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Six Steps to Making Risky Projects Possible

Museum 2.0

Unsurprisingly, some of my favorite museums are small, funky places run by iconoclasts—but that’s not useful to most professionals who work for organizations in which they have little control over size or leadership matters. I worked on one project in which the client institution thought they wanted unfettered teen expression.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. "We are in a moment of time where 57% of teens produce and share media. He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places. local time). It starts in the home.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Do you love ladies in literature? Sheroes in the Sciences. Gertrude B. Are you inspired by women in the arts? Shero Thought Leaders. Roxane Gay.

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