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Back to School: New Tech for the Classroom of the Future

Byte Technology

Imagine this scenario: instead of staring at a wall map of foreign lands, students can don some hi-tech headgear and be transported to those places in a 360-degree virtual world of images. The post Back to School: New Tech for the Classroom of the Future appeared first on Byte Technology’s Nonprofit Web Design Insights Blog.

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3 Nonprofits Doing Cool Things With Tech

TechImpact

Image courtesy of SustaiNet Software. Walden Woods Project uses Skype to reach classrooms. Teachers are connecting speakers from across the globe to their classrooms, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. Teachers are connecting speakers from across the globe to their classrooms, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports.

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Bright Idea: Year-Round Giving Can Help You Reach Your Goal

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The idea for Veterans Heritage Project began in teacher Barbara Hatch’s classroom in 1998 when she was inspired to invite veterans to share their stories with her students. Powerful Images and Donor Education. Donors want to know who their gifts will help, so including images that make it more personal will inspire more folks to give.

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Forum One Wins 10 Davey Awards

Forum One

Since then, thousands of volunteers have transcribed hundreds of thousands of image files of the more than 1.7 Freedman’s Bureau Search Portal (NMAAHC) Gold – Government In 2016 NMAAHC launched the Freedmen’s Bureau Transcription Project in the Smithsonian Transcription Center.

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New on SSIR: A New Tool for Digital Storytelling

Amy Sample Ward

Create Digital Classrooms – Education programs—schools, after-school programs, and youth-focused nonprofit—can work with established collections in the classroom; and students can document the area around their school to create their own collections, and potentially trade collections with other schools.

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

Tech Soup

Image: MathAndCoding. This just in: MathAndCoding recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $6,000 so it can produce a programming (Java) board game. Check it out ! This post was originally published on the TechSoup for Libraries blog. spanhidden.

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Bright Idea: Promoting Your Event on Social Media Will Help You Fill Your Seats Copy

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To help students prepare for life outside of the classroom, Junior Achievement provides proven lessons that promote financial capability, work and career readiness, and business ownership. Adding detailed directions and fun images to your event homepage is one of the best ways to make your donors feel valued.