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TechSoup for Libraries Spotlight: Amber Slaven of Bellevue Library

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We've got a new spotlight up at TechSoup for Libraries that nonprofits might learn from, as well. This one's about Amber Slaven, a librarian who got her start at Bellevue Library with a pretty great gig: driving a Winnebago outfitted as a mobile computer classroom. Read the whole spotlight at TechSoup for Libraries.

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PowerMyLearning: Free Online Education Games and Videos for Nonprofits and Libraries

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Of course libraries are all about education in its various forms. It also integrates well with after-school programs and library open-access. 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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Burlington Public Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

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Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they’d need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. Burlington Public Library was one of our test installation sites.

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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. He offered these step-by-step setup instructions. Note that these instructions are for Windows MultiPoint Server 2011.

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Record Your Grandma's Stories: StoryCorps' National Day of Listening is Nov. 27

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StoryCorps provides a free, downloadable Do-It-Yourself Instruction Guide , as well as an Education Toolkit to use in a classroom or library, and a Community Service Toolkit to use in, "veteran’s hospitals, senior centers, homeless shelters, and other community centers." I also like their Great Question List.

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10 Types of eLearning Assessments for Your Courses

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Measuring this change has benefits for both your members and your learning business alike: For your learning business, understanding this change gives you insight into both the knowledge of your members and the efficacy of your courses to instruct them. What are the different types of online assessment?

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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He could no longer keep up with his peers in the classroom. Consider how the accessible online library Bookshare – an initiative of Benetech , a Silicon Valley non-profit that builds technology solutions addressing social problems – is transforming the lives of American students with print disabilities.

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