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Kodland, which teaches kids digital skills, grabs $9M to scale its online coding school

TechCrunch

London-based Kodland , which started out back in 2018 offering in-person courses for children to learn digital skills like computer programming before switching focus to online learning from early 2020, has closed a $9 million Series A funding round to scale into more markets. It notes its platform does also offer one-to-one teaching.

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Novakid’s investors bet $35M that it can teach kids English

TechCrunch

The company’s suite of services are built around two principles: First, that it can immerse early-age learners into the world of English at scale, and second, that it can actually be fun to use. Novakid’s ESL app for children raises $4.25M Series A led by PortfoLion and LearnStart investors.

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Amazon Glow review: fun but unfinished

The Verge

There’s a lot to like about this intergenerational calling device, but Amazon is a bit bossy Amazon’s latest attempt to entertain your children is an innovative effort that combines an interactive projector with Amazon Kids Plus’ excellent catalog of child-friendly content. Thanks, but I don’t need to be told how to have fun with my kids.

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Martín Burt’s Best Kept Secret

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Just to give you a few examples: He is a co-founder of Teach a Man to Fish , a global network that promotes “education that pays for itself,” partnering with dozens of organizations around the world to establish self-sufficient schools in rural areas that teach independence and sustainability to young people from poor families.

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How mobile games can make a global difference (and still be profitable)

The Next Web

Modern Warfare” could support War Child International , or other groups that help children affected by war. Consider an organization like Child’s Play, which improves the lives of children in hospitals through games. Developers can leverage the same things that make a game fun to educate players about social causes as well.

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How I'm Celebrating My 53rd Birthday: Cambodia, Chocolate, and Class

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year I'm indulging in three of my passions: raising money for Cambodian children with social media, teaching a social media nonprofit strategy class, and eating chocolate. I hope you'll join the fun. After all, what's more fun than a birthday party? Psychological underpinning: Fun. Metric: Content created.

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What is your “Individual Social Responsibility (ISR)?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After finishing a four-day intensive training in Delhi for the Networked NGO , I stayed on a few days in India to visit colleague, Rufina Fernandez, who I met when she was the CEO of the Nasscom Foundation when she brought me to India to speak at the leadership conference and teach workshops back in 2010. The man denied it and left.

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