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Microsoft OneNote Gives Dyslexic Kids a New Learning Experience

Tech Soup

The Ordyslexie program, in combination with Les Ateliers du Bocage, has helped more than 1,500 dyslexic French students become more independent and confident in school. This program has improved academic performance and is loved by both students and parents. (Please visit the site to view this video). Video: Microsoft Ideas.

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Fight Hunger's Click To Feed A Child Campaign Facebook App

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

19 cents to the program. Fight Hunger is doing a lot of experimentation with social media - from their viral video contest to their fundraising event in Second Life. Today I discovered the Fight Hunger's Click to Feed a Child. My click was 1,292,019. Let's do the math on that one. close to $250,000. (I

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Community Exhibit Development: Lessons Learned from The Tech Virtual

Museum 2.0

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. In Second Life, I am not an expert--but many of our virtual exhibit designers are.

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Nedra Weinreich: Social Marketing Guru

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As you'll note from that article, Nedra has also been exploring Second Life and we bumped into each other at the TechSoup space there where we completed our interview. We need to establish a presence for our organization in Second Life,??? ve been exploring Second Life and avatar marketing ??? official???

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Interview with Brooklyn Museum's Shelley Bernstein

Museum 2.0

to support programs and exhibits. They just finished a YouTube video contest. But other things--the twitter thing, the video contest was my idea. We’d received a video PSA from Pratt students, and I proposed the contest. That’s why we’re not in Second Life. #1, A place that makes it all pretty darn cool.

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How Much Time Does Web 2.0 Take?

Museum 2.0

Go to Technorati or Google Blog Search and put the name of your museum (or exhibit, or program, or.) Again, add comments that give tantalizing information about the ancient vase behind the smiling girl or upcoming programs featuring those video-recorded light sabers. Check yourself out in the blogosphere.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Oxfam America and HSUS: Not just Talking about Social Media, Using It

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HSUS ran a video contest during the outcry over the Michael Vick story that received 22 submissions, over 43,000 views of the contest intro video (featuring Hulk Hogan) , and garnered 2,000 new list members. On Second Life : Tim and Carie both say stay away. Funny, another negative note on Second Life.

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