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Meta-funded program teaches tweens about online exploitation

Mashable Tech

The person then threatens to make the picture public unless the victim pays them. The content offers videos, scripted lesson plans, and interactive classroom activities. Victims of such exploitation often believe they are messaging with another teen and eventually share a graphic or explicit image of themselves.

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New on SSIR: A New Tool for Digital Storytelling

Amy Sample Ward

Here are some ideas: Share Community History – Non-organizational community groups and nonprofits that focus on a specific locality can create hyperlocal community engagement through pictures and documentation. Do you have a hyperlocal online network/space?

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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. I bought one for my bedroom a couple of months ago, and it’s been surprisingly impressive both in picture and sound quality. at Woot $109.99

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. I was able to pull this off because my course took place in the Digital Learning Commons “ D-Space ” – a state of the art flexible classroom space. The flexible classroom is a large open space. Observing and picturing (Visual).

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Why some school districts are spending big on schools tailor-made for 4-year-olds

Fast Company Tech

The classrooms have child-size boats and construction vehicles children can play on, and ceilings painted to resemble outer space. Creators of the Reggio Emilia approach to early learning, an educational philosophy that emphasizes child-led learning, even refer to the environment as the third teacher in a classroom.

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Visiting Schools in Pohnpei

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The picture from above shows its site: it's on the waterfront across the main harbor. The classrooms have doors that open to the outside, because of the warm weather. Most classrooms have desks and textbooks and all have chalkboards. We took lots of pictures of the textbooks. Instead of windows, they have heavy screens.

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TweetsGiving: Show Your Gratitude With Epic Change

Amy Sample Ward

Last year, funds from TweetsGiving helped build a classroom in Tanzania. The students of Class Five at the school are now on Twitter and Tumblr and you can follow them all by clicking their pictures in this blog post. Why TweetsGiving? This year, the Epic Change team are working on building a technology lab there.

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