Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
Enabling a Participatory Culture using Creative Commons Licenses by Gautam John. Such a model rests on the idea of a participatory culture and an essential ingredient is a permissive licensing strategy – Creative Commons licenses offers us this, a large community with shared values and an ecosystem to tap in to.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 19, 2017
Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. This accomplished a few things: I didn’t have to trash my plans and revert to a traditional lecture. I made it participatory so participants helped move the furniture.
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Tech Soup
MAY 27, 2011
Live: Participatory Events, Webinars, Conversations, Local and Global. Facebook — We post frequently to our TechSoup Facebook page from our laptops, tablets and phones by tagging @TechSoup in our updates. Check this chart for a comparison of web conferencing tools. Mobile: Sharing Information on the Fly, from Your Smartphone.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 21, 2010
One of the things I like best about being on the Ushahidi board is that it was acceptable for us be also on our laptops and smart phones – and even tweet during the meeting. Ethan Zuckerman, fellow board members, shares his impressions here. I favor a participatory approach with full room discussion.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
Resource List Early Use of Backchannels Tara Hunt, Backchannel=Blogosphere Marc Cantor, Spell My Name Correctly Liz Lawley, Backchannel Modes Liz Lawley, Confessions of a Backchannel Queen Clay Shirky, Snarkiness on Parade NY Times, In the Lecture Hall, A Geek Chorus Dannah Boyd, Bridging Diverse Groups Backchannel in Learning and Education Vicky Davis, (..)
Tech Soup
MAY 14, 2013
which heralded a new, participatory web culture. One Laptop Per Child (just launched that year). TechSoup was then called CompuMentor. The Iraq War was raging. Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The buzzword then was Web 2.0, Online social networking was just being born. Citizen journalism.
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