Education

Crowdsourced Digital Learning Has Global Benefits

eSchool Network is a recently-launched venture from Kevin J. Ruth, FRSA, in the United States. An upside-down business model whereby member schools aid in building the product, thereby instilling a sense of ownership, eSchool Network (ESN) is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to advancing digital learning in independent schools. One of the highlights of ESN [...]

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Google Interactivism Challenge

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Closing date January 25 – Let’s get to work! Against the backdrop of record youth unemployment figures, earlier this month the RSA along with Google and a number of other partners launched an ‘Interactivism’ Challenge for young people. Through this Challenge we’re asking participants to put forward their suggestions for how technology and the web [...]

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Monica’s Corner First Workshop Success

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Monica’s Corner, an RSA catalyst award winner, held its first workshop — a DIY solar heat box — on October 15th. Mary Altalo writes that the weather was perfect for the afternoon mounting of the solar heat box on the landmark pottery building.  Cloudless sky after a week of rain. Monica was smiling! Our attendees included [...]

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CCI: Call for Papers Conference on Corporate Communication 2012

June 5 – 8, 2012 Baruch College/CUNY New York, NY Michael Goodman, FRSA, invites fellow to attend CCI’s 2012 conference with its global focus on the theory, practice, roles, processes, and issues of concern to corporate communication scholars and practitioners. The three-day international conference, serving as a bridge between practitioners and scholars, gathers speakers from [...]

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Monica’s Corner

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A recent winner of RSA catalyst funding, Monica’s Corner is a sustainable resource and training center for individuals, families and small businesses. It was the vision of the late RSA-US Trustee Monica Hale, who died in December, that rural town Main Street economies could be revitalized through the infusion of green technologies and sustainable community [...]

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RSA Fellows visit Mt. St. Joseph Children’s Center, Totowa NJ. – Saturday September 17th 2011

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Fellows meeting in New York City have been hearing (with great interest) about Katherine Lordi (FRSA)’s longstanding association with Mt. St. Joseph, a residential home and learning center for boys with special needs. On September 17th, a group of us went with Katherine to the Center to learn more about the excellent care it provides, [...]

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