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Trainer’s Tip: Your Room Set Up Can Make or Break the Learning Experience

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I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand how the feng shui of a classroom impacts learning. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

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In part 2, we offer a librarian's perspective as the host for this program. As the first librarian to host it, Karin Bricker, library manager for youth and outreach services at Mountain View Public Library, had to overcome some initial skepticism.

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Setting Up Windows MultiPoint Server

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Windows MultiPoint Server allows non-technical users to set up a multi-user computing environment, such as a classroom, computer lab, or public access stations, all without the support of dedicated IT staff. Insert the CD/DVD or flash drive that includes the installation files into the "host" computer. Update display drivers.

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Burlington Public Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

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software solution in which one host computer is shared by multiple users simultaneously. The library also offers free WiFi, a laptop checkout program, and 30 public access computers. Windows MultiPoint Server. is a thin-client or shared-resource-computing. Burlington Library has around 600 patrons who use library computers each day.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

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I got an email from hosts Chris Uschan and Tony Veroeven who shared some numbers, "We had 190 attend and ask 140 questions in a back channel that looked like Clark Griswald 's House at Christmas!". The community is hosted by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer of SocialFish in collaboration with Omnipress. I use what the host uses.

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NpTech Tag: Stop Cyberbulling Day is Today!

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The Getting Attention Blog hosted a Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on the topic of Professional Development for nonprofit marketers. Looks like Zen and the Art of Technology scored the Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops. TechSoup hosted an online event about digital story telling. The Nonprofit Blog Exchange shares Roundup #9.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

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If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. This month, the Horizon Wikispace , where teams of students and teachers from around the globe are discusisng and creating what impact of these six emerging technologies in the classrooms. Check out Greenlight Nigeria and Mobile Monitors.