Understand Their Pros and Cons
Gyrus
MAY 24, 2016
Elearning is the new and inexpensive alternative to classroom training, which is becoming more popular and preferred method among organizations. However, the debate on the effectiveness of eLearning compared to classroom training is often a subject of interest among learning and training professionals.
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How I learned to stop yawning and love the Zoom Room
Candid
MARCH 23, 2022
Even worse, sometimes they stay connected and just get bored—fatigued by the static environment. In a classroom, everyone knows who walks through the door—but sometimes in Zoom, that’s not clear. They lose the thread of the program, and then they tell themselves a familiar lie: “ It’s OK—I’ll just watch the recording.” Is this you? .
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Incorporate These Three Learning Styles When Teaching Employees Something New
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 5, 2020
They do well in independent environments where they set their own pace. These employees are “tell-me” learners, who thrive in classroom settings. These learners easily understand training manuals, graphs, handouts, diagrams, and visual aids. Auditory learners learn by listening.
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Thursday Thoughts: engaging advocates all year round
EveryAction
JUNE 8, 2023
Protecting the environment or cutting taxes for billionaires?” The community that’s part of a local grassroots advocacy organization may be better suited to an informal speaker or classroom type event that deepens their understanding of issues related to the mission of the organization.
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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 23, 2014
Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. I was able to pull this off because my course took place in the Digital Learning Commons “ D-Space ” – a state of the art flexible classroom space. The flexible classroom is a large open space. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.
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What We Can Learn from Finnish NGOS About Resilience
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 17, 2017
The space creates a calm and reflective environment. Before I left for Finland, I read Timothy Walker’s Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms. In Finland, classroom time incorporates “brain breaks” after 50 minutes when one’s natural focus and energy begins to wane.
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Following Through on Climate Commitments After COP26
Saleforce Nonprofit
DECEMBER 8, 2021
They include such suggestions as “reduce pollution and waste,” “cooperate internationally to share knowledge and solutions,” “invest more in protecting the environment,” and “leaders, change your own behaviour and set examples.” The 10 instructions are simple, as befits LEGO’s typical style, but incisive.
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Top 2021 Fundraising Strategies: Mastering Relevant Content Marketing
Bloomerang
AUGUST 2, 2021
Music Lessons and Activities for Your Digital Classroom. 8 Ways College Students Can Save the Environment Every Day. Top 10 Ways to Help Your Child Readjust to Classroom Learning. How to Protect Your Pets in a Natural Disaster. Arts and culture. 5 Ways Theater Can Create Empathy and Fuel Democracy. Environmental.
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Some Really Insightful Writing About Virtual Environments and Education
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 2, 2007
We need to encourage the development of easy to use, safe, classroom environments that can be controlled by the teacher but also allow students to enter 3D virtual environments. If we do not advocate for effective classroom measures in second life, we will have to take it as it is. Are you preparing them for that?
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22 Online Gift Stores That Benefit Nonprofits
Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 15, 2012
PBS and its member stations are America’s largest classroom—the nation’s largest stage for the arts and a trusted window to the world. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. . Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Online Shop.
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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit
ASU Lodestar Center
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Does the environment support change, accountability, and communication? Someone with a sense of humor who can see the big-picture to promote a positive environment and ground the experience. Does the staff have any evaluation experience? What attitudes toward evaluation are present? Identify champions and people to work with.
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Pride is a Protest, Not a Parade: How Education Can Help Fight Hate Against the LGBTQ+ Community
Saleforce Nonprofit
JUNE 30, 2022
Students may use offensive language or slurs without fully knowing the potentially damaging impact their words might have on other students — make sure it’s clear that this is not tolerated in or outside the classroom. He is a proud member of both Outforce and Earthforce — an advocate for equality and the environment.
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Davos Codes: Connecting Students’ Passion for Their Planet with Technology
Saleforce Nonprofit
MAY 25, 2022
The Climate Action Labs were developed to support this awareness and passion for the SDGs and the environment. We believe it will make local residents interested in the local environment.”. In the future, we will make full use of social networking services to spread the data and findings of our Climate Action Lab activity.
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At AFP Lead in Houston, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance students prepare for leadership liftoff
ASU Lodestar Center
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
We invite you to support our future nonprofit professionals through learning opportunities beyond the classroom at no additional cost to the student. In this hands-on learning environment, we are building a talented and prepared workforce of connected professionals and citizens. The future is here — we are its leaders!
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7 Ideas for Virtual Back to School Events
AccelEvents
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Consider playing an ice breaker game , introducing everyone, and showing the family your “virtual” classroom. . You can consider spicing up the virtual with a Bitmoji virtual classroom , which can be fun and relatively easy to make. You can shorten the class earlier that day to make things easier for the families.
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7 Ideas for Virtual Back to School Events
AccelEvents
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Consider playing an ice breaker game , introducing everyone, and showing the family your “virtual” classroom. . You can consider spicing up the virtual with a Bitmoji virtual classroom , which can be fun and relatively easy to make. You can shorten the class earlier that day to make things easier for the families.
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Great Coaches Have These 14 Attributes
Eric Jacobsen Blog
MAY 24, 2020
Consider these attributes of great coaches for yourself; then see how they might apply to you, your team, classroom, company, or family. Instead, great coaches provide failure-free environments, and, thus, the instincts and free will of their players flourish. And you don't do this by dictating behavior or setting external standards.
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Exploring the Role of Apprenticeship in Today’s Economy with Tal Frankfurt + Robert Lerman
Cloud 4 Good
OCTOBER 28, 2021
While most colleges do a great job equipping students with core skills like critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills, given the many demands of employers, there’s a lot of learning that needs to take place outside of the traditional school environment.
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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?
Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 5, 2008
There’s a thriving debate about the role computers should play in children’s museums, with many professionals sounding the alarm about the negative impact of exchanging screen time for tactile environments. To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening. Who is going to create and lead this place?
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Are You One of the 25%?
Gyrus
JANUARY 8, 2016
Learning Management Systems (LMS) must evolve as the dynamic learning environment of its users change. For example, learning no longer only takes place in classrooms, it happens online, in social settings, and on mobile devices: virtually everywhere. If the LMS does not change then the user’s education suffers.
14 Attributes Of Great Coaches
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Consider these attributes of great coaches for yourself; then see how they might apply to you, your team, classroom, company, or family. Instead, great coaches provide failure-free environments, and, thus, the instincts and free will of their players flourish. And you don't do this by dictating behavior or setting external standards.
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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources
Bloomerang
MAY 6, 2022
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. The Change Happens Foundation seeks to fund innovative applicants and ideas with proven, high-level impact across three main areas: science, the environment, and education. .
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What Makes Social Learning so Interesting?
Gyrus
AUGUST 17, 2016
Social learning, relied solely on what one could obtain in a classroom setting, working with direct peers, or what could be conveyed back in forth on a phone. In a classroom setting, this is most clearly present in projects in which group work is assigned. Those days are now extraordinarily a thing of the past.
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54 The 6 Hottest Training Technologies That You Can’t Overlook
Gyrus
MAY 31, 2016
Virtual Environment and Avatars: Virtual learning environments bring the social interaction part of traditional classroom training into the e-learning world. for delivering training and are creating similar virtual environments to bring the human touch into their e-learning environment.
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A Day in the Life of a Classy Account Executive
Classy
JULY 20, 2021
A Look Into the Classy Work Environment. Margaret: It’s just such a positive environment day to day. It starts with a mix of classroom trainings led by subject matter experts. Lauren: What about the Go-to-Market team dynamic? What’s it like to work with these folks? Lauren: Yes, I’ve heard our training program is exceptional.
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52 14 Things Great Coaches Do
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JANUARY 20, 2018
Consider these attributes of great coaches for yourself; then see how they might apply to you, your team, classroom, company, or family. Instead, great coaches provide failure-free environments, and, thus, the instincts and free will of their players flourish. And you don't do this by dictating behavior or setting external standards.
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14 Attributes Of Great Coaches
Eric Jacobsen Blog
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
Consider these attributes of great coaches for yourself; then see how they might apply to you, your team, classroom, company, or family. Instead, great coaches provide failure-free environments, and, thus, the instincts and free will of their players flourish. And you don''t do this by dictating behavior or setting external standards.
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The Things Great Coaches Do
Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Consider these attributes of great coaches for yourself; then see how they might apply to you, your team, classroom, company, or family. Instead, great coaches provide failure-free environments, and, thus, the instincts and free will of their players flourish. And you don't do this by dictating behavior or setting external standards.
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Nonprofit Profile: First Christian Church of Beardstown Illinois
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 10, 2013
Jay said that they support 30 PC in offices, classroom, and a school computer lab. In the school there are two PCs in each classroom, and the 12-station computer lab is used mostly for research. The First Christian Church’s IT system is not much different than any nonprofit school environment. It also has a large Cargill.
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52 PowerMyLearning: Free Online Education Games and Videos for Nonprofits and Libraries
Tech Soup
JANUARY 22, 2013
CFY was founded by Elisabeth Stock in 1999 with the mission of helping low-income students do better in school by improving their learning environments at home. It is designed not only to enhance instruction in the classroom, but also to extend learning beyond the classroom. International NGOs and Libraries.
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Eric Jacobsen Blog - Untitled Article
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JULY 22, 2018
Consider these attributes of great coaches for yourself; then see how they might apply to you, your team, classroom, company, or family. Instead, great coaches provide failure-free environments, and, thus, the instincts and free will of their players flourish. And you don't do this by dictating behavior or setting external standards.
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Windows MultiPoint Server Now Available on TechSoup
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 2, 2010
We've got a new Microsoft product available here at TechSoup that might be useful for libraries, organizations with computer labs, or other multi-user computing environments: Windows MultiPoint Server 2010. Windows MultiPoint Server is a fairly new product and was originally intended for use in school classrooms.
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50 Aligning Learning Needs with Business Process
Gyrus
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Measuring the effectiveness of current offerings is vital in any learning environment. Finally, do not be afraid of employing the utilization of new elements within your learning environment. .” In the learning world, perhaps more now than ever, this position has never ringed truer. Effectiveness of Content.
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The 14 Things Great Coaches Do
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JULY 16, 2014
Consider these attributes of great coaches for yourself; then see how they might apply to you, your team, classroom, company, or family. Instead, great coaches provide failure-free environments, and, thus, the instincts and free will of their players flourish. And you don''t do this by dictating behavior or setting external standards.
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Successful E-Learning – A Roadmap
Gyrus
JULY 12, 2016
Elearnings as a whole are very attractive, as they offer an inexpensive alternative to classroom training. Beyond that, in the organizational environment, effective learnings must be applicable to daily life and reflect experiences that could be faced every day on the job. Also, please try not to make them boring.
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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 31, 2014
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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14 Attributes of Great Coaches
Eric Jacobsen Blog
AUGUST 2, 2012
Consider these attributes of great coaches for yourself; then see how they might apply to you, your team, classroom, company, or family. Instead, great coaches provide failure-free environments, and, thus, the instincts and free will of their players flourish. And you don't do this by dictating behavior or setting external standards.
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14 Things Great Coaches Do
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 26, 2016
Consider these attributes of great coaches for yourself; then see how they might apply to you, your team, classroom, company, or family. Instead, great coaches provide failure-free environments, and, thus, the instincts and free will of their players flourish. And you don't do this by dictating behavior or setting external standards.
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40 4 Ways Colleges Use Technology To Increase Campus Engagement
Everyaction
APRIL 25, 2018
They prepare students for success after college, as well as enhancing the campus environment and creating a positive and inclusive experience for the student body. For most college students, their cellphone never leaves their side - 94% even want to use mobile phones as an educational device in classrooms.
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Surprisingly Cool Things You Can Do with an LMS
Gyrus
JUNE 14, 2016
Scheduling that same instructor, the classroom, the projector he/she is using, a laser pointer and a shared laptop… priceless. Though your LMS may not support this particular requirement for electronic signatures, there may be an alternative compliance component that can be utilized for security purposes within your current environment.
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14 Attributes Of Great Coaches
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 20, 2015
Consider these attributes of great coaches for yourself; then see how they might apply to you, your team, classroom, company, or family. Instead, great coaches provide failure-free environments, and, thus, the instincts and free will of their players flourish. And you don't do this by dictating behavior or setting external standards.
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New! Develop and Expand Wireless Networks with Brocade Hardware
Tech Soup
JUNE 28, 2012
Also: Brocade hardware can help address WiFi overload in high-use environments, like conference rooms, auditoriums, classrooms, and lobbies. When large numbers of devices try to simultaneously access your WiFi, Brocade’s tools monitor each session over the network, and adjust the network as needed to keep it running smoothly.
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