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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As part of the class , we look at different examples of networked strategies and digital platforms and tools and how they can be used to advance civil society goals. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand how the feng shui of a classroom impacts learning. 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)

Tech Soup

In addition to visual programming and Java, MathAndCoding now offers classes on HTML, CSS, and template-based web design, as well as a Technology Day event where they introduce games and apps for different platforms. MathAndCoding volunteers are now doing this at more than 12 libraries in the region.

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Going Virtual – An Alternative Volunteer Event Guide

Connection Cafe

If you are using an e mployee e ngagement platform , you a l ready have the means to bring people together. InvestWrite is the innovative writing competition that complements SMG and integrates critical thinking and language arts components to reinforce the financial decision-making skills that students learn in the classroom. .

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

One person we spoke with described the sudden adjustments at her food bank: We had never used a platform virtually before. So, on one hand, involuntary reliance on video platforms and social media paid new dividends in accessibility for volunteers and clients. Geography and Transportation. “In-person

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But what's even better is that this wasn't an isolated training, it was part of an new online community called Engage365 which runs on a platform called " Conference 2.0 ". However, the platform offers some excellent social features. I was able to find some research and pieces about laptops in the classroom. Know of any?

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NpTech Tag: Stop Cyberbulling Day is Today!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Looks like Zen and the Art of Technology scored the Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops. Ning is a platform that allows you to create your own social networking site. and Classroom 2.0 ) Here's an interview Robert Scoble did with the Gina Bianchini where she demos how to set up your own social network. Do you find Web2.0

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[VIDEO] 3 Steps To Closing $10K+ Gifts By December 31

Bloomerang

Anna says, “Are these individual emails or bulk through a giving platform?” ” You know, you could say something like in one sentence, “You are helping kids go from bullied, and disconnected, and really struggling in the classroom to becoming a leader in their community amongst their peers and applying for college.”

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