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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

In the spring and summer of 2021, with funding from AmeriCorps, our research team held focus groups with volunteer administrators about their technology use in the pandemic. A volunteer manager at a library in Oregon explains why translation tools are not enough: A couple years ago there was a Spanish language Facebook page for the library.

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Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. What do libraries look like in the future? Funded the infrastructure, and less well on content. MacArthur Foundation.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The MacArthur Foundation announced that it will be funding a five-year $50 million initiative, mostly for research, to try to understand how young people are using digital media and its impact learning. The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. They document their learning."

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NpTech Tag: Stop Cyberbulling Day is Today!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Marnie Webb asks " Have you seen the Technology Innovation Fund projects ?" Looks like Zen and the Art of Technology scored the Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops. We've already spotted a number of ning generated nonprofit related social network sites ( Cool n Conscientious , Stop Cyberbullying , Library 2.0 NpTech Talk.

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[VIDEO] 3 Steps To Closing $10K+ Gifts By December 31

Bloomerang

” You know, you could say something like in one sentence, “You are helping kids go from bullied, and disconnected, and really struggling in the classroom to becoming a leader in their community amongst their peers and applying for college.” And one of them is about asking for people to give from their donor-advised fund.

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