Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

W hen you think of organizations and nonprofits that have made effective use of Web 2.0 At Socialbrite, we’d like to call on our readers to support students in public school classrooms in low-income areas. There are 12,000 to 14,000 classroom project requests on the site at a time. . The cool part? Watch the video in H.264

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

That training was either expensive or a hodge podge of low cost webinars and free video tutorials available on the web. Peer Instruction and the flipped classroom is a research-based, interactive teaching method developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard University in the 1990s.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I kept sneaking glances at his screen, watching it fill with words like “Web 2.0,” “virtual worlds,” and pictures of kids tuning out teachers and tuning in their cellphones. The schools have open wireless internet, so each student has continual access to the Web. To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening.

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 29, 2022

From classrooms to districts to state houses across America, they are reimagining education to realize the day when every child has an equal opportunity to learn, lead, thrive, and co-create a future filled with possibility.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

Throughout the month of May, TechSoup is sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. They decided to work with PICnet , a web design firm that works primarily with Joomla and exclusively with nonprofits. Sharpen Your Website!

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Last year, funds from TweetsGiving helped build a classroom in Tanzania. The internet has opened up the world for these students and their teachers are increasingly using the web in their curriculum. Spread gratitude on the web. Why TweetsGiving? This year, the Epic Change team are working on building a technology lab there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

Peeragogy comes from Howard Rheingold via his Social Media Classroom and he explains it here: When I participated in the Change: Education, Learning, and Technology MOOC , I grew even more interested in the intersection of digital media/networks with self-directed learners and collaborative learning methods. It resonated.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

During the pandemic, these local education leaders have been critical in identifying and launching initiatives that not only assist girls in continuing their education during school closures, but also help them get back in the classroom when schools reopen.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Brian Westerman and his wife Pepper created the Kosch-Westerman Foundation over two decades ago with the mission of connecting terminally ill children to their classrooms through technology. Brian uses donated laptops and tablets with Skype software, connected to cameras in the children's classrooms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The annual SXSW Interactive Festival is a geek home coming for those who work on the web, social media, and gaming. These workshops will be held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center in state-of-the-art classrooms. For the last few years, there has been a good nonprofit presence and this year is no exception!

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2013

It is designed not only to enhance instruction in the classroom, but also to extend learning beyond the classroom. The icon is customizable so CFY can provide you with web analytics data showing how many people are using the platform from your organization’s icon. International NGOs and Libraries.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Drawing from adult learning theories, ECB utilizes a variety of strategies such as: Vehicle of instruction: face-to-face meetings, teleconferences, classroom style learning, web-based mechanisms, manuals, etc. Implement ECB strategies.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Brian Westerman and his wife Pepper created the Kosch-Westerman Foundation over two decades ago with the mission of connecting terminally ill children to their classrooms through technology. Brian uses donated laptops and tablets with Skype software, connected to cameras in the children's classrooms.

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See3

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Last year, Tweetsgiving raised $10,000 to build a classroom in Tanzania. But as the story behind Tweetsgiving demonstrates, the real focus is not to raise money but to share gratitude all across the web. Tags: Video fundraising youtube storytelling social media web 2.0 Any questions? Write in the comments below.

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Gyrus

JUNE 14, 2016

Scheduling that same instructor, the classroom, the projector he/she is using, a laser pointer and a shared laptop… priceless. The number one item on our cool stuff list is Resource Management. Having the cooperative capabilities to schedule an instructor on a localized calendar has unmeasurable benefits. References. Beal, Vangie. "What

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2005

Emily at Emily's World offers her thoughts about "Integrating Web Sites into Teaching." " She asks: "As a web designer, I am very interested in the future of educational websites. If the site is to be used by kids in the classroom, it has to have some interactive component to keep their interest and be engaged.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Brian Westerman and his wife Pepper created the Kosch-Westerman Foundation over two decades ago with the mission of connecting terminally ill children to their classrooms through technology. Brian uses donated laptops and tablets with Skype software, connected to cameras in the children's classrooms.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Tweetsgiving is using micro-blogging tool Twitter to raise money for a classroom in Tanzania. Tags: Fundraising Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Running Your Organization Social Networking Using the Web and Internet. Along the way, they're also compiling a log of what Twitter users are thankful for this year. recordings.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. The internet has opened up the world for these students and their teachers are increasingly using the web in their curriculum. What is Epic Change?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. The internet has opened up the world for these students and their teachers are increasingly using the web in their curriculum. What is Epic Change?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 28, 2012

Plus, you can grant wireless network access to your guests, constituents, and patrons; easily share printers, servers, intranets, and wireless applications; and take advantage of real-time web conferencing tools without slowing down your internet.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

With Bookshare, our student members can access and read the books they need—in the classroom, at home, and on the go—and have a fair opportunity to succeed at school just like their peers without disabilities. And we do this at a per-book cost less than one-tenth of the traditional approaches!

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Army for the opportunity to participate in this important project and to build their official web site at ForLoveofLiberty.net. Valuable Classroom Resources. We are grateful to the U.S. military from the Revolution to the present. • Resources to help educators locate their local U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2007

There was yet a second post today about 3d web. She gives the context of 3d Web, the standards, describes the drawbacks to second life for education and provides some examples of the possibilities, including videos from YouTube for those whose computers can't handle the Second Life client. This post stayed in draft mode.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2012

Schools can extend access beyond classroom walls to students without technology resources at home. Volunteer groups can take advantage of video and other web-based training tools for more cost-effective training and recruitment. Make it easier for a staff member to telecommute or work from a home office.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Cotonou, Benin: Nous Allons Parler de Toutes les Maniere de Web à Utiliser PR Lutter Contre VIH. Nairobi, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Women and Web Literacy Program 2016 – 17. Cotonou, Benin: Nous Allons Parler de Toutes les Maniere de Web à Utiliser PR Lutter Contre VIH. Wednesday, November 9, 2016.

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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.

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Everyaction

APRIL 25, 2018

For most college students, their cellphone never leaves their side - 94% even want to use mobile phones as an educational device in classrooms. Due to the viral nature of Facebook events, they have the capability of generating much more buzz and excitement than a simple web-based RSVP form.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2005

Nancy White has a great post about "Blog as Classroom, Playground, Mind Trip" I went directly to the playground, a place to experiment and learn how to incorporate web 2.0 So, where will is a nonprofit playground for npos to learn how to adopt (strategically) Web 2.0 technologies into teaching practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

Note from Beth: Every now and then, I get asked when did you first discover the power of the social web? Even if you have the most awesome web site, campaign, or cause out there, you need a thoughtful and dedicated community behind it in order for it to be successful. We also "checked in" using FourSquare and Gowalla everywhere.

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Care2

JUNE 23, 2009

Web visitors can list gift cards for sale on Plastic Jungle, or cash in cards with a minimum balance of $25 directly for up to 85% of the card balance. Here’s how it works. As a donor, you choose which project you would like your donation to support.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

As more tablets and smartphones are making their way into the classroom, it makes sense that there are a number of apps aimed at helping young people with their education and job preparedness. One of those is a mobile-web app called Forage City , which helps community members share surplus food with one another. iStudiez Pro.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

I am fascinated by the possibilities of blogging in the foreign language classroom. I have read many blogs from people around the world, experimented with new web 2.0 Culturally authentic material for the foreign language classroom used to be scarce are now readily available, only a click or an RSS feed away. The tools of Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

possibly related classroom projects??? from DonorsChoose.org at the bottom of posts, so that readers can find opportunities to take action to help classrooms around the world. Steve Bridger's slideshow " Charities and the Social Web: Does It Mean We Have to Change Our Jobs? and describes SocialVibe.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Some of the items above are simple widgets and plug-and-play doodads that allow one to take a little snippet of code and incorporate it onto a web page. Authenticate – FB Login, Twitter OAuth. Open Source – API. With services like Disqus, even complicated features like comments can be added to a page in literally minutes.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Plus, you can grant wireless network access to your guests, constituents, and patrons and take advantage of real-time web conferencing tools without slowing down your Internet speed. Also: network hardware, like a controller, can help address Wi-Fi overload in high-use environments, like conference rooms, auditoriums, classrooms, and lobbies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2005

While doing research on the Web for the course content, I stumbled upon an article called " A Field Guide to Cross Cultural Projects " which lead me to an educational technology integration model called CultureQuest. Creating and designing Web sites to publish student work. Using desktop videoconferencing.

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