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  • How Pinterest Is Revolutionizing Your Child's Classroom

    March 31, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Colorful volumes of books have aided teaching for centuries; however, the scope of engagement in the internet age demands newer methods for pedagogy. Pinterest, a social media-constructed visual bulletin board, has become a venue in which teachers share their pinned visual media, lesson plans, and charts with students and other teachers. The success of Teaching Pinterest expands pedagogy, reduces teacher alienation, enables collaboration with other teachers, and directs readers to other sites that offer teachers’ curriculum ideas for a cost.

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  • How is Europe countering radical Islam?

    February 18, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

    Teenagers around the world are at risk of indoctrination by Islamic extremism and volunteering to fight for the Islamic state. Different European nations seek to make Islamic extremism unattractive to youth by bolstering surveillance efforts, internet outreach, and teaching the Islam of peace.

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  • Can Storytelling Help Destroy the Stigma Associated With Abortion?

    February 05, 2015 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States

    Abortion is a highly stigmatized topic that can lead individuals to selectively disclose who they tell about the experience. Storytelling is now being viewed as a way to help de-stigmatize abortion based on contact theory and empathy as a means of bringing people together.

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  • How Online Mapmakers Are Helping the Red Cross Save Lives in the Philippines

    November 13, 2013 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Port-au-Prince

    After typhoon Haiyan, the devastation to the Philippines was hard to locate and track. The Red Cross staffed volunteers to sort through crowd-sourced data to create maps. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap software application has helped the Red Cross better organize search and rescue operations.

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  • HealthCare.gov is busted. These four state exchanges aren't.

    October 25, 2013 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Accessible affordable health care is needed for millions of uninsured Americans. The Affordable Care Act is a viable solution that helps the uninsured. Although the launching of the website had some glitches, many states designed their own insurance marketplace and have successfully signed up people for coverage.

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  • Freelance Nation: “The Greatest Economic Transformation in Human History”?

    October 16, 2013 |

    WNYC |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The 2008 recession’s job losses spurred a development of a Do-It-Yourself economy. With the advent of Uber, Etsy, Airbnb, and others, the marketplace has become full of micro-entrepreneurs who thrive with independent web-assisted businesses.

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  • Girls Tweeting (Not Twerking) Their Way to Power

    September 04, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Sexual assault, rape, and sexism are social problems that young women face and many feel powerless to create change. Non-profit organizations such as SPARK and WAM have trained teenage girls to be advocates for themselves. Online campaigns and social media have also made teenage girls feel empowered to express themselves and make social change.

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  • Breaking the Silence

    May 28, 2013 |

    Sojourners |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Clergy abuse in the Catholic church has been rampant and was often swept under the rug. Until Barrett Doyle and others started 'Bishop Accountability' to keep a record of clergy abuse, and a support group and blog have also been created as a path for healing and sharing stories that will also hopefully help prompt change in the church.

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  • Where YouTube Meets the Farm

    April 03, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Karnataka

    To combat hunger and malnutrition, Digital Green, an N.G.O., is creating and delivering videos about cheap, innovative farming techniques that can substantially increase small farmers' production of staple foods in India, Ghana, and Ethiopia.

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  • Everyone Speaks Text Message

    December 09, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Guinea

    “For many tiny, endangered languages, digital technology has become a lifeline.” Phones, the web, software systems, these are all technologies being employed to keep heritage languages alive.

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