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2019 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay. 20: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay.

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2018 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay. 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay.

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Interesting Uses of Technology: Virtual Libraries in Second Life

Tech Soup

" Today, information is published from the 'bottom up' or from user-generated sources. YouTube and Wikipedia are usually first choices for information seekers. "Second Life libraries are examples of immersive learning environments ," explained Dr. Hill. Success in Second Life.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. To understand more, I turned to Elaine Gurian's article The Molting of Children's Museums? Why the uniformity?

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Why Are So Many Participatory Experiences Focused on Teens?

Museum 2.0

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Users active in online social environments based on social objects like Flickr (photography), Ravelry (knitting), and Wikipedia (information) often trend older.

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Wikis: What, When, Why

Museum 2.0

s Hawaiian son as applied to museums. The most well-known example is Wikipedia , a user-generated encyclopedia which boasts over 6 million entries written and edited by about 30,000 volunteer participants. Wikipedia, like YouTube and Facebook, is a giant in the world of Web 2.0. What's a wiki? What makes them succeed?

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Cross-Platform Experiences: Searching for Symbiosis

Museum 2.0

I had a surprisingly good label-reading experience at the de Young museum recently. At the simplest level, cross-platform can mean a single action in one environment inducing action in another. A computer kiosk in a museum might allow you to send a link home to yourself related to a physical exhibit experienced at the museum.