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How We Closed Our Office Sustainably — and Made a Lot of People Happy

The MatrixFiles

Outfitting Our Staffs Home Offices The Matrix movie poster, couch, and Simpsons pinball machine in their new home! Happy teachers and students : Classrooms now have new whiteboards, better chairs, and more resources. Staff home offices upgraded : Many staff have better setups than ever before.

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This new language app is like Netflix meets Masterclass, but for learning French

Fast Company Tech

But on your couch, watching a short movie. The concept is simple yet effective: Each week, you pick a short film from a curated collection of French licensed movies. Julien Frei and Lea Perret [Image: 6pm in Paris] Learning as a lifelong journey Perret imagined 6pm in Paris as a way to help students learn French beyond the classroom.

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Woot deal: Get the Happrun Native projector with 10K+ reviews for only $49.99

Mashable Tech

Get Deal Projectors used to be classroom staples during math class or for a movie night in the backyard, but nowadays, they’ve become a way to turn any room into a home theater. It’s also compatible with Fire TV Stick, Roku, and Chromecast, so you can stream your favorite shows and movies. at Woot $109.99

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Weeks later, Google still hasn’t added privacy labels to its most popular iPhone apps

The Verge

Google Play Movies and TV. Google Classroom. Some of the apps, like Google Authenticator, don’t capture much information, while Google Translate and Classroom have a pretty hefty list of privacy notices. Google Fiber. Google Fiber TV. Onduo for Diabetes. Project Baseline. Google Smart Lock. Motion Stills - GIF, Collage.

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The new 2020 iPad isn’t enough for Zoom school

The Verge

It is very good at iPad things: watching movies, reading, browsing the web, editing photos, and so on. Apple wants to push the iPad into classrooms, and the idea of trying to hang on to dozens of Lightning headphones or Bluetooth headphones sounds like a nightmare. Starting at $329 for a 32GB version, it is a remarkable deal.

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Apple’s Clips app finally supports vertical video

The Verge

At its core, Clips is still what it was at the beginning: a very clever way to quickly string together short videos into a little shareable movie. It’s a way for kids to create videos that look and feel like the videos they’re likely watching on social networks but inside whatever safer bubble their classroom has for them.

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Anything people might want to learn, from hands-on activities such as painting to more classroom-type settings such as Spanish lessons. 9) Movie screenings. For added suspense, you may send out a mystery box with a variety of beverages to sample. 5) Online classes.

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