Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2013

Of course libraries are all about education in its various forms. PowerMyLearning is a new, free online resource that has educational games, videos, and other activities for elementary, middle-school, and high school-aged students. There are now a dizzying array of online resources in this area. I think I may have a lead for you.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

He could no longer keep up with his peers in the classroom. Sophia and her family were left confused and concerned about her future in the classroom. This reality changed when both Kevin and Sophia learned about the accessible online library Bookshare , an initiative of Silicon Valley technology nonprofit Benetech.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

The main goal of visiting Micronesia is for me to gain a real-world perspective on schools and books for students with disabilities. The classrooms have doors that open to the outside, because of the warm weather. Most classrooms have desks and textbooks and all have chalkboards. Instead of windows, they have heavy screens.

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The Verge

AUGUST 21, 2020

With Education Edition , Microsoft created a more formal structure, with pre-made lessons covering everything from chemistry and coding to giving students the opportunity to explore the International Space Station. You can even play that old classroom staple The Oregon Trail. It’s actually entertaining.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact. With Bookshare, our student members can access and read the books they need—in the classroom, at home, and on the go—and have a fair opportunity to succeed at school just like their peers without disabilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

In a recent email, she described her newest project: In years past, our gratitude has been invested in changemakers from the US, Tanzania and Nepal to build classrooms, a library, a children’s technology lab, a temporary home for disabled veterans, and more. With $250, you can make room for a student in a classroom.

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Google Research AI blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Posted by Eltayeb Ahmed, Research Engineer, and Subhrajit Roy, Senior Research Scientist, Google Research Reading has many benefits for young students, such as better linguistic and life skills , and reading for pleasure has been shown to correlate with academic success. We received two years of anonymized audiobook consumption data.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

After spending the fall in their bedrooms, students say their mental health has suffered Georgina DiNardo’s first virtual class is at 9:45. By 11:20, she’s back on Zoom for a macroeconomics class (as a student, this time). Occasionally, she meets up with other students in her classes, and they watch their Zoom lectures together. “We

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. This combination of technical ability, neutrality, and fierce belief in freedom of expression is undervalued in society and by many existing library systems. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

The app was a finalist in Microsoft's 2011 Imagine Cup, a student technology competition. As more tablets and smartphones are making their way into the classroom, it makes sense that there are a number of apps aimed at helping young people with their education and job preparedness. School and Job Preparedness. iStudiez Pro.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In an open letter on Thursday, dozens of Democrats called on Federal Communications Commission Acting Chair Jessica Rosenworcel to expand the use of broadband funds for students struggling to stay connected and participate in remote learning. In a letter to Rosenworcel , signed by over 30 Senate Democrats, including Sens.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2011

Not long after Microsoft made Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 available to nonprofits and libraries late last year, the updated 2011 version is now available through TechSoup. Using desktop virtualization , MultiPoint Server allows for multiple stations using a single computer. read more.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

For example, an ad hoc observation could tell you that sections of the library have fewer people on Saturday night versus Monday night. And that student projects and hackathons bring together clusters of people hovering over a table or in a lab. Our buildings today dont understand what users need or intend.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. Ramakrishna Mission Students Home in India provides a home and education to orphaned boys from rural Tamil Nadu state in South India.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2012

Mobile Beacon — a nonprofit just like TechSoup — helps nonprofit organizations, schools, and public libraries that lack traditional Internet access, or have slow access or bandwidth constraints get connected both in the office and remotely. Choose from One of Four Devices. Internet Any Time, Anywhere.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This was part of the national conversation when schools pivoted to online classrooms, which catered to families with reliable internet, ample supply of modern devices, and space to use them. School districts scrambled to get Chromebooks to students. CVAs lament how technology gaps can exclude some people in systematic ways.

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Gyrus

MARCH 4, 2024

At its core, a Learning Management Systems act as a digital library, housing diverse learning materials such as videos, quizzes, and assignments. Cloud-Based LMS A Cloud-Based Learning Management System is an online tool for teachers and students. It’s like bringing the classroom to the internet, making learning a breeze.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Graduate students doing research or teaching in Second Life have formed a mobile colony that holds discussions with experts in subjects like online ethics or aesthetics What they didn't mention is the new Nonprofit Island that will be opening a few weeks. Teams of Harvard Law students enrolled in Evidence will serve as the lawyers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

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? Each funder gave an overview gave an overview of their program. MacArthur Foundation.

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Gyrus

MARCH 4, 2024

At its core, a Learning Management Systems act as a digital library, housing diverse learning materials such as videos, quizzes, and assignments. Cloud-Based LMS A Cloud-Based Learning Management System is an online tool for teachers and students. It’s like bringing the classroom to the internet, making learning a breeze.

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Gyrus

MARCH 4, 2024

At its core, a Learning Management Systems act as a digital library, housing diverse learning materials such as videos, quizzes, and assignments. Cloud-Based LMS A Cloud-Based Learning Management System is an online tool for teachers and students. It’s like bringing the classroom to the internet, making learning a breeze.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

Throughout the month of May, TechSoup is sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. I had the opportunity to chat with executive director Lisa Hoitsma and marketing and development manager Carly McCoy about their recent website redesign.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Over the past year, we've been doing TechSoup Impact stories about nonprofits, churches, and libraries doing great work with TechSoup product donations. " Waukesha Public Library. An increasing number of public libraries are discovering TechSoup donations, but few are maxing them out like Waukesha Public Library in Wisconsin.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. Ramakrishna Mission Students Home in India provides a home and education to orphaned boys from rural Tamil Nadu state in South India.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. Send them home with students so parents are aware of the fundraiser and can provide support. Thank your donors and readers.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

This guest post was written by Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Educator, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsylvania. The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center (SLHC) is a small museum located in Pennsburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

With a youth-oriented fundraiser, you can raise money for educational trips, sports equipment, classroom supplies, art supplies, musical instruments, or any other cause. For a fun addition, ask students to bring sleeping bags and blankets to school with them. kids that have food allergies. Teacher or Principal Challenge. Craft day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Guide your students to conversations and resources. Collaboration on student projects or other ways. Do this before before a classroom blogging project or external organizational blog which is more visible. Create collaborative, student-authored resources. Outreach for your program or to connect with potential supporters.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Students and teachers excel in classrooms that have all the resources they need to keep learning and teaching. Is your neighborhood library in need of new books? If you’re looking to fill a need in your own community, organizing and hosting a donation drive could be the perfect way to help out. Donation Drive Ideas. Book drive.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Instead, you can say, “Hey, you are helping us to change the lives of kids like Sam, and I know that that’s why you give because you want to see more students have mentorship and change the trajectory of their life. You’re helping to change lives of these students.” It’s a beautiful thing a new library.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Similar to the funders in my previous post on education , the organizations listed below focus their efforts on activities inside and outside of the classroom. The Lisa Libraries. They focus funding on organizations that work on financial literacy for elementary and high school students (established programs only). First Book.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2024

Blended Learning Combining traditional classroom instruction with online learning resources, LMS supports blended learning approaches, offering flexibility, accessibility, and scalability in educational delivery methods. How Long Does It Take to Implement an LMS?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The app includes journals and trackers to allow parents to record important information, a glossary of commonly used terms, a community and resource library, a directory of NICU family support partners, a postpartum checkup, and more. This project took home six awards this year!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

Every week I get to go in and read with the same two children for a half an hour each in the school library. Because it was my first time meeting the students, part of the half hour was spent getting to know each other. I had a blast, and hopefully it was a fun learning experience for him too. I find it helps keep life in perspective.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 4, 2007

For the past five years, the Mercantile Library in Cincinnati has honored Harriet Beecher Stowe's birthday by asking a writer to give the annual Harriet Beecher Stowe Lecture about, "Writing to Change the World." The idea is that students get to put social justice-ee ideas into practice. See how theory actually works. That whole bit.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2024

Blended Learning Combining traditional classroom instruction with online learning resources, LMS supports blended learning approaches, offering flexibility, accessibility, and scalability in educational delivery methods. Here’s a brief overview of how an LMS typically functions: 1. How Long Does It Take to Implement an LMS?

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2024

Blended Learning Combining traditional classroom instruction with online learning resources, LMS supports blended learning approaches, offering flexibility, accessibility, and scalability in educational delivery methods. Here’s a brief overview of how an LMS typically functions: 1. How Long Does It Take to Implement an LMS?

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