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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

Telework and the Environment. There is a ton of info on how telework helps the environment and is considered part of green technology. As an example, the National Science Foundation (NSF) found that by not commuting, each NSF teleworker reclaims an average of 62 hours of their lives back and saves $1,201 a year.

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Scratch: An Educational, Multi-Generational Online Community that Works

Museum 2.0

but still, a programming environment. Some adults may be skeptical of the efficacy of this policy, but as ScratchR scales up, it is hard to imagine another form of policing that wouldn't significantly reduce participation. Again, the ScratchR team is promoting use of Scratch and community-building around the programming environment.