TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

“The idea for this started in March when our two daughters found themselves in ‘Zoom School.’ “Younger kids need face-to-face contact, but in college, many students are now juggling work, family and studying, and online can be much more convenient.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

While those complications don’t exactly scream for a tech solution, NoRedInk , a San Francisco-based startup, has spent nearly a decade trying to help students get better at their writing through software. Kids get feedback on their paper and they have no idea what to do with it,” Scheur said. Image Credits: NoRedInk.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In the class, at Paul Smith’s College in upstate New Yorka school that mixes traditional academics with more practical coursesa small group of students spent three months last fall going through each step of the construction process, from planning and purchasing materials to building basic furniture for the finished 8-by-10-foot space.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

The courses focus on group- and project-based learning, teaching kids digital skills including coding, website building, games creation, animation and video editing in a way that’s structured to be more fun and interactive than traditional classroom-based lessons. Gift Guide: 20+ STEM toy gift ideas for aspiring young builders.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Teach Some Curiosity. I want students to be playing with technology — using it, finding out what they like, what they don’t like. Get their creativity started and they’ll come up with ideas how they can improve technology. In other words, teaching business/marketing to web engineers is vital.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

As with every edtech startup, a common tension exists : the platform has to be hard enough to teach consumers something, but fun (or easy) enough for them to actually use it. We want to create the go-to platform where a student, anywhere in the world, can access content in the most frictionless way possible,” Ruano said.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Khan Academy For empowering students and their teachers with a free AI writing coach In 2023, Khan Academy launched Khanmigo, an experimental AI tutor designed to give students one-on-one help in tasks such as practicing math problems, brainstorming project ideas, and analyzing literature.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development This post is about a bad dog and the role that a class of ASU students is playing in its quest for redemption. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D. But thats getting ahead of ourselves.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. It’s all about teaching digital literacy and citizenship: the knowledge and skills necessary to think critically, behave safely, and interact responsibly in a digital world. Is it about keeping students safe?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Led by Benetech’s VP of Engineering Gerardo Capiel, we will create an online space, SocialCoding4Good, where people in the tech community interested in social causes can volunteer ideas, connections, time and skills. CityOptions The best idea we received last year for a new project is getting underway!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to travel to Saudi Arabia to teach a course at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology as part of the Winter Enrichment Program. During my time at KAUST I was able to meet with various student groups as well as university staff to learn more about their projects, initiatives, and ideas.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

When I showed up, 16 eager students quietly listened to my story of starting and running businesses, and helping other entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground. After discussing a range of ideas, the class was all in agreement: They wanted to open an ice cream store. Not just any business, however. Staying competitive.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

She was teaching an engineering course, and her students were using simulation software to model turbines for jet engines. She’d laid out the assignment clearly, but student after student was calling her over for help. She asked each student where they’d saved their project. multiple students inquired.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

Teaching art by hosting online courses has become a viable option, one that your nonprofit shouldn’t ignore! Consider asking staff members or volunteers if they are interested in teaching a 101 arts course online based on their expertise. But this idea delivers the kind of in-person experience that many people now crave post-2020.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Here’s a list of spring fundraising ideas to help you celebrate the season with your supporters: Spring fundraising ideas 1. Talent show Another family-friendly fundraising idea is to host a talent show. Raffle One of the best spring fundraising ideas is to host a raffle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

As a trainer, I’m intensely interested in creating learning experiences that integrate or about how to use the technology for nonprofits that engage and inspire people to put the ideas into practice. I’ve been obsessed with peer learning and self-directed learning models in my own learning and the trainings I design and facilitate.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 2, 2018

It allows students the opportunity collaborate in live time from any device, and from any location, in addition to constantly making learning visible. Strong, powerful, and coherent text is always important- don’t get me wrong- but there are always ways to increase and promote student creativity within Google Docs. #1

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Qgiv

APRIL 13, 2022

If you need to fund your activities but need a little inspiration to come up with ways to get folks giving, try these 10 youth fundraising ideas for proven and innovative fundraisers you can host at your youth nonprofit. The first of our youth fundraising ideas is a car wash fundraiser. Car wash fundraiser. Of course you have.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2021

With most teaching repetitive coding, in a very rigid, instructional way, it tends to appeal more to boys than girls, says EAK. After R&D of two years, it came up with a game designed to teach kids and girls as young as eight skills such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript through highly gamified, story-driven gameplay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. The author of the book, Giving 2.0 , has just released all her teaching notes and syllabi, along with philanthropy library. Her ideas resonated and connected really well with the a lot of my work.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Coming up with fresh fundraising ideas for nonprofits isn’t always easy. But there’s always a new twist on an old idea—or even an old idea you haven’t thought of before! To make it easy, here’s a list of 75 fundraising ideas for nonprofits. To make it easy, here’s a list of 75 fundraising ideas for nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

My mother taught me many things, and I feel like with every year she teaches me more – whether she knows it or not. Her students consistently score at the top of over 120 schools in the Arusha district of Tanzania. I’m incredibly inspired to participate in this year’s To Mama With Love campaign from Epic Change.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Here are 31 fun, unique fundraising ideas that will support your programs without exhausting your members. Here are a few fundraising ideas to take your fundraising beyond your offering plates. Youth Group Fundraising Ideas. Workers (they don’t have to be students!) Small Church Fundraising Ideas.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Silicon Valley loves to celebrate the cult of the dropout — the inspired entrepreneur who decides that traditional education isn’t for her because it teaches her nothing of relevance, slows her down, and, in a world of readily available information, no longer gates learning resources like it once did.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Your path starts at Stage 1, which is just having the idea and deciding to go for it. I had absolutely NO IDEA what I had said yes to. Fortunately, I had some experience in marketing that gave me ideas about how to fundraise and help the nonprofit. Other things, I had no idea about. Idea #1: Start with people you know.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Strive is an online learning platform that teaches kids to code, but it wants to do more than just that. Developed with an active learning model that lets students take the lead in classes, Strive wants to instill in them a lifelong love of STEM subjects. million students in international schools. Learning should be joyful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’ve just finished teaching a class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. The grad students in my class will be doing an internship as part of their field work, being placed in international organizations in the US and around the world.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Classroom Teaching Redefined: A Revolution in Today’s World Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems The traditional classroom setup has been around for centuries and hasn’t changed much since the dawn of time. With the demands of the 21st-century workforce, classroom teaching is going through a revolution.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Classroom Teaching Redefined: A Revolution in Today’s World GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - The traditional classroom setup has been around for centuries and hasn’t changed much since the dawn of time. With the demands of the 21st-century workforce, classroom teaching is going through a revolution.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Classroom Teaching Redefined: A Revolution in Today’s World GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - The traditional classroom setup has been around for centuries and hasn’t changed much since the dawn of time. With the demands of the 21st-century workforce, classroom teaching is going through a revolution.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

We talked with Galloway yesterday about who, specifically, Section4 aims to serve, what percentage of its students is outside the U.S., And the idea is that the course costs $700, $800 versus $7,000, which is what it costs to take an elective at an elite business school right now. TC: Why start this company? SG: It’s both.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. The students, who would also be going out on field internships where they would conduct or assist with an evaluation project at a social service nonprofit, asked fantastic questions.

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Tableau Ambassadors teach and share while fostering a positive and supportive space within the data community. They shine a spotlight on new voices, innovative ideas, and make the communities around them better. What do Tableau Student Ambassadors do? How can Tableau Student Ambassadors support my Tableau journey?

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The Verge

JULY 5, 2020

Back in 2015, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he had started a school to teach his five kids, eventually expanding it as a non-profit school for some children of SpaceX employees. And education advocates aren’t in love with the idea, TDB found. “I I don’t bemoan Elon Musk doing this kind of work,” added Vasquez Heilig. “I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up. I usually draw from these sources to create “instructional resources” for any workshop or class I teach. Here’s an example from a recent webinar on training. by Eric Jensen.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 18, 2021

For Students , adapted from Brian Tracy ’s time-management bestseller, Eat That Frog , which has sold more than 2.4 This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. A student’s life is completely different.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Real teaching involves sight and sound, but also the context of how something is delivered in the vernacular of how a student actually learns,” Ma said. With Numerade avoiding both live learning and Wolfram Alpha-style explainers that just give the answer to students, the company has turned to a third option: videos.

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