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How to get your educational nonprofit into classrooms, without leaving the office

The Nerdy NonProfit

One method for an educational nonprofit to expand its reach is by getting into the classroom remotely through the use of modern technology. Students with limited resources can benefit tremendously from remote classroom access by educational nonprofits. Virtual classroom connections. The future of remote classroom learning.

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Amira Learning raises $11M to put its AI-powered literacy tutor in post-COVID classrooms

TechCrunch

In classrooms, a common exercise is to have students read aloud from a storybook or worksheet. “There are a lot of tech tools out there that are exciting, fun for kids, etc., bringing fairly conventional edtech software into elementary school classrooms at scale. Image Credits: Amira Learning.

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December #4Change Chat: Education

Amy Sample Ward

Education and it’s discontents are being changed by new ways of learning – much of it by new ways of creating, sharing and validating information and knowledge online. Classrooms are no longer bound by geography. Check out TweetChat – it’s a great application that integrates with your Twitter account and makes chats more fun!

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun. Anything people might want to learn, from hands-on activities such as painting to more classroom-type settings such as Spanish lessons. All of these forms of live performance go over well over live streaming and can even be made more fun than their in-person counterparts.

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Ghost debuts an anonymous group messaging app with ChatGPT baked in

TechCrunch

But a new startup called Ghost believes that putting in extra guardrails around the anonymous experience will allow users to have fun, without the usual downsides. The idea, explains Ghost’s founder Cem Kozinoglu , was to make something that was fun to use but that still respected a user’s desire for privacy.

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Games for Change Keynote: James Shelton, US Department of Education

Amy Sample Ward

Our competitiveness as a nation allows us to bring in people to the knowledge economy. You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills – change their behaviors through games. So how do you do that? I think we will see a lot more of it.

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

TechCrunch

The courses focus on group- and project-based learning, teaching kids digital skills including coding, website building, games creation, animation and video editing in a way that’s structured to be more fun and interactive than traditional classroom-based lessons. Outschool is the newest edtech unicorn.

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