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

Fast Company Tech

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. FluentU uses beginner-friendly movie trailers and music videos to teach you vocabulary and grammar in context. Is 6pm in Paris worried about all the competition?

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22 Online Gift Stores That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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Happy Thanksgiving: Check out #Goodspotting and EpicThanks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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.

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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He could no longer keep up with his peers in the classroom. All e-books should have an audio capacity, using whatever smartphone or music playing device a person has in their pocket. 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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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. It’s possible to add live entertainment to your fundraising events, and it doesn’t have to be just music. Quizzes based on music, TV shows, or sports are also frequently well received.

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How I learned to stop yawning and love the Zoom Room

Candid

In a classroom, everyone knows who walks through the door—but sometimes in Zoom, that’s not clear. Despite their intention, the breakout doesn’t necessarily simulate the classroom experience—sometimes, when there’s no clear purpose, it feels more like being in a stuck elevator. . . Welcome everyone. Break it up—or don’t!

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Everything You Need to Know About Data You Learned in Kindergarten

NTEN

One of the most important social skills they work on in my daughter's classroom? Sharing is important because a) it's just the nice thing to do and b) sharing helps build the classroom community. Sharing the book or toy gives both children the common experience that forms the classroom culture.

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