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How to get your educational nonprofit into classrooms, without leaving the office

The Nerdy NonProfit

One method for an educational nonprofit to expand its reach is by getting into the classroom remotely through the use of modern technology. Students with limited resources can benefit tremendously from remote classroom access by educational nonprofits. Virtual classroom connections. The future of remote classroom learning.

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Litnerd streams live actors into the classroom to help kids better connect with reading

TechCrunch

They’re writing books and building lesson plans with a twist: professional actors, streamed into the class, to recreate scenes from each book and — hopefully! Students read the book between sessions; once a week, an actor is streamed to the class to re-enact scenes, bring everything together and move the story along.

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

Fast Company Tech

6pm in Paris merges Netflix’s addictive streaming format with the short lessons style of Masterclass. 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. But on your couch, watching a short movie.

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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 Save $60.00

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Couple this with the power of live streaming and your guests may socialize with each other while they eat from the comfort of their own home. If you want to make it a hybrid event, simply have a group of folks come to an in-person dinner on location while having meals delivered to a few others watch the virtual version over a live stream.

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Prezi is releasing new video features to make virtual teaching more exciting

The Verge

The first is a “video in video” feature, which will allow presenters to place recorded video on the screen next to them during live (or recorded) streams. It’s happening through Slack or Zoom or Google Classroom or Hangouts or Meet. The tool could serve as a visual aid for teachers in lieu of physical whiteboards and diagrams.

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Visit Zambia with LearnAsOne!

Amy Sample Ward

Follow the blog updates or the Flickr photo stream. It could be teacher training, classrooms, a feeding programme, sanitation and clean water, books, school fees or teacher’s accommodation. Longer-term, the plan is to become similar to Kiva.org, but for schools. Follow along and connect with the community! Follow LearnAsOne on Twitter.

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