Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The challenge runs throughout October, with hundreds of bloggers and Twitterers rallying to support classroom requests on DonorsChoose.org. All told, they raised over $275,000 for classroom projects reaching 67,000 students in low-income neighborhoods around the country.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Virtual Classrooms: A Comprehensive Guide GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - By 2027, it is anticipated that the online learning user base will grow to 57 million individuals. Understanding Virtual Classrooms A virtual classroom is an online learning environment where teachers and students can interact and collaborate in real-time or asynchronously.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Virtual Classrooms: A Comprehensive Guide GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - By 2027, it is anticipated that the online learning user base will grow to 57 million individuals. Understanding Virtual Classrooms A virtual classroom is an online learning environment where teachers and students can interact and collaborate in real-time or asynchronously.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Virtual Classrooms: A Comprehensive Guide Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems By 2027, it is anticipated that the online learning user base will grow to 57 million individuals. These classrooms typically use video conferencing, chat, and other tools to facilitate communication and collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2005

One area we're looking at is digital video, so have been madly reviewing educational resources and options. I'm working with a newly established community technology center that is housed in an after-school program on an instructional technology plan for lab.

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Candid

JULY 31, 2024

To get students back on track, we need to get resources immediately into classrooms, stop shifting the financial burdens of education onto teachers, and enable teachers to engage with students in innovative ways. Since 2020, DonorsChoose has partnered with 10 states to allocate a total of $100 million in ESSER funding to classrooms.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

A startup out of Berlin that’s built and grown a successful online language learning platform based around live teachers and virtual classrooms is announcing some funding today to continue expanding its business. We are thrilled to partner with the entire Lingoda team, and we are excited about the future for this business.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2013

When digital files of those books aren’t available, we have to convert the physical print books into an accessible form, like braille, large print or synthetic speech output. Unfortunately, since even the best scanner and best OCR software make mistakes, proofreading is essential for quality assurance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. I was able to pull this off because my course took place in the Digital Learning Commons “ D-Space ” – a state of the art flexible classroom space. The flexible classroom is a large open space.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

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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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

Creating a Sense of Community in Virtual Classrooms Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems About 70% of students prefer online learning over traditional classroom methods. Online learning is even said to enhance information retention by 25% to 60%.

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

About 70% of students prefer online learning over traditional classroom methods. An effective strategy to utilize the potential of virtual learning is to create a strong sense of community within online classrooms — using the virtual environment as a means to reinforce community practices.

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Classrooms: Benefits and Beyond GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - About 70% of students prefer online learning over traditional classroom methods. Improved Motivation and Learning Outcomes A strong sense of community in virtual classrooms can significantly boost students’ motivation to learn.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

We’ve chronicled, in great detail, the many layers of technology, services and solutions that have been wrapped around the world of education in recent years — and especially in the last year, which became a high watermark for digital learning tools because of COVID-19.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

This June, Amira merged with 27-year-old digital learning company Istation, whose gamified educational content was being used in more than 1,000 school districts. Both products are intended to be easily incorporated into the classroom, and Spheros new education resource hub makes it easier for teachers to compile lesson plans.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

So many schools had to adopt a digital arsenal. We focused on automating daily classroom procedures like attendance and grading, enhancing the student experience through communication tools, helping to identify at-risk students, and simplifying compliance,” he said. We saw a massive acceleration trend that was already going to happen.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

He could no longer keep up with his peers in the classroom. In addition, it is essential to ensure that all newly created digital content is made accessible from the outset. Kevin Leong was in kindergarten when he experienced an organic brain injury that forced him to relearn everything from walking to using the bathroom.

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Digital Trends

JULY 8, 2020

It's all about making meetings more natural and listening to the feedback of scientists and educators.

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The Verge

JUNE 14, 2020

million books for people unable to get to classrooms or libraries during the coronavirus pandemic. The Emergency Library is part of the Open Libraries initiative, in which the Internet Archive scans libraries’ books, allowing digital “check-outs” via a waiting list.

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Digital Trends

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In the modern day our teachers and educators are bringing more and more technology into the classroom. These are our top app picks for teachers and educators.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It signals a shift from startups playing in the supplemental education space and searching to win a spot in the largest chunk of a students day: the classroom. million in October to bring digital learning to college universities. We’re seeing a lot of companies putting emphasis on creating a virtual classroom,” he said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Founded by Tade Oyerinde in 2018, Campuswire is a virtual solution for any teacher who wants to digitize their internal classroom communications, from Q&A time to the lecture itself. Microsoft Teams and Google Hangouts filled in the gap for classrooms that couldn’t afford fancy licenses.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

Before they head home, they will train the local community and the NGO partner how to use a Flip video and digital camera so update can continue. It could be teacher training, classrooms, a feeding programme, sanitation and clean water, books, school fees or teacher’s accommodation. Follow along and connect with the community!

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Medium Technology Section

MARCH 4, 2025

From smart classrooms and… Continue reading on Medium Technology has revolutionized the education sector, transforming the way students learn and teachers instruct.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

While I was there, I got a tour, visited some classrooms, and talked to a few students. In one classroom, I queried the students about their social media use. Now, admittedly the sample size is small, so this doesn't necessarily project to all digital natives, but I was surprised about a few things. m traveling,???

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 3, 2024

At DonorsChoose in New York City, a platform through which public schoolteachers submit “wish lists” for classroom and student supplies, GivingTuesday had an early start through a promo code sent to previous donors on Monday. The platform’s donors raised $1.2 That jump reflects fundraising bumps traditionally seen during lunchtime hours.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The idea is that if you write on the Stanza and then double tap your notes, they’ll be instantly converted to digital text. Now, this is obviously not a revolutionary use case — devices like Samsung Galaxy Notes can convert handwritten notes to digital ones already. Dell’s tablet can also recognize more than letters. Image: Dell.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

While there are now dozens, maybe even hundreds, of tools to help students learn things without being inside a traditional classroom, Engageli has taken a slightly different approach from the pack by building its video-based platform from the ground up, with educational aims in mind. It’s hard to go back once you raise the bar on engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I had an exciting and busy week of teaching public workshops, facilitating informal staff workshops, and meetings at the Embassy mostly on the topic of Networked Nonprofit, digital strategy, and leading on social media. Before I left for Finland, I read Timothy Walker’s Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms.

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Charity Village

JUNE 30, 2023

The grant is a combination of in-kind & funding grants that provide eligible schools & organizations with future-ready programs that include both physical and digital curriculum, tools, materials and resources designed to be used in a classroom or as an […] The post Future-Ready Education Grant open in British Columbia appeared first (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

Peeragogy comes from Howard Rheingold via his Social Media Classroom and he explains it here: When I participated in the Change: Education, Learning, and Technology MOOC , I grew even more interested in the intersection of digital media/networks with self-directed learners and collaborative learning methods.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

Kiddom, a platform that offers a digital curriculum that fits the core standards required by states, announced today that it has raised a $35 million Series C round led by Altos Ventures, with participation from Owl Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Outcomes Collective. It’s a common strategy with bottom up sales. It has two parts.

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The Verge

AUGUST 24, 2020

I saw many people referring to it as a digital snow day, but as someone who grew up in New England (shakes old lady fist) and experienced many a welcome school day cancellation because of snow , I think a better analogy is the fire drill: a temporary disruption that screws up the rest of the day, but you still have to go back to class afterward.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 19, 2021

It's a versatile machine with Google Classroom support! Walmart is offering a crazy deal on the Gateway 14.1-inch inch FHD Ultra Slim Notebook in multiple colors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

and 47% of whom are female, spend a collective 3 billion hours per week on digital games! GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. Social Impact Through Digital Games.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

An LMS is a digital platform that allows organizations to create, deliver, manage, and track the effectiveness of online learning programs. Digital communication: Since most employees work remotely, it’s hard to interpret a person’s message accurately without audio-visual cues.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 27, 2021

Do you have the right mobile VPN to protect your privacy in the online classroom and dorms? Schools are back in session for fall.

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