Amy Sample Ward
OCTOBER 14, 2009
DonorsChoose: open source philanthropy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Last year, bloggers big and small raised $270,000 to provide 65,000 students with the resources needed to learn. At Socialbrite, we’d like to call on our readers to support students in public school classrooms in low-income areas. Watch the video in H.264
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 20, 2012
Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. Donors could communicate with the students, and they thanked participants directly – building lasting relationships.
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Tech Soup
JULY 28, 2014
For educational nonprofits, schools, and libraries, Raspberry Pi is very useful for teaching students about electronics, computing, and many other technical subjects for a price that's far less than a new computer. The Raspberry Pi was designed to help educators and students understand technology better. Power source.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 4, 2013
What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. At the close of 2012, we are five years into our work in education and are serving over 230,000 students.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Ryder’s has produced a video guide and the BuJo website guide , which are very clear and explain the system well. Also, in a way, BuJo is an open source movement with its basics, many versions and user community. Through years of trial and error, he developed a methodology that went far beyond simple organizing.
NTEN
MAY 17, 2013
Flickr: jasonshim By Jason Shim and Shubhagata Sengupta At Pathways to Education, we offer cross-cultural conflict resolution training called YOUCAN, and one of the first topics we cover with the students is that the analogy of an iceberg can be useful in understanding people.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
FEBRUARY 8, 2008
Nor will you get to see the cool articles on alternate reality gaming, crowd-sourcing, convergent mobile media, and video game modding that are also in this issue. Even if you read an early draft of my article in essay form , you’ll probably never get to read the cleaned up version. That’s super depressing. Be Helpful.
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