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High-speed internet could be coming to Antarctica

The Verge

Earlier this year, the NSF began seriously exploring the possibility of building a fiber optic cable that would travel along the seafloor from Antarctica to neighboring New Zealand or Australia. Another important conversation is how it would change the way that the community functions,” Neff said. That could soon change, however.

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

as much as $350 billion in employer, employee, and community benefits. As an example, the National Science Foundation (NSF) found that by not commuting, each NSF teleworker reclaims an average of 62 hours of their lives back and saves $1,201 a year. The benefits basically are: Happier and more productive employees.

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In Support of Idiosyncrasy

Museum 2.0

Other institutions are idiosyncratic in their relationship to their environment, like the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, or to their community, like the Wing Luke Asian Museum. These institutions are often more connected to their specific, local communities than more generic institutions. It's a Starbucks.

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Community Science Workshops and Shared Authorship of Space: Interview with Emilyn Green

Museum 2.0

Imagine the most community-based science center possible. Imagine it in a poor, immigrant farmworker community. In a Community Science Workshop. A couple months ago, I visited a Community Science Workshop for the first time in Watsonville, CA. Can you give me the overview of Community Science Workshops? It thrives.

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ExhibitFiles: Interviews with Initiators Jim Spadaccini and Wendy Pollock

Museum 2.0

ExhibitFiles is a community-based site launched last month to encourage the documentation, sharing, and exploration of exhibits and the exhibit design process. A community site in its truest sense, where anyone can post a review or case study. Wendy: Part of the thinking was that NSF supported the book Are We There Yet? ,

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Scratch: An Educational, Multi-Generational Online Community that Works

Museum 2.0

Then, in May 2007, the Scratch online community (called ScratchR) was released. It's an inspiration to anyone trying to create an online community around informal learning. As in any online community, ScratchR has spectators, joiners, collectors, critics, and creators. What make Scratch users come to the online community?

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Navigating the Shifting Political Landscape as a Federal Grant Recipient

sgEngage

Similarly, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a directive that requires all grantees to pause any activities related to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) that do not fully comply with the new administration’s updated requirements.

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