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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

ClassTalk was made through Code for America , a nonprofit that connects app developers with civic leaders to solve city problems. Teen Book Finder (iOS), developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), helps teens, parents, teachers, and librarians find the best books and media for teens.

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Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Youth Through App Development

Tech Soup

young people are developing their own creative solutions to problems. awareness and skills development in children, teens, and young adults. participants through identifying a problem and developing a. propose, develop, and market apps that serve community needs. The Future of Apps in the Hands of Today's Teens.

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Chase Community Giving Contest: The Organizations on the Leaderboard Go Up and Down

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The platform initially had some technical problems where the voting pages and leaderboard landing pages did not load quickly or at all. Their proposal for "changing the world" is something they've been working on and getting feedback on for the past two years.

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How I Got Here

Museum 2.0

I'd always joked that my dream job was to design pinball machines--a technical problem wrapped in creativity and pleasure. At the big one, I worked on a small project with teens to design science exhibits for community centers in their own neighborhoods. Anna accepted my proposal. Share your ideas.

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TechSoup Hosts Hackathon for Youth Health

Tech Soup

Technology Solutions for Health Problems? The health experts and developers had one day to explore the scope of the problem and develop a technological solution. The problem the group faced was to provide youth and young adults with access to sexual and mental health and social service information.

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[VIDEO] Get More Grants with Donor Cultivation

Bloomerang

So what that necessitated was that we find funders and make it very clear that there is this major spike in the problem of domestic violence, a major spike in the demand for services, which in turn really provide a compelling statement for the funder of why they should get on board and help us with this. Do you say, “Oh, forget it then.

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Framework vs. Sensibility: Separating Format from Voice

Museum 2.0

In contrast, The Public School has a democratic framework--anyone can use their website to propose a class she'd like to take or teach. Teen docents are more serious than adults because they want to be treated like professionals. I realize now that we were talking about two different things. Adam is a master of sensibility.

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