Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. It works well for students in the United States, but we’re still not reaching American adults to the extent we would like.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them. They gave the students tests based on content and scored them. They gave the students tests based on content and scored them. And the resulting graph is the analysis of 1200 students.

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sgEngage

MAY 14, 2024

and how they impact students, families, and public funding in general. The state’s income-based EdChoice Expansion Scholarship program awarded each K–8 student up to $6,166, while high school students received up to $8,408. ESA funds stay with the state until a student’s parent or guardian approves payment to the school.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

From their website: Some of the features that distinguish Hampshire from more traditional liberal arts colleges include student-designed academic concentrations; an active, collaborative, inquiry-based pedagogy; an interdisciplinary curriculum; and a narrative evaluation system. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

It is a collaboration between American students and residents of Sikoro, a dusty periurban town of 65,000 people outside the capital city of Bamako, Mali. Some funding is exterior, but we are and will remain a low-budget organization, relying on the volunteerism of American students and Malian citizens. We can use any help we can get!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. We would bring students.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

As an initiative of Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, New Entry works locally, regionally, and nationwide to strengthen food systems by supporting new farmers. Success Story: Creating Engaging Student Journeys with St. Optimizing + Enhancing New Entry Sustainable Farming Project’s Technology.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

Whether they implement a system, or build it, they will inevitably have the job of supporting that technology. I realized, in thinking about all of this, that the model of technology support that makes the most sense to me is to think of it similarly as a teacher-student relationship. Second, Empowerment.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Stones Worldview Tango - Richard Cirille Empowering learning for students world wide. Design solutions for collaboration, empowerment, global views, and self awareness. Looking for a business process/model for moving tech to each department. Using scalable technology to access leadership and learning a minimal cost.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

I started doing this back in 2007 , when we won our first big federal contract for Bookshare, to take it from 3,000 students back then to more than 350,000 students now. Student privacy. Carol’s social enterprise in Nairobi employs over 100 students working to proofread books for our Bookshare digital library.

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