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Empowering Ugandan Learners Through an Impactful Volunteer Experience
We welcome Michael Brazinski (Program Coordinator) from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies as our guest blogger this week. In this blog, Michael shares more about his impactful volunteer experience on location in Uganda. This summer, Team4Tech partnered with Middlebury College and two nonprofit organizations in Uganda, the African SOUP and S.O.U.L. Foundation, for an…
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What Makes Us Human – CoSN 2018 Conference
Last week, we had the opportunity to attend CoSN’s (the Consortium for School Networking) 2018 conference, Designing Learning in the 4th industrial Revolution. Thought leaders of technology and education came together to share ideas and inspire changes in our schools, believing we have left behind the information age and are now entering a new phase…
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Inspiring Youth in Ga-Rankuwa Township, South Africa
Learn more about how a team of individual volunteers inspired youth in Ga-Rankuwa Township in South Africa with technology from November 28 – December 7, 2016. The team came from a wide range of background including a software engineer from Optimizely, a Peace Corps current volunteer,a retired teacher who is 76 years old, and the…
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How Adobe Volunteers Planted the Seeds for Tech Education in Rural Cambodia
In December 2016, six employees continued our partnership with Adobe, by forming a second team to embark on a two-week service project to train teachers on how to implement technology in their classrooms. In this group reflective post on the Adobe Spark platform, volunteers tell the story of our first project in partnership with…
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Volunteer Impact at Home and in the Workplace
Garret Seevers is a volunteer from Intuit who participated in the Brazil entrepreneur training project last May. Nine months after the project, he reflects upon his experience and the impact that he continues to have in his community, with his family and in the workplace.
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Team4Tech Local Partner in South Africa, LEAP 4 School, Achieves 94 Percent Pass Rate
In September 2015, Team4Tech partnered with LEAP Science and Maths School 4 in the Diepsloot Township near Johannesburg. The project was to introduce educational software to teachers to engage their learners further. Recently, LEAP 4 grade 12 learners completed their end of year examination called matric. While the average matric pass rate in South Africa…
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How Companies Can Innovate Their Giving and People Development Programs
This guest blog post was written by Mark Horoszowski and his team at MovingWorlds, a global platform that connects skilled volunteers with social impact organizations around the globe.
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What is Success?
Here at Team4Tech, we’ve spent a lot of time lately thinking about what success looks like and how to measure it. Our mission is to improve the quality of education with technology and technology volunteers, and we’ve completed 10 projects in the past two years with over 100 amazing volunteers, reaching 10,000 students and teachers…
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Team4Tech Hiring New Program Manager
Exciting news – Team4Tech is growing! As we work to expand the number of projects we are implementing in 2015 and beyond, we are looking to add a dynamic new program manager who is passionate about expanding educational opportunities around the world. If you or someone you know is interested in applying, please check out…
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The Top Ten Ways International Skills-Based Volunteering Pays
Team4Tech’s mission is to advance 21st century education in developing countries by connecting technology industry professionals and solutions with high impact NGO projects. We act as agents for change by matching technology industry volunteers, solutions and resources with accredited non-profit projects that aim to make a difference in the quality of education around the globe.…
