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. Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . Areas served: US.

Education 90

Education Grant Fund Resource 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US. Year in Review.

Instructional Design 50

Instructional Design Facilitation San Antonio North Carolina 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

During January, I review my work routines, systems, and rituals to redesign or tweak them to improve productivity. Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

Iowa 50

Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Its strategic partnership with Electronic Arts has enabled GlassLab to develop SimCityEDU, a game-based classroom tool that uses the beloved SimCity franchise to engage students in real-world challenges. SimCityEDU has been piloted by over 100 teachers and 3,000 students. Around Gender. Social Impact Through Digital Games.

Difference 110

Difference Game New York City San Francisco 110

Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

This is the reality for thousands of 10-year-old dyslexic children in the French school system. The program also gives the children an organizational system that helps them automatically save their work and come back to it if they get distracted. With everyone working at the same pace, the class as a whole can stay more organized.

Experiment 36

Experiment Learning France Giving 36

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. The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them. Allan Gunn from Aspiration and his legendary facilitation skills and knowledge.

Experiment 116

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

I met Lina Srivastava at SXSW last month and I found her clarifying commentary on the " What is the distinction between social media for charity and social good/systemic change? These tools can facilitate coordination/discussion/communication amongst key stakeholders about the content. See also this set of diagrams. very insightful.

Storytelling 63

Storytelling Network Collaboration Classroom 63

Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2014

As a community volunteer, I attended a focus group for an arts and cultural nonprofit that centered on the goal: “To create systems and messages that allow our communities to expand their relationships with our organization.” Arts and cultural nonprofits must become better leaders and advocates for civic issues such as public education.

Arts 39

Arts Culture Audience Wisconsin 39

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

I attended a lecture on the use of technology in the legal classroom last month in Second Life, facilitated by Rebecca Nesson. And, while, I'm not a lawyer, the discussion was so relevant to technology adoption/change issues and it Rebecca was a damn good virtual facilitator. I learned a lot.

Second Life 50

Second Life Open Source Life Education 50

Forj

JULY 8, 2021

At Web Courseworks, we specialize in both learning management systems (LMSs) equipped with assessment authoring tools and providing consulting services to help professional, medical, and trade associations create top-tier eLearning experiences for their members. Assess learners before, during, and after courses. Proctoring high-stakes exams.

eLearning 69

eLearning Course Test Knowledge 69

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 2, 2006

I work with a co-facilitator and we visit sixth grade language arts and social studies classes for two-week writing workshops. So, I decided that I want to be a classroom teacher, and I've applied to school. So I think it's really important for teachers of color to be in the classroom, especially in middle school.

San Francisco 40

San Francisco Classroom Student Language 40

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

NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2011

As educators we strive to facilitate experiences where the content is so rich, the activity so engaging, and/or the skill so problem solving that students are motivated internally to continue to learn. With the growing trend of social features in game design and in web services, there has been a growing buzz around such motivational systems.

System 78

System Badge Game Student 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

" Geeks for Good and Green Geekery Ruby Sinreich facilitated a session at BarCampRDU on how geeks can use their powers for the forces of good and has a wiki with resources. Vicky Davis, CoolCatTeacher Blog, writes about how it might be used in a classroom. Peter Gulka had plenty to say about the lab. Global NpTech. What's Hiafux

Summary 50

Summary Nptech Green Tag 50

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

She’s also certified by the Institute of Cultural Affairs, in the USA, for facilitation. We’re not going to give you a deep dive into the systems because every system has their own way, but there are things like Bloomerang and other systems that we’ll share that you can reach out.

Report 81

Report Measure Impact Process 81

Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 28, 2021

Teach For America (TFA) has been in business for over 31 years with the mission to find, develop, and support a diverse network of leaders who expand opportunities for children from classrooms, schools, and any sector that shapes the broader systems in which schools operate.

Illinois 64

Illinois Children Nonprofit Childhood 64

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Do this before before a classroom blogging project or external organizational blog which is more visible. Tagging helps found things stay found as well as facilitate the wisdom of the group. But if you are purchasing a database or Content Management System , find out if the API. Del.icio.us work for each assignment.

Remix 50

Remix Professional Technorati Wiki 50

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Sometimes, you have too many ideas so you need a strong facilitator who can make sure we hear from everyone, but are able to put these ideas through a funnel and find those common threads. Or maybe you’re really looking for larger scale, a change, right, systems-level policy advocacy change. That was one really fun example. .

Community 79

Community Video Slides Survey 79

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Redefining Philanthropy - Dwayne Rice Build a Salesforce application to facilitate a culture of philanthropy around education reform by providing a platform to track constituent engagement to lead people up the engagement ladder. Includes computer labs, classrooms, video recording studio, and current technology accessible to the community.

Ideas 94

Ideas North Carolina Map Children 94