Welcome to Swapping Ideas
Swap.com is leading the swapping movement both online and in communities around the world. We bring people together to swap their stuff through our website, mobile app, local events, homes, schools, and co-branded partnerships.
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Did you know teachers often end up buying their own classroom books?
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Schools Archive
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Schoolchildren Swapping Books for Tablets
It is only the next natural step in the progression of technology to expect that tablets and e-readers will soon be utilized as textbooks for kids in schools across the world. In South Korea, the goal is simple: swap all paper textbooks with digital textbooks in primary schools by the year 2015. The swap, which [...] -
Swap of the Day: Children Swapping Sugar Cane Fields for Schools
From time to time we like to shine the spotlight on swapping stories that really reach our hearts, and today is no exception. Since the launch of our Swap4Schools program we’ve been keeping an eye out for stories that revolve around the swap movement and our own school system. However we recently read about the efforts [...] -
Swap4Schools: Matching Community Haves with Schools Needs
During these difficult economic times funding for public schools has been tight. Budgets have been cut, libraries have become woefully out of date and teachers are resorting to buying their own classroom books and other resources. Recognizing that the nation’s public schools are facing a drastic shortage of supplies, we’ve leveraged our online swap marketplace [...] -
Swap of the Day: Swapping Goes To School
That’s right, the concept of swapping has become so popular it has made its way into our very own school systems! Sixth grade teachers in Westborough, MA, have come up with an innovative way to implement the concepts of trading and bartering, while simultaneously helping students learn about other cultures. And it’s all taught through [...] -
Swap of the Day: Schools Swap Food for Healthier Options
Swapping can be a great way to improve many aspects of your daily life. Whether it’s trading items around the house, or swapping out bad habits in your daily routine, applying the swapping philosophy can improve almost any area of your life. And it’s stories like this that we love to share as a source [...] -
An Overwhelming Response to Swap4Schools
There are some workweeks that are just truly amazing. Some weeks make you feel like you couldn’t imagine accomplishing more than you did. Thankfully, I’m in the midst of one of these weeks. On top of everything else that is happening around the halls of Swap.com headquarters, we officially launched Swap4Schools. Swap4Schools began as a [...]